The Standard Book of American Antique Furniture

This fantastic book contains a comprehensive and definitive treatise on American antique furniture. Containing a wealth of information that covers just about everything one might possibly want to know about the subject coupled with a plethora of detailed illustrations, this text will greatly appeal to those with an interest in antique furniture and makes for a worthy addition to collections of such literature. The chapters of this book include: Concerning This Book, Several Preliminary Matters; Styles of American Antique Furniture; Interesting Details; Chairs; Day-Beds, Settees, and Window Seats; Sofas; Chests and Chests of Drawers; Highboys; Lowboys; Bureaus; Desks, Secretaries, Secretary Bookcases, Bookcases, and China Cabinets; and much more. This text has been elected for modern republication due to its immense educational value, and we are proud to republish it here complete with a new introduction on the history of furniture.