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Shackleton, Philip
The Furniture of Old Ontario
399 pages. 600 black and white photos and 10 colour plates. "This superb, fully illustrated volume provides an authoritative guide to some of the most interesting furniture made in Ontario from the beginnings of settlement to 1860. Each of the 600 pieces is fully described with careful attention to the woods used, original finish, and outstanding details." - from dust jacket. Light wear to clean, unmarked book. Average wear to dust jacket which bears two closed tears. Overall a sound copy of this wonderful reference. Book
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De Cristoforo, R.J.
The Complete Book of Wood Joinery
308 pages. Index. A great reference abundantly illustrated with drawings and black and white photographs. Heavily worn but still a useful reference copy with usual library markings. Binding intact. Book
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Multiple Contributors
Canadian Antiques Collector - May 1970, Vol. 5, No. 5
Features: Canadian Pressed Glass Patterns; Victorian Furniture; Covered Bridges; Museum Tour of Brittany; Eldon House; Meissen; Average wear. Some pages were stuck together resulting in some damage. Still a useful reference copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector - April 1969, Vol. 4, No. 4
Features: Alice and Vincent Massey as Private Collectors; Sterling in Perspective; Who's for the Michilimackinac Hunt?; Manitoba Furniture; Peter Rindisbacher - Resident Western Artist; Some Art Mysteries; London Letter - Sales Sidelights. Some pages and front cover were stuck together and have been damaged when they were re-opened. Still a useful reference copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector - November 1968, Vol. 3, No. 11
Features: The Burlington Glass Site; Silver Christening Presents; The Tam O'Shanter Jug; The Heritage of Robert Adam; Early Canadian Furniture; Pomanders and Vinaigrettes; Corporate Collectors; The Indispensable Inkstand. Somewhat above-average wear. Sound working copy. Book
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Fastnedge, R.
Shearer Furniture Designs from the Cabinet-Makers' Londong Book of Prices 1788
22 pages plus 17 plates. Front free endpaper removed. Usual library markings. Moderate wear. Binding tight. Quality copy. Book
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Canadian Homes (A Section of the Canadian) - September 1967
23 pages. Features: New Canadian furniture designs created for Expo and you; Foolproof Hollandaise Sauce; Canadian Handcrafts. Interesting contemporary ads, including a colour full-page advert. by Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). Moderate wear. clean and unmarked. Nice copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector - a Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts: August 1969
30 pages. Features: France's Furniture Craftsmen; Japanese Theatre Prints - Part 3; The Nor'Wester Museum; Decorating with antiques; Early Canadian Printmakers; Pressed Glass Exhibition at New Brunswick Museum. Some peeling to front cover and address label on back else moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian Antiques & Art Review - July/August 1980
Features: Recent work by A.J. Casson; The Brothers Martin 1813-1914; The 375th Anniversary of the Acadians in Nova Scotia; St. Mary's Church, Church Point, Nova Scotia; Acadian Furniture; Auctions. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, September-October 1973 - Furniture of Old Ontario
46 pages. Contents: Furniture of Old Ontario; Woburn Abbey; Collecting Greeting Cards; Toby Jugs; William Von Mol Berczy; Small Plate A Puzzle; What Price Heritage; A Hemming Bird - What is it?; Gibson House; Sheffield Plate Inkstands. Average wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Bottomley, Arthur J.; Et al
British Furnishing and Domestic Appliances - The World-Wide Buyer's Guide to Everything for the Home - Fourth Issue, 1949
60 pages. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos. Features: Many wonderful vintage ads, some in colour; Rayon - how it is used in lovely furnishings; A Market in Mayfair - New fabrics in a handsome setting; New Furnishing Fabrics - From new fibres and by new processes; Background to Linoleum - Designed for overseas; Scotland Presents - Carpets for Every Country; Accent on British Modern - New contemporary furniture; Lace Furnishings Look to the Future - science steps in to the aid of research; Domestic Appliances - to save time and labour; Plastic Helps - for the Home; Quick Selling - Home Accessories. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy of this interesting issue. Magazine
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Mare, Lisa M.; Cohen, Julia Kleiman; Livingston, Thomas; Wessel, Karel III; Brown, David J.; Caughey, Susan; Dillingham, Gaylord
Circa Magazine, 1990, Volume 1 - The West Coast Journal and Resource For Serious Collectors, Connoisseurs and Travelers - Carl Yeakel and His Gothic Collection
126 pages. Features: Carl Yeakel and his Gothic Collection; Japanese Painted Screens; Two Hundred Years of Federal Furniture; Antiques in Interior Design; Antique Botanital Prints; End-Paper - Vetting; and more. Light wear. Prior owner's name on first page. A quality copy. Magazine
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Little, Robert
Chairs: 400 Years of Social and Stylistic Changes
36 pages. Bibliography. Interesting exhibition catalogue with black and white illustrations. Some fading to upper half of illustrated covers. Average wear. Unmarked. Book
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Stevens, Gerald
The Canadian Collector: Glass, Pottery, Furniture, Firearms of the Nineteenth Century
100 pages. Bibliography. From first printing of 750 copies. Printed upon glossy stock. Many black and white photographs. Sections include: Early Canadian Glass; Canadian China and Pottery; Canadian Cabinetmakers; Canadian Gunsmiths (including a long list). Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding sound. A worthy copy. Book
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Canadian Collector Magazine, September/October 1979, Vol. 14 No. 5 - Indian Treaty Medals of Western Canada
Features: Auction Report - John Bateman Furniture; More Rare and Unusual Ontario Pottery; Montreal Metalsmith Paul Beau; The Art of Early Artifacts; South Persian Tribal Rugs from Vancouver Collections; Ontario and Pennsylvania Parallels in the Decorative Arts; Indian Treaty Medals of the Canadian West. Average wear. A sound, clean copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, January, 1970 *Allan Edson Feature Article*
Features: Canadian Glass Patterns; Allan Edson - Eastern Townships Artist; Kyoto's Antique Shops - Preview visit to Expo 70; More North West Company Relics; Festival Books of over 300 Years; Canadian Crafts - Old and New; Guidelines from Restoration of Antique Furniture - Part I; Period Pieces. Unmarked. Address label on front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, December 1969 *F.N. Loveroff - Neglected Artist*
Features: French Furniture in the Huntington Collection; Belleek - Irish Porcelain Establishment; F.N. Loveroff - Neglected Artist; Decorating with Antiques; The Merry Reign of the Christmas Card; Sheepshead Banknotes; Period Pieces - Sunderland Lustre Ware. Address label on front cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Canadian Antiques Collector Magazine, November 1969 - Treasures in Canada's Museums, Galleries and Historic Sites
This is an extra large issue. Features: The Pursuit of Heritage; The National Gallery as Collector; Furniture for History; Preservation in Canada; Canada Council; Development of Museums in Canada; Prince Edward Island; Art Collection of Memorial University; The NovaScotia Museum; L'Art Traditionnel Musee du Quebec; Art Gallery of Ontario; R.O.M. Canadiana Gallery; Ontario Council for the Arts; Arts and Periodicals; Winnipeg Art Gallery; Vancouver Art Gallery; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria; Treasures from the Northwest Coast; The Crisis in Art Museums; Saskatoon Art Centre; James Henderson - Western Artist; Edmonton Art Gallery; The Hudson Cup. Address label on back cover. Average wear. A sound copy. Book
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Foss, Charles H.
Cabinetmakers of the Eastern Seaboard: A Study of Early Canadian Furniture
156 pages. Selective bibliography. Index of Illustrations. With 234 illustrations, 40 in full colour. "The fine furniture tradition in Canada's eastern provinces was influenced by the arrival of the Loyalists in 1783. Among those who came were people of wealth and quality who transported, by sea, furnishings that were superior in craftsmanship and design. Accomplished cabinetmakers arriving later from Great Britain and the United States continued the tradition with their skills and developed taste; father taught son, and son preserved the craft. This book deals with twelve of the most eminent craftsmen in the area over the last two hundred years." - from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Above-average wear. Binding intact. A worthy reference copy. Book
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Sotheby's
Sotheby's - 19th Century Furniture & Decorative Arts, New York, 9 November 2001 - Sale 7712
188 pages. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. Book
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Plumptre, George
Garden Ornament: Five Hundred Years of Nature, Art, and Artifice
256 pages. Index. Bibliography. 506 illustrations, 150 in colour. "Traces the use of ornamental features throughout the history of the western garden, from the great formal gardens of Italy and France to the more intimate creations of modern design... Meticulously researched and beautifully produced... makes a significant addition to the literature of gardening." - from dust jacket. Bookplate inside front board. Small spot on front free endpaper. Light wear to unmarked book. Moderate wear to dust jacket. A sound copy of this sumptuous work. Book
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The Antique Collector Magazine, April 1971 / May 1971
Features: Claydon House - a Buckinghamshire property of the National Trust; The Importance of Patina on Old English Furniture; A Whig Artist in Ivory - David Le Marchand, 1674-1726; Turret Clocks; The heads of Illustrious persons of Great Britain - engravings by Jacobus Houbraken ; Fair news; and more. Few markings. Average wear. Book
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Canadian Collector Magazine, May/June, 1973, Vol. 8 No. 3
46 pages. Features: Blacksmiths are out of Fashion; In search of a Standard, by Henry & Barbara Dobson; Where Antique Dealers Deal - they are a clannish lot, reluctant to reveal the source of their merchandise; Toronto Stoneware, by Jean Bacso; Decorating with Antiques; Weaver's Shop, by R. Cooper; Victorian Wreaths, by Margaret Home; Bowmanville Furniture Factories, by Frederick W. Cane. Unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Canadian Collector Magazine - September/October 1982, Vol. 17 No. 5: Cape Spear Lighthouse
71 pages. Features: Boiserie de Nantes - 18th century Rococo panelling in the Chateau Ramezay; Cape Spear - Parks Canada restores Newfoundland's oldest existing lighthouse; Rags to Riches - the newsboy in 19th century American art; Painted Carpets - 19th century trompe l'oeil in rural Quebec; Restoration and Renovation III - Mechanical Systems; Barn-Framer and Farmer - Traditional Patterns govern the orderly world of Mennonite barns and farms; Not to be taken lightly - the many intriguing shapes of antique poison bottles; When Furniture Becomes Folk Art - Neustadt cabinetmaker John P. Klempp (1857-1914); Medalta's Art Wares; Odds and Ends and Ingenuity. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Nakashima, George; Wald, Dr. George (Introduction)
The Soul of a Tree: A Woodworker's Reflections
221 pages. Glossary. Bibliography. Colour photography and black and white illustrations. The author "Writes movingly about the grandeur of ancient trees and stunning figured woods and explains how he selects and prepares his materials. Above all, he impresses us with his devotion to discovering the inherent beauty of wood so that noble trees might have a second life as furniture... Looks at the world through the eyes of an artist and evokes the joy of living in harmony with nature." - from dust jacket. Heavily worn former library copy with the usual library markings. Back hinge open. Front hinge starting. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A worthy reading copy of this esteemed work. Book
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Nutshell News Magazine, May 1994 - Sue Herber, Georgia Matuschak and Our Readers
Features: Wicker comes in the home; Sue Herber does more in tiny scales; Georgia Matuschak is the watch case wizard; RX Miniatures; Show Scene; The NN Dollhouse; Happy Mother's Day, Mom; Make this Bed; Upholstering Plastic Furniture; Table Tennis Anyone; A Garden in a Bag; Dream Room XI - the Bathroom; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine, June 1992 - A June Wedding House
Features: Laying wood shingles; Pennsylvania Dutch furniture designs; Gloria Janssen-Jensen's wedding house; Elizabeth Taylor; Enter the master's bedrooms created by Kupjack for Serta, Inc.; Room to Grow - add this 1/" scale conservatory; Claycrafting Mirrors; A Queen Anne Tea Table; Happy Hanukkah; Maple Sugar II; Along the Mall XVII - Tea for Two; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine, June 1989 - Summer Projects
Features: Collectables - Nancy Forbes Furniture; Welcome to Seelyeville; Orange County Miniatures; A Collection within a Collection; Ralph and Martha Glasers' Retirement Dollhouse; A Belle in a China Shoppe - Bettie Wilmoth; Master File XI - Miniatures in Silver - Sterling advice by Pete Acquisto; Creative Notebook V - a roofing job; Kit Renderings - A Chippendale Bookcase; Game Tables; Bridal Shower Treats; Joann's Lamps and Shades; Finish your contemporary kitchen with a cooking island; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Nutshell News Magazine, December 1989 - The Best of the Season in Miniature
Features: Collectables - Scenes of Christmas in Tin; A Corn Husk Christmas; Journey to Bethlehem; Vera and Frank Bellenger; Creating these individuall trees is a group effort; Tiny Teddies; Pennsylvania's "putz"; Jean Ellsworth's Affair to Remember; Creative Notebook VIII - Handy Helpers for Santa; Claycrafting II - Stocking Stuffers; Rustic Furniture - as the twig is bent; Kit Renderings - A Hepplewhite Chair; Joann's Countdown to Christmas - little gifts; Modernize your cooking center with custom-made cabinets and built-in appliances; and more. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Canadian Collector Magazine - November/December 1980, Vol. 15 No. 6
67 pages. Features: Treasures of Canada's Photographic Past; Bookmarks; The World of William Millikin; Antique Folk Toys - Walter Trier's Collection; Rare Instruments from world-wide collections brought together at Vancouver's Centennial Museum; The Victoria Cross; Search underway for exemplary Canadian antique furniture; The Careful Collector Part IV - Cultural Property Import & Export Act. Moderate wear. Address label on front cover. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Harper's Bazar (Bazaar) Magazine, August 27, 1870 - A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction
16 pages. Features: Bridal Toilettes and Girl's Dress; Ten Miles From a Lemon; New York Fashions; Personal; House and garden furniture; gray crape bonnet; black figured tulle fishu with tabs; black pleated lace fichu; Spilled Milk; The Upas; Out of the Forest - a story of Hungary - part 1; Hard Work; Great centerfold shows over twenty ladies and girls wearing walking, house and evening dresses; The Cryptogram - continued; To Julia Swinging; Embroidered fly brush; cord mat for glasses, etc.; velvet rosette for the hair; point lace standing collars; gimp crochet cravat; scissors case; mat for beer glasses; Nettle rash; humor; and more. Average wear. Book
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Harper's Bazar (Bazaar) Magazine, February 24, 1877 - A Repository of Fashion, Pleasure, and Instruction
16 pages. Contents: Ladies' and Children's House and Street Suits; Novel Junk-Shops and their Keepers; St. Valentine's Day; Household Furniture - Wall-Paper; New York Fashions - spring silks; black silks, armure silks, brocaded silks, oriental silks, bourette, evening silks, checks and stripes, black and colored grenadines, spring millinery; Personal; Fringe of polonaises; Mignardise and crochet border for dresses, wrappings, etc.; netted and knotted fringe for dresses, wrappings, etc.; Mignardise and crochet edgings for lingerie; Border for lingerie - wroght guipure; Monograms for handkerchiefs; Border for Opera Cloaks, children's dresses, etc.; Dress Trimming; Jewel-Cup; Furniture Brush; Initials for Handkerchiefs, white embroidery; Figures for Tidies - wroght guipure and lace stitch; Juliet - continued; Savyings and Doings; coiffures, scalpettes, braids, etc. - nice illustrations; Gros Grain evening dress; Silk and Satin Evening Dress; Green Pastures and Piccadilly - continued; Why Kitty Did Not Kill Herself; Madame Schliemann - wife of the celebrated antiquarian discoverer - article and nice illustration; Fan with Lace Cover; Crepe lisse and lace fichu-collar; Cravats of serge ribbon with embroidery; netted guipure square; Russian braid and crochet square for tidies; Eradication of Garden Vermin; humor. Average wear. Book
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Adams, Marian: Editor
Canadian Antiques Collector - a Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts: May 1967 - Upper Canada Furniture
31 pages Features: Furniture of Upper Canada; Furniture of French Canada - History of fine furniture in French Canada; Tibetan Jewelry; From Modesty to Mod - Article on the Royal Ontario Museum's Centennial exhibition on Canadian clothing from 1780 to present (1967); The Fascination of Misericords - Background of Misericords (ornate wooden carvings); and How to Become a Collector Without Knowing It. Minimal wear. Small mailing label top left back cover. Clean and unmarked. A worthy copy. Magazine
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Adams, Marian: Editor
Canadian Antiques Collector - a Journal of Antiques and Fine Arts: October 1967
31 pages Features: Nova Scotia Furniture - Brief history of furniture making in Nova Scotia; Stoke-On-Trent: City of Living Tradition - History of the Staffordshire Potteries; Art in London - A short guide to the wealth of art and antiquities in London; Victoria and Albert Museum - Brief look at the history and collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum; Transfer Prints on Worcester: First period porcelain; Glamour of Old English Drinking Glasses; Once the Cork is Pulled - Bottled wines antique or "rare" treasure?; Pioneer Living; and Samplers - The craft of sampler stitching. Moderate wear along spine. Small mailing label top left back cover. Clean and unmarked. A worthy copy. Magazine
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Magazin'Art - Edition Internationale, 12 Annee, No. 4, Summer 2000
112 pages. Text primarily in French plus some in English. Features: Les galeries l'Harmattan et Art & Style de Baie-Saint-Paul; les meubles d'enfant au Canada francais; Forme, volume et espace; Le pastel; Realisme contemporain - Therese Fortin; Frederick Hagan; Remi Clark; Elisa Nucci; Brent Laycock; Lean Paul Lemieux; and more. Clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Magazine
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Wanscher, Ole
The Art of Furniture - 5000 (Five Thousand) Years of Furniture and Interiors
420 pages. Bibliography. Index of names and places. List of measurements of outstanding furniture pieces. Profusely illustrated with 12 full colour plates and over 300 photographs - including 100 scale drawings. "Covers in detail almost 5000 years of the history of furniture and its significance in daily life in both the noble home and the dwelling of the average citizen of yesterday and today as well as its important role in ecclesiastical ritual." - from dust jacket. Originally printed in Danish in 1966. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. Chips and openings to top of front panel of dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A quality copy of this magnificent work. Book
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O. Howard & Son
Howard's Hand-made Reproductions and Antique Furniture
16-page stapled booklet. Contains twenty-eight sepia-tone photos of the quality furniture hand-made by this company, plus written descriptions of each piece. Undated but appears to have been printed shortly after WWII. Two interesting and pertinent sheets laid in. Unmarked. Moderate wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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Culhan, Larry; Geddes-Gibbs, Dorothy; Amis, A.R.
Antique Showcase Magazine, May 1983 - Bentwood Furniture / Depression Glass Cookie Jars / Homer Watson
64 pages. Features: Bentwood - Curvaceously comfortable seating; Wedgewood - Birth of an Empire (part II); May Day - the advent of summer; Collecting Depression Glass Cookie Jars; Not with Butcher's Meat - Landscape Painter Homer Watson; Royal Crown Derby (part III); and more. Faint cup ring on front cover otherwise clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Cook, John R.; Banks, John; Knechtel, Janet; Sutton-Smith, Barbary
Antique Showcase Magazine, April (Apr.) 1984: Ukrainian Easter Eggs - The Technique of Pysanky / Carnival Glass / Henry Sandon
56 pages. Features: Hens-On-Nests; Canadian Furniture - part 2; Ukrainian Easter Eggs - Pysanky Technique; A Collection of Collectors (by Henry Sandon); Carnival Glass; Millinery Extravaganza in Retrospect - Hats for Ladies; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Reynolds, Marian; Craven, Howard C.; Banks, John; Biernacki, Conrad M.; Bowering, Ian
Antique Showcase Magazine, May 1984: Watercolour Artist Daniel Fowler / Buttons / Adam Haynes Auction
56 pages. Features: French Clocks - Louis XIV and Louis XV; Daniel Fowler - Watercolour Artist 1810-1894; Unbuttoning Buttons - from Ancient Egypt to 20th Century; Chinese Harwood Furniture; - Dressers and the Drawer; The Adam Haynes Collection - Auction Review; and more. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A sound copy. Magazine
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Winchester, Alice; Comstock, Helen; Rueff, Kitty; Miller, V. Isabelle; Hill, Nola O.; Davidson, Ruth B.
Antiques Magazine, October (Oct.) 1953, Vol. LXIV, No. 4 - The Porcelain of Tournai
Pages 233-320. Features: Portrait of Miss Sotheran; Among Young Collectors; Paintings and Antiques; The Porcelain of Tournai; Living with Antiques - In the modern Chicago apartment of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Franklin, designed by Mies van der Rohe; New York Furniture from the Blair Collection; American History on Liverpool and Staffordshire; American Gaming Tables; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Average wear. Unmarked. Covers loose as one but present. A sound vintage copy. Magazine
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Morson, William T.; Palmer, Brooks; Born, Wolfgang; Dow, K.W.; Wyman, E.; McKearin, H.
The Magazine Antiques, July, 1948, Vol. LIV, No. 1 - George Washington
64 pages. Features: George Washington - Printed Linen Panel - Collection of Doctor George D. Lyman; Homespun Quilt with Hand-Printed Decoration - collection of Mrs. Florence Peto; Another Old new England Farmhouse Restored; The First New Hampshire Clockmakers; A Mississippi Valley Panorama; Living with Antiques - Cove Hill in Rockport, MA; Furniture of Monmouth County; The Benjamin Franklin - In Print and Glass; and more. Printed upon glossy stock. Above-average wear and soiling with some moisture exposure. Not pretty but a worthy reference copy. Book
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McCall's Needlework and Crafts Magazine - Knitting, Crochet, Sewing, Quick Point, Weaving, Rugs, Furniture, Stenciling: Spring / Summer 1957
112 pages. Rose-inspired furnishings for you to make. Average wear. A pleasing vintage copy. Book
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McCall's Needlework and Crafts Magazine - Knitting, Crochet, Sewing, Rugs, Quick Point, Furniture, Stenciling, Block Printing: Spring / Summer 1958
112 pages. Baby's Nook. Bazaar items. Bit of writing on front cover. Average wear. A pleasing vintage copy. Book
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McCall's Needlework and Crafts Magazine - Knitting, Crochet, Sewing, Rugs, Quick Point, Furniture, Stenciling, Block Printing: Fall / Winter 1958 - 1959
136 pages. Bazaar ideas. Christmas gifts. Family room. Bit of writing on front cover. Average wear. A pleasing vintage copy. Book
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Bird, Michael S.; Pain, Howard (Foreword); Kinmonth, Claudia (Introduction)
Canadian Country Furniture 1675-1950
403 pages. Glossary, bibliography and index. "Over 700 photos of carefully selected pieces illustrate the remarkable variety and richness of Canada's country furniture heritage, including previously undocumented styles produced by such vital ethnic minorities as the Hutterites, Mennonites, and Doukhobors. The reader will also find some of the finest examples of carved, cut-out, and painted furniture from individual makers across Canada." - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Price-clipped dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An excellent copy. Book
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Shipway, Ann; Berthoud, Michael; Philp, Peter; Lester, Anthony J.; Et al
Antique Dealer and Collectors Guide Magazine, June 2000 - Enoch Booth / 19th Century Murano
64 pages. Features: Milk Pots and Creamers - an ideal subject for the porcelain collector; June Furniture Exhibitions; Unique Survival - a remarkable Derby porcelain yellow-ground tea and coffee service decorated by George Robertson; Enoch Booth (1717 - c.1743) - the likely pioneer of creamware; 1900 Commemorated; The 19th Century in Murano (glass); and much more. Lavishly produced upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Philp, Peter, Sandon, John; Lester, Anthony J.
Antique Dealer and Collectors Guide Magazine, March (Mar.) 2001 - Geoffrey Whitaker / James Hadley
64 pages. Features: A Review of the offerings of some of the nation's major oak furniture dealers; The Genius of James Hadley - perhaps the greatest ceramics modeller of the 19th century; Possneck Q.E.D. - research reveals new information about a previously unknown class of 19th century German porcelain figures; Grandeur in Oak - the use of oak in longcase clock cases; Collecting Vinaigrettes; Giant Antique Fairs Pioneer - Geoffrey Whitaker; Market Report - Silver; many attractive ads; and much more. Lavishly produced upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Philp, Peter, Shipway, Ann; Sandon, John; et al
Antique Dealer and Collectors Guide Magazine, October (Oct.) 2001 - Edward John Gregory (1850-1909)
64 pages. Features: Increasing popularity of early oak and later country furniture - Beware of altered, embellished and otherwise dubious pieces; Collecting Kitchen Silver - highly collectible; Cotswold Collecting - a preview of 18 upcoming selling exhibitions; 18th Century Blue and White Porcelain is highly sought; Ceramic Comparisons - examining teawares from Saint Cloud, Meissen and Bow; Master of Genre - Edward John Gregory RA, RI (1850-1909) was a consistently fine painter; Tavern Clocks; Open for business at Woburn Abbey Antiques Centre; Market Report - Jewellery; and much more. Lavishly produced upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book
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Jervis, Simon; Watson, Francis [Foreword]
Printed Furniture Designs Before 1650
x, 54, [449 plates] pages. Index of proper names. "A very important contribution to the history of early European furniture." - Foreword. "The printed furniture designs illustrated here constitute perhaps the most accessible, cohesive, and valuable body of visual evidence for the aspirations and achievements of both furniture designer and cabinet-maker during the period which begins with the sixteenth century and ends, in England, with the execution of Charles I, in France with the Fronde, and in Germany with the Peace of Westphalia." - Introduction. Minor soiling to top edge, otherwise clean, bright and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy of this treasured reference. Please note: isbn on copyright page, 0901286052, is apparently incorrect. Book
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