How to be a Furniture Detective book Antique Oak MORE

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Collector Bookstore
724 Delaware Street
Leavenworth, KS 66048
Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration.
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How to be a Furniture Detective by: Fred Taylor
ISBN:
0970337825
Book Title:
How to be a Furniture Detective
Author:
Fred Taylor
Binding:
Soft Cover
Copyright:
2003
Pages:
198
Size:
5.5 x 8.5 in.
Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry.
This book will help you discover: how to determine the basic style of a piece; how old it is; how to identify the wood; how to examine a piece of furniture before purchase; how to determine it's condition; the clues that tool marks leave; how drawer joinery tells the tale of it's origins; how to detect shrinkage of the wood and what it means; what screws, nails and joints reveal, and much more. Anyone who is interested in the history, restoration information, construction techniques, and anything else they can find out about antique furniture, this book is the perfect guide!
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