R90.00
Very good reference book
In stock
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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