Dutch Antique Furniture: Periods, Styles and Identification
Identify Dutch antique furniture through seventeenth-century cabinets, floral marquetry, lacquer imitation, construction, later styles and restoration evidence.
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Antique History & Styles
56 published guides on repair, care and the stories behind well-made things.
Belgian Antique Furniture: Periods, Styles and Identification
Identify Belgian antique furniture through regional construction, court styles, nineteenth-century revival work, Art Nouveau and documented makers.
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Danish Furniture: From Historic Cabinetmaking to Danish Modern
A guide to Danish furniture from guild cabinetmaking and Neoclassicism to functionalism and Danish Modern, with identification and restoration advice.
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German Antique Furniture: Periods, Styles and Identification
Identify German antique furniture through regional cabinetmaking, Renaissance cupboards, Baroque courts, Biedermeier, historicism and modern design.
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Italian Antique Furniture: Periods, Styles and Identification
Identify Italian antique furniture through regional centres, Renaissance cassoni, Baroque carving, marquetry, pietre dure, period construction and later revivals.
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Portuguese Antique Furniture: Periods, Styles and Identification
A practical guide to Portuguese antique furniture, including native woods, Baroque turning, Indo-Portuguese cabinets, period styles and identification cautions.
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Spanish Antique Furniture: Periods, Styles and Identification
Identify Spanish antique furniture through construction, woods, ironwork, regional traditions and period features, from carved chests to historicist revivals.
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French Antique Furniture: Periods, Styles and Identification
An Antique Repair Shop guide to identifying French furniture from the Renaissance and Louis periods through Empire, Art Nouveau and Art Deco.
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English Antique Furniture: Periods, Styles and Identification
Identify English antique furniture from Tudor to Edwardian periods using construction, timbers, joints, fittings, surface, restoration evidence and style.
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American Federal Furniture: A Short Guide
Federal furniture adapted British and European Neoclassicism to the early United States. Light proportions, tapered legs, inlay, veneers and regional cabin
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Japanned Cabinets and European Chinoiserie
European makers developed japanning and imaginative East Asian-inspired decoration as imported lacquer and porcelain became highly fashionable. Dark ground
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Shaker Furniture: Function, Community and Myth
Shaker furniture grew from communal religious life, disciplined workmanship and practical needs rather than a modern minimalist design programme. Built-in
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