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9781032367620

A Short Dictionary of Furniture : Containing Over 2,600 Entries That Include Terms and Names Used in Britain and the USA / John Gloag

Publication year: 2022

ISBN: 9781032367620

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Contains 2,612 entries and over 1,000 illustrations, reproduced from contemporary sources and from drawings by Ronald Escott, Marcelle Barton and Maureen Stafford. 6 sections: the first and second concern the description and design of furniture, the third contains the entries, the fourth gives a list of furniture makers in Britain and North America, section five records books and periodicals on furniture and design and the concluding section sets out in tabular form the periods with the materials used, and types of craftsmen employed from 1100 to 1950.


Subject: Architecture, Decoration, Dictionaries, Furniture, Furniture Dictionaries, Architectural History, Architectural Reference, Interior Design, Industrial Design