World furniture : an illustrated history / edited by Helena Hayward ; [by] Douglas Ash [and others].

Title & Author:

World furniture : an illustrated history / edited by Helena Hayward ; [by] Douglas Ash [and others].

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

London ; New York : Hamlyn, 1965.

Description:

320 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 35 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (page 312) and index.
Introduction / Helena Hayward -- I. Egypt, Greece Rome. Egypt / John R. Harris. Greece, Rome / Joan Liversidge -- II. Byzantine and early Medieval / John Hunt -- III. Gothic / Douglas Ash -- IV. Renaissance. Italy / Hugh Honour. France / Laurence Buffet-Challie. Germany and Scandinavia / Hans Huth. The Low Countries / Th. H. Lunsingh Scheurleer. England / E.T. Joy. Spain and Portugal / Andrew Ciechanowiecki -- V. The seventeenth century. Italy / Hugh Honour. The Low Countries / Th. H. Lunsingh Scheurleer. France / Laurence Buffet-Challie. England : 1660-1715 / Anthony Coleridge. Germany and Scandinavia / Hans Huth. Spain and Portugal / Andrew Ciechanowiecki. America / Robert C. Smith -- VI. The eighteenth century. France / Yvonne Brunhammer. England 1715-1765 / Helena Hayward. England 1765-1800 / Clifford Musgrave. Germany / P.W. Meister. Italy / Hugh Honour. Spain and Portugal / Andrew Ciechanowiecki. The Low Countries / Th. H. Lunsing Scheurleer. Scandinavia / Peter Thornton. Poland / Bozenna Maszkowska. Russia / Bozenna Maszkowska. America / Robert C. Smith -- VII. The nineteenth century. England : 1800-1830 / Clifford Musgrave. England : 1830-1901 / Charles Handley-Read. England : 1901-1918 (illustrations). France / Serge Grandjean. America : 1815-1918 / Joseph T. Butler. Germany / P.W. Meister. Scandinavia / Peter Thornton. The Low Countries / Th. H. Lunsingh Scheurleer. Italy / Hugh Honour. Spain and Portugal / Andrew Ciechanowiecki. Russia / Bozenna Maszkowska. Poland / Bozenna Maszkowska -- VIII. The Far and Middle East. China / Margaret Medley. Japan / J. Hillier. The Middle East, India and South East Asia / Anthony Christie -- IX. The twentieth century. Primitive furniture (illustrations). Glossary. Reading list. Acknowledgments -- Index.

Summary:

Ancient and medieval furniture - Europe's Renaissance - Baroque age - Rococo style - Neo-classical furniture - Nineteenth century furniture - Arts and crafts and Art Nouveau - Art deco - Far and Middle East - The twentieth century.

ISBN:

0600039552
9780600039556
0517351501
9780517351505

Subject:

Furniture History.
Meubles Histoire.
Furniture
Furniture, to 1918.

Form/genre:

History

Added entries:

Hayward, Helena.
Ash, Douglas.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 12119
Call No.: POX6037; ID:87-B1441
Status: Available

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