Category: Reference

Handsome full-color photos, informatively labeled line drawings, and an enlightening text show readers how to identify antique chairs, tables, bureaus, case furniture, coffee pots, teapots, silverware, candlesticks, glassware, and porcelain pieces according to the historical period of their origin. The key to identification lies in recognizing an era's representative shapes and matching those shapes to the antique being examined. Fine examples of European and American craftsmanship spanning three centuries are shown and discussed, starting in the mid 1600s and progressing to the 1930s. Illustr...
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A directory of american silver, pewter and silver plate

By: Kovel, Terry,Kovel, Ralph

Price: $4.98

Publisher: Random House Reference: 1979-01-01

Seller ID: 051750636X-01

ISBN: 051750636X

Condition: Acceptable

heavy wear to older book
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Monumental silver: Selections from the Gilbert Collection : [catalog] : Los Angeles County Museum, 28 April-10 July 1977

By: Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Price: $3.00

Publisher: Los Angeles County Museum of Art: 1977-01-01

Seller ID: 0875870775-01

ISBN: 0875870775

Condition: VeryGood

unmarked, light shelfwear-NICEStandard-sized.
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Antiquespeak: A Guide to the Styles, Techniques, and Materials of the Decorative Arts, from the Renaissance to Art Deco (Speak Series)

By: Marcus, George H.,Hiesinger, Kathryn B.

Price: $2.95

Publisher: Abbeville Press: 1997-09-01

Seller ID: M0789201895Z2

ISBN: 0789201895

Condition: VeryGood

Standard-sized. VG - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE
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Antiquespeak: A Guide to the Styles, Techniques, and Materials of the Decorative Arts, from the Renaissance to Art Deco (Speak Series)

By: Marcus, George H.,Hiesinger, Kathryn B.

Price: $2.95

Publisher: Abbeville Press: 1997-09-01

Seller ID: M0789201895Z3

ISBN: 0789201895

Condition: Good

Continuing the popular and illuminating "Speak" series, this handsomely designed volume offers a user-friendly lexicon of the decorative arts.

Understanding antiques requires knowledge of a specialized vocabulary that tells initiates what something is, where it came from, and when it was made. AntiqueSpeak provides this essential information in concise but illuminating essays that cover almost a millennium of styles (such as Baroque and Art Deco), materials (glass, ivory), types of objects (furniture, toys and games), specialized areas of collecting (folk art, Judaica), and c...
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