Measured Drawings of 18th Century American Furniture

Reducere. This splendid book describes and illustrates in detail how the Shakers designed, built, and finished their furniture and household articles. With i...

Reducere. DescriptionThis well-known reference work has been consulted by generations of collectors, curators, dealers, historians, and craftsmen, and it rem...

Reducere. Westerners have long admired Chinese furniture for its durability, inner strength, quiet restraint, and simple dignity. Especially attractive to th...

Reducere. This book includes careful advice on the selection and drying of wood and provides accurate scale drawings of such sought-after Shaker items as apo...

Reducere. Each project is photographed in period homes, accompanied by historical notes and by fully illustrated step-by-step construction instructions. the ...

Reducere. The Byrdcliffe colony was a short-lived but important producer of furniture in the American Arts & Crafts period of the early 20th century. This di...

A comprehensive history of the Georgians, comparing past views of these exciting, turbulent, and controversial times with our attitudes today.Publi...

Reducere. In one pithy remark, the famed Particular Baptist pastor John Gill summed up the importance that he placed on pastoral ministry: "as ministers be, ...

Reducere. In the mid-17th century, the Iroquois Confederacy launched a war for control of the burgeoning fur trade industry. These conflicts, known as the Be...

In his day, he was more successful and popular than his fellow German, contemporary and friend, J.S. Bach.He had studied law, but during his long m...

Providing complete shop drawings for 61 classic Stickley furniture pieces, master cabinetmaker Robert W. Lang measured original Craftsman antiques ...

Reducere. This moving collection of poems by Phillis Wheatley is intended to inspire Christians and tribute various believers who had recently been deceased....

DescriptionMaster Iconic 18th Century Hair and Makeup TechniquesEver wondered how Marie Antoinette achieved her sky-high hairstyle or how women in ...

Bring History to LifeWhether you wish you could time travel to the court of Versailles or the Highlands of Scotland, this comprehensive guide will ...

DescriptionA special collection including over 500 photographs of American vintage furniture. ACME Furniture is a Japanese company with over thirty...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 8 colour & 74 bw illusNumber of pages: 328Collection: Material Culture of Art and DesignPublic...

This is a collection of church registers and pastoral records of births, marriages and deaths in Cumberland County of the eighteenth century. Exist...

Reducere. Walk through history in the footsteps of Johann Henrich Wagner, a.k.a Henry Wagner, a.k.a Henry Waggoner of Russell County, an early 18th century G...

Reducere. The subject of The Wheels of Commerce is the development of mechanisms of exchange-shops, markets, trade networks, and banking-in the pre-industria...

This work records the many kinds of violent physical and verbal abuse perpetrated against women in Britain and her colonies, both domestically and ...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): Gloria CookNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 129 x 197 x 26Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescop...

Reducere. The world of Cajsa Andersdotter is a non-fictional book which lets the reader follow the fate of an impoverished Swedish family from about 1760 to ...

Reducere. The five countries known collectively as Scandinavia were the source of some of the most important furniture designs of the twentieth century and t...

DescriptionSatirical verse on society and its hypocrisies A master of satire known for his ribald humor, self-deprecation, and invective verse (hij...

Reducere. DescriptionThis superb guide informs the reader on how to identify and discover the most gorgeous furniture ever to grace Europe and North America....

Reducere. This superb guide informs the reader on how to identify and discover the most gorgeous furniture ever to grace Europe and North America. With inten...

Reducere. DescriptionThe martial heritage of Scotland and its legendary swordsmen have captured the imagination of readers worldwide for centuries. Likewise,...

In Western Europe the Golden Age of Islamic metalwork in Iran was (and is) generally considered to be the earlier period, and later metalwork was c...

Publisher: Pearson Education LimitedAuthor(s): Penny PritchardNumber of pages: 384Collection: York Notes CompanionsPublication date: 2010Dimensions...

The American Revolution is universally seen as a colossal defeat of the powerful British Empire by colonial rebels. Yet the British emerged from th...

The Splendor of Germany examines the major developments in German draughtsmanship over the course of the eighteenth century. Published to coincide ...

A jargon free over view of patient experience and medical practice during the eighteenth century.Illustrations: 32 black and white illustrations

Features the most significant submarines ever built, with each entry including a description of the submarine's development and history, a colour p...

Reducere. In recent years, there has been a real revival and appraisal of the works of the mid-century modern movement among architects and interior designer...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

DescriptionRichard Nottingham discovers that a new, more ruthless breed of criminal has colonised the city when he returns as Constable of Leeds. O...

This book presents the extraordinary story of a Bolognese woman of the settecento. Laura Maria Caterina Bassi (1711-1778) defended 49 Theses at the...

The book will serve as the essential reference for collectors of Mid Century modern furniture, curators of museum collections and house museums wit...

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Kerry PierceIllustration(s): 540 colour photosNumber of pages: 376Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 18...

Globalization affects every aspect of our lives, from what we buy to what we eat to what we study-and the study of design history is no exception. ...

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Publisher: Hephaestus BooksAuthor(s): Hephaestus BooksIllustration(s): black & white illustrationsPublication date: 2011Dimensions: 190 x 245 x 7Co...

A ground-breaking account of British and French efforts to channel their eighteenth-century geopolitical rivalry into peaceful commercial competiti...

DescriptionSupported by full-color illustrations, this study explores in startling new detail the "musket and tomahawk" forest warfare by which the...

Reducere. NEW EDITION: A collection of paintings, drawings, and prints from Western art illustrating the occupation and hobby of knitting during the 1800s. I...

Reducere. DescriptionAndrew Bacevich is a leading American public intellectual, writing in the fields of culture and politics with particular attention to wa...

Americanisation and demystification of America. 21st century Romanian perceptions of American culture - Irina David

A tour of clocks throughout the centuries--from the sandglass to the telomere--to reveal the physical, biological, and social nature of time What i...