A SET OF FOUR REFERENCE BOOKS FOR COLLECTORS OF ANTIQUE FURNITURE

THE LOT COMPRISES:

(1) EMPIRE FURNITURE BY SERGE GRANDJEAN HAS AS ITS SUBJECT THE BEAUTIFUL FRENCH FURNITURE OF THE EMPIRE PERIOD FROM THE TIME WHEN NAPOLEON BONAPARTE WAS INPOWER THROUGH TO THE REIGN OF LOUIS NAPOLEON. IT PROVIDES DESCRIPTIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF NUMEROUS EXQUISITE PIECES.

(2) ANTIQUE BRITISH FURNITURE BY EDWARD JOY WHICH COVERS THE PERIOD FROM THE 16TH CENTURY UP UNTIL THE MID VICTORIAN ERA IT DE3ALS WITH THE TECHNIQUES OF FURNITURE MAKING, THE CARE AND RENOVATION OF FURNITURE AND HOW TO RECOGNISE FAKES FORGERIES AND COPIES. PHOTOGRAPHS OF NUMEROUS ITEMS FROM THE DIFFERENT PERIODS ARE ALSO FEATURED

(3) CAPE FURNITURE 1680  --  1900 BY DEON VILJOEN AND PIER RABE CONTAINING EXELLENT DESCRIPTIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE FURNITURE OF THE PERIOD  THIS IS A SOFT COVER BOOK

(4) HERKOMS VAN DIE KAAPSE STOEL BY MARIELISE BOTHA  WITH DESCRIPTIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CHAIRS AS THEY DEVELOPED FROM THOSE OF THE DUTCH EAST INDIA COMPANY TO THOSE GREATLY INFLUENCED BY VICTORIAN ENGLISH CHAIRS