Pain HowardABAA
The Heritage of Country Furniture: A Study in the Survival of Formal and Vernacular Styles From The United States Britain and Europe Found in Upper Canada 1780-1900
1978179460Toronto/ New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Ltd 1978. Hardcover. VG/VG light wear to boards block and dust jacket. Pages are clean and clear. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering brown dust jacket with color illustration gold and white lettering color illustrated frontispiece 548 pp profusely illustrated throughout in bw and color. Book jacket: "This book is meant for both the serious collector and those who are only beginning to become interested. Never before has Canadian furniture been illustrated so lavishly or completely; the 1450 plates 249 in colour portray the best examples of Upper Canadian furniture so that they can be identified and evaluated. And never before has the furniture been written about with such clarity and authority. The author Howard Pain has given us the only complete reference work on this fascinating and unique body of furniture. Van Nostrand Reinhold Ltd hardcover books
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB · États-Unis28,00 $US≈ 23,69 €
