This book will help you discover: how to determine the basic style of a piece; how old it is; how to identify the wood; how to examine a piece of furn...

Give life to old cane furniture and weave seats and backs for new pieces. Traditional techniques and new shortcuts make caning with wicker, rattan, ra...

Basic, step-by-step instructions for building a comb-back Windsor chair, using traditional methods. With the simplest of hand tools and a lathe, even ...

Learn traditional chair seating using six-strand caning or rush weaving with marsh grass, straw, and alternative materials. These two crafts share the...

This book is a facsimile reproduction of the Elgin a. Simonds company's furniture catalog. It presents the reader with an extensive resource of tradit...

A comprehensive look at striking furniture of the nineteenth century Biedermeier era in Austria and Germany. This handsome book features more than 600...

Today's American, hand-crafted furniture is bristling with originality. Blending art and functionality, David Ebner creates unique benches, tables, an...

Mirrors dating from Egypt's New Kingdom, circa 1300 B.C., through the Art Nouveau movement at the beginning of the twentieth century A.D. are arranged...

Herman Miller, the leader in modern twentieth-century furniture manufacture, was a totally design-oriented company. Known best for Eames and Nelson fu...

If you've ever wanted to step inside a house designed by frank Lloyd Wright or if you've ever dreamed of living in one "The Wright Style" offers the n...

Both functional and beautiful, a growing number of people are interested in and fascinated with antique trunks. Many baby boomers--unsure of their val...