• Frederick Litchfield Illustrated History of Furniture: From the Earliest to the Present Time, c. early 20th Century
  • Frederick Litchfield Illustrated History of Furniture: From the Earliest to the Present Time, c. early 20th Century

Frederick Litchfield Illustrated History of Furniture: From the Earliest to the Present Time, c. early 20th Century

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Illustrated History of Furniture: From the Earliest to the Present Time Containing over Three Hundred and Fifty Illustrations of Representative Examples of the Different Periods. Seventh Edition "considerably revised and enlarged."

459 pages; numerous illustrations. Red cloth with gilt lettering. 8 [?] x 10.5 inches (20.3 [?] x 27 cm). Foxing to end inside covers and some pages. Slight shelf wear to edge and corners of cloth. In very good condition overall.


Book from an English author who wrote several works on furniture and decoration. Contents: Ancient Furniture. The Middle Ages. The Renaissance. Jacobean Furniture. The Furniture of Eastern Countries. French Furniture. The Georgian Period. First Half of the Nineteenth Century. From 1851 to the Present Time. Colonial Furniture. Appendix: List of Artists and Manufacturers of Furniture. Different Kinds of Wood. Tapestry Used For French Furniture. The Process of Gilding and Polishing. The Pianoforte. Index. 

WorldCat lists copies of earlier editions of this book, but none of the seventh, which was probably the last. The first edition is from 1892, the sixth edition from 1907.