Books about Antique Furniture

Books about Furniture, mostly American, but also containing titles about furniture from England and other countries

Bishop, Robert. How to Know American Antique Furniture.
E.P. Dutton, NY. 1973 224 pp, 300+ ill., some color, bibliography, index. Prior owner red underscoring else very good, softcover. $15.00 [16699] Order

Bjerkoe, Ethel Hall. The Cabinetmakers of America.
Doubleday & Company, Inc., NY. 1957 (xvii), 252pp, 32 b/w plates, bibliography. Very good in worn dust jacket. $20.00 [16679] Order

Bossaglia, Rossana. Le Mobilier Art Nouveau.
Grange Bateliere, Paris. 1972 64 pp, 100 color ill., includes furniture and also some bronzes, glass, ceramics. French text. Pictorial hardcover. $20.00 [15597] Order

Burton, E. Milby. Charleston Furniture, 1700 - 1825.
The Charleston Museum, Charleston, SC. 1955 150 pp, 149 b/w figures, bibliography, index. First Edition. Rust colored cloth covers. Fine $65.00 [15396] Order

Clunie, Margaret Burke, Anne Farnam, Robert Trent. Furniture at the Essex Institute.
Essex Institute, Salem, MA. 1980 64 pp, 51 captioned b/w ill., bibliography. Paper covers lightly worn, very good softcover. $25.00 [17342] Order

Connecticut Historical Society. George Dudley Seymour's Furniture Collection in the Connecticut Historical Society.
Connecticut Historical Society, n.p.. 1958 141 pp, b/w ill. throughout. Very good softcover. $45.00 [13867] Order

Downs, Joseph. American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods in the Henry Francis duPont Winterthur Museum.
Macmillan, NY. 1952 400+ items from the Winterthur Collection described and ill. 10 color plates. Hardcover, no dj, light shelfwear, else vg. Very Good $75.00 [16728] Order

Hall, Elton W., Curator of Collections. New Bedford Furniture with a checklist of New Bedford cabinetmakers and related craftsmen to 1870.
Old Dartmouth Historical Society, New Bedford, MA. 1978 27 pp, color, b/w ill. Offprint from the Magazine Antiques, $20.00 [17310] Order

Hinckley, F. Lewis. Directory of the Historic Cabinet Woods.
Crown Publishers, Inc., NY. 1960 186pp, 184 b/w ill., bibliography, many examples of English and American furniture with exotic woods such as laurel, saffronwood, sandalwood, camphorwood, zebrawood, etc. Very good hardcover, minor chips, edgewear to dj. Very good $20.00 [11204] Order

Hinckley, F. Lewis. A Directory of Antique Furniture: The Authentic Classification of European and American Designs for Professionals and Connoisseurs.
Bonanza Books, NY. 1953 (xxxiv), 355 pp, 1100+ b/w photographs. Very good hardcover, minor chips, edgewear to dj. $20.00 [11205] Order

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