Dictionary of 19th Century Antiques and Later Objets D’art – George Savage

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Very good reference book

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Condition: dust jacket has minor shelfwear but spine is faded. Book itself is in excellent condition- very well looked after.

Edition: First Edition

Binding: Hardcover

Publisher: Barrie & Jenkins

Published: 1978

401 pages, Hardcover

Invaluable source on antiques, with far-ranging and sometimes surprising coverage of topics. A book that can be dipped in by antique lover for picking up bits and pieces of knowledge. Some longer entries are tantamount to full articles on their topics.

Profuse photographic illustration, some in color. Greater emphasis on finer antiques. Places things in a historical context. Ample coverage of world expositions which so important to decorative arts development of period.

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