No comments about Great Carpets of the World.

2 comments about Irish Country Furniture, 1700-1950.

1. This fat book not only is encyclopedic in its range, but covers the settings that beds,chairs, dressers were created for and were used in.
   Sadly it reflects a vanishing world, where hand crafted domestic furniture was to be found in most country homes. The march of the 'South Fork' home and Hacienda style bungalow has meant much of what is recorded here is vanishing fast.



2. I found this book to be a wonderful resource detailing Irish Furniture and it's place in the cultural history of Ireland. There are numerous photographs which are very helpful in realizing the variety of styles within a given category of furniture.

No comments about Modern Design: The Fabulous 50s (Schiffer Design Book).

No comments about American Furniture 2004 (American Furniture).

No comments about The Art of the Picture Frame: Artists, Patrons and the Framing of Portraits in Britain.

No comments about Herman Miller 1939 Catalog: Gilbert Rohde Modern Design With Value Guide (Schiffer Design Book).

1 comments about Luxury Goods from India: The Art of the Indian Cabinet-maker.

1. Gorgeous photos, most in color; very readable text. Excellent heavy glossy paper, well done overall, well researched, well written. Super book on an artist who should be far better known than he is; a real genius.

No comments about A Collectors Guide to Trivets and Stands.

No comments about Fostoria: Serving the American Table 1887-1986 (A Schiffer Book for Collectors).

2 comments about Miller's: Late Georgian To Edwardian Furniture: Buyer's Guide (Millers Collectors Guides).

1. This is the perfect companion for those making their first tentative steps into the world of antique furniture. To the uninitiated, distinguishing between Georgian, Regency, William IV, Victorian, and Edwardian-era antiquities is a daunting task, well nigh impossible without spirited coaching, and that is where this book comes into play. Leading the neophyte gently by the hand through this labyrinth of terms, dates, woods, prices, et al, this book is replete with information for the would-be antique purchaser. Is it a late regency or Victorian chiffonier? A quick look at this tome will immediately put the question to rest. Auction prices rarely fluctuate precipitously over the course of several years, so this reference book should stay a pace of the market trend for a while, and for those wishing to do a great deal of antique purchasing, $29 is a ridiculously small amount of money to pay for 400 pages of extremely useful information. The Miller series of books are a wonderful staging ground from which to embark upon a lifetime's worth of adventures in the world of antiques, and my word of praise does Judith Miller's series small justice.



2. I'm not always crazy about these guides, their usefullness is for such a short duration, but I must say that this one is quite well done. It gives you a good idea of what the pieces of this style are going for at the time and what is selling and what is not..again at the time of the auction. The book does a nice job, better than most Millers guides, of giving many examples of different pieces of furniture in each style. The biggest problem with these guides are that they are a bit expensive and obviously go out of date quickly. Once they are more than a few years old they are really not of much use, other than to admire the beautiful furniture in the pictures. Having said that the book is well put together and the pictures are quite nice, though I wish more where in color.