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Batch; Craft, Design and Product
A&C Black 2010; US$ 38.99This is a glamorous book covering the new trend of international designer-makers, showing the cream of the contemporary craft world, and crossing most disciplines (incl. ceramics, textiles, wood, glass, precious materials & metals). Designers and makers are pushing the boundaries and concept of craft, taking it to a new level and making small batches... more...
How To Build Shaker Furniture
F+W Media 2011; US$ 24.99The Shakers produced many incredible furniture objects that we continue to venerate today. For the woodworker the fascination is often rooted in the essential simplicity of the work. Interest in Shaker design is as strong today as it was when the first edition of this book was published in 1977, possibly stronger. This ongoing interest is the direct... more...
Greene & Greene Furniture
F+W Media 2010; US$ 35.00One hundred years ago Charles and Henry Greene developed a new and distinctive architectural and decorative style that blended Arts & Crafts and Asian influences with California sensibility and obsessive attention to detail. That innovative style is instantly recognizable today. "David Mathias, author of this richly personal appreciation of the... more...
Warman's Arts & Crafts Furniture
F+W Media 2011; US$ 22.99The Arts and Crafts Movement is probably known for the furniture that came from it. Indeed, many claim that the furniture from this period was the only truly great product of the era. Now, enthusiasts of this popular furniture style can follow the rise of the design movement from its beginnings in mid-19th century England to the major American manufacturers... more...
Chinese Antiquities
Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2012; US$ 60.00Chinese Antiquities: An Introduction to the Art Market provides an essential guide to the growing market for Chinese antiquities, encompassing all sectors of the market, from Classical Chinese paintings and calligraphy to ceramics, jade, bronze and ritual sculpture. Aimed at current and aspiring collectors, investors and galleries interested in Chinese... more...
Chinese Furniture
Tuttle Publishing 2012; US$ 49.95The international market for antique Chinese furniture is booming, and masterpieces from the Ming and Qing dynasties are now worth hundreds of thousands of dollars. Chinese Furniture is a survey of these collectibles—from the very best hardwood pieces featured to standard softwood specimens still available on the Asian market. The book presents... more...
Antique Trader Furniture Price Guide
F+W Media 2011; US$ 19.99Antique Trader Furniture Price Guide examines all major styles of American and European furniture from the seventeenth century through the mid-twentieth century via a review of beds, benches, cradles, sofas, armories, and more, complete with furniture dating chart, price guide, and more than one thousand color photos. more...
Austere Luminosity of Chinese Classical Furniture
University of California Press 2001; US$ 75.00Chinese classical furniture is esteemed throughout the world for its beauty, functionalism, and influence on contemporary design aesthetics. Sarah Handler's stunningly illustrated volume traces Chinese hardwood furniture from its earliest origins in the Shang dynasty (c. 1500 to c. 1050 B.C.) to the present. She offers a fascinating and poetic view... more...
Limited Edition
De Gruyter 2013; US$ 74.00"Limited Edition" is the new phenomenon in furniture design. With prototypes, one-offs and limited product lines, designers are making furniture objects outside of, and parallel to, the industrial manufacturing system. This book documents this new phenomenon in meticulous investigative essays and presents a fascinating collection of works. more...
The Story of Western Furniture
New Amsterdam Books 1998; US$ 25.99" A well organised survey of a facinating subject." David Pearce, RIBA Journal more...









