Identifying American Furniture: A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms, Colonial to Contemporary by Milo M. Naeve, ISBN 0393318443

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Identifying American Furniture offers answers to the questions most people ask about furniture: "What style is that?" "How can you tell?" and "When was it popular?" Curators, collectors, appraisers, connoisseurs of furniture, and students of history, architecture, and the arts -- as well as those just learning the fascination of stylistic trends in American furniture -- will find this succinct handbook essential.

Styles are arranged chronologically from 1607 to the present and represent all thirty-five major furniture styles from Arts and Crafts to Windsor. Milo M. Naeve's vivid commentary draws attention to the book's 196 photographs, pinpointing distinctions among the styles. Naeve also offers an excellent guide for further reading.


Home: Creating a Look to Suite Your Lifestyle by Kerryn Harper, ISBN 1558706224

Beginning with a detailed and engaging reader questionnaire, this book helps do-it-yourself home decorators identify the home decor style that best suits them. It then leads them through a step-by-step decorating process for achieving that look in their own home.

From floor to ceiling and everything in between, this unique guide covers all the details. It provides readers with a comprehensive style directory profiling 12 diverse home interior styles in large, glowing color photographs. Choosing from a range of home decor ideas, readers can explore the cozy interiors of Country and Colonial; the bold, bright decor of Asia, Mexico and the Mediterranean; and the simple, refined look of Minimalist, Scandinavian and Japanese-inspired interiors.

Profiles offer in-depth advice for re-creating each style, including guidelines for choosing color schemes, paint effects, fabrics, decorative accents, furniture and much more. In addition, spreads feature ideas for every room in the house, from the...

Home: Creating a Look to Suite Your Lifestyle by Kerryn Harper, ISBN 1558706224
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The 1912 and 1915 Gustav Stickley Craftsman Furniture Catalogs by Gustav Stickley, ISBN 0486266761

With over 200 detailed illustrations and descriptions, these two catalogs are essential reading and reference materials and identification guides for Stickley furniture. Captions cite materials, dimensions and prices. The 1912 and 1915 Gustav Stickley Craftsman Furniture Catalogs by Gustav Stickley, ISBN 0486266761
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Aalto

Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (18981976) was not only influenced by the landscape of his native country, but by the political struggle over Finland's place within European culture. Aalto turned to ideas based on Functionalism, subsequently moving toward more organic structures, with brick and wood replacing plaster and steel. He also designed buildings, furniture, lamps, and glass objects. Aalto
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Ornamental Scrolls and Cartouches with CDROM

Fine selection of plates from rare catalog -- advertising elegantly illustrated fiber wood carvings, moldings, and furniture trimmings -- depict wood carvings, mouldings, and furniture trimmings. Includes 538 black-and-white illustrations of borders, garlands, and other decorative elements, ideal for use by artists, designers, woodworkers, and other craftspeople. Ornamental Scrolls and Cartouches with CDROM
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