The English Regional Chair - Bernard D. Cotto

This is arguably the most detailed study ever made of any branch of British furniture. It covers in considerable depth, on a region by region basis, the work of hundreds of craftsmen, spread throughout the country, working in the general tradition of the area but superimposed with their own individual design n
 'signatures'.
The author has examined thousands of regional chairs, researched local archives, conducted field studies, collected anecdotal evidence and used computers to relate the evolution of known types and makes. The result is a living account of the development of countless styles of chairs from all over England and the way of life of the craftsmen who produced them.
A highly authoritative work that has transformed the collecting and the study of vernacular furniture: encyclopedic in its breadth of information and illustration.


    Hardcover. Chocolate brown buckram covered boards with gilt titling on spine and front board. Corners intact. In Fine Condition.
    Dust jacket in Good condition. Shelf wear along the edges and nicked at a few places, especially the folds and the corners. But otherwise in a Good to Very Good condition.
    Protected with Brodart book cover.
    Text block intact. Ever so slightly discolored on page edges.
    1,400 B&W illustrations. 70 color plates.
    Published by Antique Collectors Club Ltd., 1990.   
    Binding Condition: Tight.
    Overall Condition: Very Good to Fine.
    Size: Quarto (4vo), 306 mm X 222 mm X 44 mm.
    511 pages
    ISBN: 9781851490233

This book has revolutionised collecting and the study of vernacular furniture. It continues to be studied avidly by collectors as hundreds of new makers' names emerge from the anonymity of generalised terms such as Windsor, ladder back and spindle back.
*From Front Flap.

Condition: Very Good to Fine.

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