1 comments about The Victorian Dining Room (Schiffer Book for Collectors).

1. This is a beautifully photographed book of what appears to be the author's collection. Many of the items featured are shown in multiple photos. The "Price Guide" looks like an afterthought - shown as footnotes on some of the pages, not all items. The prices are wild and what I would call "WISHFUL THINKING"!
   
   Pretty pictures, but not much substance - Don't waste your money.

1 comments about Frank Lloyd Wright's Furnishings (Wright at a Glance).

1. "Frank Lloyd Wright's Furnishings," by Carla Lind, is one in an excellent series of "mini-books" about the work of this great architect. This volume is devoted to the various items that went inside the houses designed by Wright. The book reveals Wright to be not only a skilled architect, but also a master of interior design.

   This book contains many of the praiseworthy features of other volumes in the series: a concise text by Lind, a treasury of wonderful full-color photographs, and an interesting series of sidebar quotes from Wright and others. The book covers many topics: bedroom furniture, dining room chairs, office furniture, lighting fixtures, cut stone decorative panels, and more. Lind also makes mention of some of the craftspeople who collaborated with Wright on these furnishings. Overall, this little book is a fine tribute to the work of an architectural visionary.

No comments about New American Furniture: The Second Generation of Studio.

1 comments about Straits Chinese Furniture: A Collector's Guide.

1. This is a really good book, but it is a little bit too late. If I had this book any ealier, my collection will be another much better one. It is getting harder and harder to collect authentice precious Chinese Furniture now, even in China. But with the guide of the book, you can still find some treasures if you are lucky enough.

   With 5 years experience of collecting antique Chinese furniture, I have been enjoying and harvesting. But only with books specialize in academi articles, without any clear guides described in the book. But it would be so helful to new comers.

   It is really a shame I have the book this late. But I still enjoy it and being helped.

No comments about Pairpoint Lamp Catalog: Shade Shapes Papillon Through Windsor & Related Material (Schiffer Book for Collectors).

No comments about Collector's Guide to Country Furniture, Book 1 (Collector's Guide to Country Furniture).

No comments about Buying Antique Furniture.

No comments about PAINTED FURNITURE OF FRENCH CANADA 1700-1840.

No comments about Antiques Directory of Furniture.

3 comments about The Fireplace Book (World of Art).

1. In The Fireplace Book there are lots of beautiful pictures and a short introduction for each topic (approximately a few pages per topic); however, there is no depth. The author talks about a lot of designers, periods, and parts of fireplace design. She talks about historical changes and adaptations. What this book could really use is twice the information and an improved index (the existing one is VERY weak). It absolutely needs a section for sources and further reading, along with a glossary of terms and people. If you are looking for a coffee table or idea book and know all the design terms, this could be the one for you. If you are looking for information on designers, periods, historical development, etc. or don't already know all the terms this book could be interesting, but you will need to a more wordy book to complement it.



2. A well presented book with a wide variety of photographs making it a good source of ideas for interior designers. Beyond that there is little to commend it. Most of the pictures are not referenced, even those of grand or unique designs of fireplace. The commentary is lacking in technical and historical detail and the organisation into historical periods is only loosely adhered to. Not a bad coffee table book but not much good if you want information on designing, building or choosing a fireplace.



3. Photographs of hundreds of fireplaces worldwide offer options for giving your fireplace a different look. What's your preference? Art Deco? Something reminiscent of the Renaissance period or more Contemporary? Included in this book is a directory. Detailed information is presented covering salvaged fireplace parts, antique and reproduction mantels. Miranda Innes has provided a timely book to enrich the beauty of the home and hearth. There's no place like home for the holidays sitting before a warm fire or the glowing embers emanating from a classic fireplace.