A short dictionary of furniture; containing 1767 terms used in Britain and America

by John Gloag

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Originally published in 1952 but enlarged and revised in 1969, this dictionary became a standard authoritative work of reference. It contains 2,612 entries and over 1,000 illustrations, reproduced from contemporary sources and from drawings by Ronald Escott, Marcelle Barton and Maureen Stafford. The work is divided into 6 sections: the first and second concern the description and design of furniture, the third contains the entries, the fourth gives a list of furniture makers in Britain and show more North America, section five records books and periodicals on furniture and design and the concluding section sets out in tabular form the periods with the materials used, and types of craftsmen employed from 1100 to 1950. show less

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Wanda-Gambling 400 reviews

I understand this book isn't for everyone, but as a lover of furniture and dream houses I greatly enjoyed learning about the subject.

May 9, 2020

keylawk 2,152 reviews

More than a dictionary, this is a trove of words used to describe, and the names of the makers of, furniture. Great reference, with pictures and indications of the influences which affect the form, function and character of these extensions of human bodies, during the last eight and a half centuries. The final Section has a Chart showing the Periods, types, materials and craftsmen from 100 to 1950.

Period:
10th-12th c. Saxon and Norman.
13th-14th c. Mediaeval
15th c. Late Mediaeval
16th c. 1500-1558 - Early Tudor
16th c. 1558-1600 - Late Tudor or Elizabethan
17th c. 1600-1640 - Early Stuart or Jacobean
17th c. 1640-1660 - Puritan
17th c. 1660-1700 - Restoration; William and Mary
18th c. 1700-1730 - Queen Anne and Early Georgian
18th c. 1730-1800 show more - Georgian - this is the Golden Age of cabinet-making
19th c. 1800-1820 - Greek Revival / Regency; infl. of architects/ English Empire style
19th c. 1820-1837 - Pre-Victorian; Gothic revival begins
19th c. 1837-1900 - Victorian; William Morris 1860's; L'Art Nouveau 1890's.
20th c. 1900-1950 - Edwardian / New Georgian; infl. of industrial designers. show less

Mar 4, 2013

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