300 Years of Antique American Furniture - Periods Styles Makers / Scarce Book

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THREE CENTURIES OF AMERICAN FURNITURE - An Illustrated Survey of Furniture from Colonial Times to the Present Day
by Oscar Fitzgerald, Gramercy Publishing Ltd., NY, 1982.
Profusely illustrated in color and mostly black-and-white, this early out-of-print book is a definitive pictorial guide to American antique furniture.
Approximately 1,000 color and mostly black-and-white photographs with in-depth captions accompany a rich narrative which reviews the history and production of antique American furniture from various periods.  This book “will provide the collector, student, and historian with an indispensable, meticulously researched, scholarly treatment of:  historical and cultural impact on furniture design; the start of the American furniture industry; techniques of cabinetmaking—the hallmark of authenticity; regional styles: country furniture, Pennsylvania German, Southern, and so on; new interpretation of 17th and 18th century; Victorian and Empire furnishings of current interest.”  Drawn from many private and public collections, the items illustrated and explained trace the evolution of American cabinetry in a most readable way.  From an expert researcher who often lectures at the Smithsonian here is a comprehensive and reliable resource for anyone who wants to understand, appreciate, collect, buy or sell antique American furniture.
8.7“ x 11.2“ hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 323 pages.
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