Furniture

Antique wicker furnishings are greatly cherished by collectors today. Here hundreds of charming pieces made of cane, rattan, reed, rush, and willow that are displayed in full-color photographs from private collections. Trace the evolution of wicker...

'In three comprehensive sections packed with rich photography and expert advice, this practical yet inspiring guide will give you the confidence to try it yourself' - Elle Decoration'Ali Heath has done it again. In Create, she expertly unpacks how to mix...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374537036Author Witold RybczynskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Farrar, Straus and GirouxPublisher Farrar, Straus and GirouxWeight(grams)...

From a spirit-haunted church in Western Ohio to an ancient Italian castle, from a freakish funhouse on the Jersey shore to a Connecticut cottage with a storybook facade that belies its spine-tingling contents: this collection of aspirational interiors...

'Over the years I've had some incredible finds, but the one that excites me the most is the next one.' Drew Pritchard set himself up as a dealer when he was a teenager, rooting around in scrapyards, working out of a shed and getting about in a ropy old...

A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Crucial Home & Design Book for Beginners A Library Journal Best Book of the Year An Amazon Best Book of the Month Christophe Pourny learned the art of furniture restoration in his father's atelier in the South of France. In...

This illustrated, easy reference guide is packed with all the information you need to help you date English furniture and bring its history to life. The book looks at many different furniture types, showing how form, style and the types of wood used...

A new way of thinking about furniture, from the international bestselling author of The Interior Design HandbookAward-winning blogger Frida Ramstedt shares insights and advice on how to make sure the furniture you buy doesn’t just look good but is also...

How to repair loose joints, broken chair legs and damaged finishes: this comprehensive book is an essential guide to repairing and conserving your furniture. There is expert information on specialist skills such as turning, carving, upholstery, graining,...

The history of the British home in the 1940s is dominated by the Second World War. In the first five years of the decade homes were adapted to better survive the affects of bombing. The 1930s home became the wartime home with the addition of anti-blast...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486216010Author Thomas ChippendaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 249Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

A stylish and informative guide to the best of Midcentury Modern chair design. These are the top 100 most interesting, most controversial, or simply most beautiful chairs from the period spanning 1930-1970, according to expert curator and chair addict...

From Alvar Aalto to Marco Zanuso, Chairs introduces over 1,000 groundbreaking innovations by the world's greatest designers. Tracing the history of the modern chair from 1800 to the present day, revered experts Charlotte and Peter Fiell comprehensively...

Joanne Condon takes you step-by-step through the process of furniture flipping, from choosing the right piece to using colour, pattern and detail to bring new life to an item. The perfect antidote to unsustainable, mass-produced 'fast furniture',...

Diana Yates shares her guide to creating a flower and veg garden from scratch, and how it turned out to be larder, source of home decoration and a place of restoration and healing, too. From planting for pollinators to growing a pumpkin patch and storing...

Free your imagination and discover vibrant, characterful interiors inspired by market and vintage finds from around the world. Stylist Selina Lake and writer Joanna Simmons step inside real homes furnished with intriguing pieces from different eras and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781643890449Author U S Forest ServiceFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Doublebit PressPublisher Doublebit PressWeight(grams) 86gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

What do thousands of kids, makers, poets, artists, steampunks, hipsters, activists and musicians have in common? They love typewriters-the magical, mechanical contraptions that are enjoying a surprising second life in the 21st century, striking a blow...

Breathe new life into old furniture and thrift store finds Upcycling Furniture For Dummies shows you how to revitalize old furniture, with just a little effort and imagination, and maybe a few coats of fresh paint. Upcycling furniture is affordable, good...

‘There have been many books about Herman Miller, its ethos, designers, and furniture, but none as comprehensive as this.’ – Interior Design The acclaimed chronicle of the rich history of this innovative furniture company, from its founding in the early...

'As a child I think we lived on rabbit - boiled, roasted or stewed, it was a staple diet for many families ...' Birdlip, Cold Slad, Crickey Hill and the Air Balloon Inn: growing up in a hamlet of only six houses, John Townsend's humble childhood is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486270036Author John G. SheaFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Bring texture, colour and depth to your home and embrace sustainable living with vintage finds. Flea-market finds are the perfect finishing touch to any interiors scheme. In modern rooms, a distressed chair or a vintage mirror bring much-needed...

Interior designer and antiques dealer Tara Shaw is the goto supplier of French and European antiques for Thomas O'Brien, Bunny Williams, and a host of AD100 Alisters. In her first book, she helps readers understand how to select the best antiques and how...

From primitive pieces to elegant modernity, the definitive guide to 3,000 years of furniture designA glorious encyclopedia from expert Judith Miller, a regular guest on the BBC's Antiques Roadshow, showcasing more than 3,000 years of design. From...

Think Marie Antoinette in jeans and a cowboy hat - that is Rachel Ashwell's prairie style. Rachel Ashwell Couture Prairie takes her signature pastels, ruffles and whimsical prettiness right to the heart of cowboy country. This is a journey in pictures...

Learn how to master the art of creating sleek, elegant and chic French interiors with Carolyn Westbrook's The French-Inspired Home. "The French Inspired" has become Carolyn's own signature style. Her stunning plantation house, a sleek urban apartment...

For well over a century, the world has noted the distinctive chairs made by Shaker communities throughout the eastern United States. A writer for House Beautiful suggested at the beginning of the twentieth century that "If you own a Shaker chair,...

The National Trust owns and cares for the most important, varied and valuable collection of antiques in Britain. From Rubens paintings to Paul McCartney's bedroom paraphenalia, its enormous range is unequalled and many of these antiques are still housed...

This concise yet wide-ranging survey of collectable antique furniture, illustrated throughout in full colour, guides the new collector through almost three centuries of Western Furniture with clarity and authority. Invaluable as a reference tool, it...

This concise yet wide-ranging survey of collectable antique furniture, illustrated throughout in full colour, guides the new collector through almost three centuries of Western Furniture with clarity and authority. Invaluable as a reference tool, it...

The first comprehensive study of William Ince and John Mayhew's famous eighteenth-century cabinetmaking partnership, complemented by high-quality photographs of their work. The partnership of William Ince (1737-1804) and John Mayhew (1736-1811) ran...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486251714Author Gustav EckeFormat PaperbackPage Count 161Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 635g

The earliest known dolls' house was made in Bavaria in the mid-sixteenth century. Like most of those built in the following 250 years, it was designed not to be played with, but to be a perfect representation in miniature of a princely house, and to...

Frames often catch the eye and arouse the curiosity of visitors to galleries and museums, yet labels and catalogues rarely comment on them. Nicholas Penny conveys his interest in the history of frames, the design and techniques of frame-making, what...

See 9780754834977 for the new updated edition. (This one is out of print). The essential guide to basic and advanced restoration techniques for antique furniture, and a comprehensive directory of tools, materials and equipment. Step-by-step instructions...

This Southern gentleman's beloved property in bucolic Americus, Georgia, has absorbed him for over six decades. It consists of four intimate dwellings that exemplify various southern architectural traditions - from a mid-nineteenth-century Gothic to a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9784770031211Author David SavageFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Kodansha International LtdPublisher Kodansha America, IncWeight(grams) 1385g

This first major monograph on cabinetmaker Jean-Henri Riesener traces his life and career, bringing new insights into his business practice, designs and construction techniques. Jean-Henri Riesener (1734-1806) was one of the greatest French...

Designed for function, each chair has a story to tell about the history and evolution of American design, art, and craftmanship. At the heart of the catalogue is the presentation of 57 chairs from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection of American Art covered in...