Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Small tear to

Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Small tear to jacket, some toning to jacket. Blind stamp on half title page. Pages unmarked. 346 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Provides a detailed survey of Regency furniture. This book

Regency furniture is popularly defined as the furniture produced throughout

Regency furniture is popularly defined as the furniture produced throughout the period 1790-1840 and this definition is followed here. Those fifty years produced some of the most inventive and decorative furniture ever made. The end of the eighteenth century saw the move away from the strict Palladian influence which had produced the staid, respectable furniture so beloved of generations of scholars, dealers and collectors. The period from 1790 to 1840 saw the production of some of the most inventive and decorative furniture ever made. This book is the standard work on the period. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. Wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector.