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This is a beautiful book illustrating every style imaginable in chronological order. Worth every cent. An easy way to learn about style.
I had taken this book out from a library to get some ideas for my final project in my cabinet making course and I just had to have it. I like the way the furniture is classified for each time period and also the many pictures and their discriptions.
Many beautiful pictures and great information to go with it. Many of the items in here were, or are, for the top 1% of our society, but you can take the information and apply it intelligently to other more common pieces to get the history and inspiration for those items. Worth the wait of being picky about what I wanted in a book of this topic. I waited and reviewed many books on furniture history and was very pleased with this one. Judith Miller is a well penned author in the area of Interior Design. I could go on and on, but just trust me when I say, the ink stops here. My husband could not put this book down until the end, and was online trying to find many of the pieces for sale.
We found this book to be a useful guide for styles of furniture of the upper class of society. It's like strolling through a museum. For doing stage productions this is very helpful, however, more pictures of "common" furniture styles would make this a perfect book for our reference. If you are interested in collecting antique or reproduction furniture you will find this a great resource.
This is the most thorough, extensive, well-organized, beautifully photographed book on period furniture and interiors on the market today. Well worth it at twice the price. It should be a required text for all design schools as well as a treasured resource for collectors, historians, and lovers of furniture of all kinds.
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