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ABC/131
Title
The Thirty-five styles of furniture. Furniture Record 1904
Date(s)
- 1904 (Creation)
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1 volume
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Scope and content
An in-depth collection of furniture drawings, in chronological order, from approximately 5000bc to 1900. The hand drawings give an insight to the different styles and types of furniture designs used in each specific period. Drawings included are: Egyptian Period; Grecian Period; Roman Period; Pompeian Period; Byzantine Period; Gothic Period; Moorish Period; Indian Period; Chinese Period; Japanese Period; Italian Gothic Period; Tudor Period; Italian Renaissance Period; Spanish Renaissance Period; Dutch Renaissance Period; German Renaissance Period; Francois I Period; Henri II Period; Louis XIII Period; Elizabethan Period; Jacobean Period; William and Mary Period; Queen Anne Period; Louis XIV Period; Georgian Period; Chippendale Period; Ince and Mayhew Period; Louis XV Period; Hepplewhite Period; Louis XVI Period; Sheraton Period; Adam Period; Empire Period; British New Art Period; L'Art Nouveau Period.
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Language of material
- English
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scuffed corners, torn spine