Dutch Antique Furniture: Periods, Styles and Identification
Identify Dutch furniture through seventeenth-century cabinets, floral marquetry, lacquer imitation, construction, later styles and restoration.
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Antique History & Styles
68 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 cabinetmaking, Liège carving, court styles, Art Nouveau, construction and documented makers.
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Danish Furniture: From Historic Cabinetmaking to Danish Modern
Trace Danish furniture from guild cabinetmaking and Neoclassicism to Danish Modern, with identification guidance on makers, labels, materials and production.
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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 and construction.
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Portuguese Antique Furniture: Periods, Styles and Identification
Identify Portuguese furniture through native woods, Baroque turning, Indo-Portuguese production, regional construction, metalwork and later alterations.
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Spanish Antique Furniture: Periods, Styles and Identification
Identify Spanish antique furniture through regional woods, mudéjar and Renaissance traditions, ironwork, construction, period styles and revival evidence.
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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
Understand true East Asian lacquer, European japanning and chinoiserie furniture through materials, trade, construction, identification and conservation.
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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.
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