[Rarebooks] FS: Six Books on Antique English Furniture

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, Ephemera & Photographs]

Six Books on Antique English Furniture- $100 for all.

“Nineteenth Century English Furniture” By Elizabeth Aslin.  Published in 
New York by Thomas Yoseloff in 1962. Whatever else one may say about the 
profusion of styles that characterized 19th century English furniture, 
you cannot call them boring. From the more fanciful, overwrought 
children of Pugin to the reforms of Eastlake, Ashbee and Gimson, and 
through the Gothic, Japanese and Orientalist revivals, there was always 
something interesting afoot. This is a sweeping, scholarly, well 
illustrated examination of the development of Revival styles, Victorian, 
Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, and other furniture in 19th century England. 
It also contains a short guide to some of the cabinetmaking firms and a 
short but helpful bibliography which includes a list of some period 
exhibition catalogs. Hardcover. 7"x10", 93 pages of text plus 4 color 
and 135 black & white illustrations.  Minor soil, light wear, but 
otherwise clean and nice, with a tight binding.

"English Furniture with some furniture of other countries in the Irwin 
Untermyer Collection" By Yvonne Hackenbroch.  Published in Cambridge by 
the Harvard University Press in 1958. "The Irwin Untermyer 
Collection...includes superb examples of English furniture of almost 
every style and every period from the late Middle Ages to the end of the 
18th century." An important and massive catalog, devoted in large part 
to superlative 18th century examples, although 16th and 17th century 
pieces are also well represented. The catalog is arranged by form, and 
includes a critical commentary on each piece by Yvonne Hackenbroch, who 
also considers the evolution of styles and individual cabinetmakers. 
John Gloag has contributed a distinguished Introduction dealing with the 
design and social history of the relevant periods, as they relate to the 
pieces. The strong text, wide coverage, superb examples, and the 
hundreds of fine plates all combine to make the book an essential 
reference. Hardcover. 9.5"x12", lxv + 96 pages plus 20 color and 338 b/w 
plates, dust jacket. Chipped and worn dust jacket, book clean and tight.

“Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture in East Anglia. Regional Styles in the 
18th and 19th Centuries” By B.D. Cotton.  Published by the Norfolk Rural 
Life Museum in 1987. A very nicely-done exhibition catalog of case 
furniture, tables, and chairs made by the rural cabinetmakers and used 
by the rural folk of East Anglia. An important contribution to a 
much-neglected subject. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 51 pages, black & white 
illustrations.  Minor soil, light wear, but otherwise clean and nice, 
with a tight binding.

A History of English Furniture. The Age of Oak” By Percy Macquoid.  
Published in London by Lawrence & Bullen and New York by G.P. Putnam's 
Sons in 1904-5. One of a set of four studies published between 1904 and 
1908- The Age of Walnut [1660-1720], The Age of Satinwood [1770-1820], 
The Age of Mahogany [1720-1770] and this one, The Age of Oak 
[1500-1660]. The plates are based on watercolors by Shirley Slocombe, 
and reproduce the depth and richness of the woods and the brilliance of 
the upholstery better than any color photograph of the time could have 
done. Macquoid's volumes are illustrated with hundreds of b/w 
illustrations as well as the previously noted color plates. Whether 
taken singly or as a set, this remains an exhaustive and instructive 
study, which is still much admired today. Hardcover. 11.5"x15", 243 
pages, 215 black & white illustrations, plus 15 color plates with tissue 
guards.  An ex-library copy, with a bookplate and several stamps, 
several cover scuffs, but otherwise clean and nice, with a tight 
binding.

“English Furniture Illustrated. A Pictorial Review of English Furniture 
from Chaucer to Queen Victoria” By Oliver Brackett & H. Clifford Smith.  
Published in New York by Macmillan in 1950. A magnificent opus on 
English furniture from Gothic and Tudor times to the early 19th century. 
Oliver Brackett, who originally wrote this book, was the Keeper of 
Woodwork at the Victoria and Albert Museum from the early days of the 
20th century, and he spent several decades adding fine English furniture 
to the Museum's examples of European pieces, until the V&A's collection 
(on which this book is based) was among the world's best. His assistant 
for much of this work was young H. Clifford Smith, who revised and 
edited the second edition, which is presented here. Hardcover. 
10"x12.5", 300 pages, 240 black & white plates, dust jacket.  The dust 
jacket has some wear and soil. The book itself has some minor soil, but 
otherwise is clean and nice, with a tight binding.

“Victorian Furniture” By R.W. Symonds & B.B. Whineray.  Published in 
London by Country Life Ltd. in 1965. 2nd printing. "It is not always 
appreciated that there were as many changes and trends in furniture 
design in the reign of Queen Victoria as there had been in those of the 
previous five sovereigns. Therefore, in the space of some 50,000 words, 
this book can attempt only a general survey of Victorian furniture and 
its use and place in the Victorian home. Discussion of any one aspect in 
great detail has not been possible; the Exhibitions, wood-working 
machinery, papier-mache and the Arts and Crafts Movement, to name but a 
few, are all subjects, closely connected with furniture, which have been 
or could have been expanded into works of their own. It is hoped, 
however, that enough has been said on each subject to give a balanced 
picture of furniture throughout the Victorian era".  Actually, B.B. 
Whineray protests too much. This is a well illustrated study of English 
Victorian era furniture which does a very good job exploring the 
development and influences of the styles, the methods and materials 
used, and the social context of the movement. Symonds, one of the 
leading authorities on English furniture, died during preparation of the 
book, and it was completed by Whineray, his assistant. Hardcover. 
8.5"x11", 232 pages, color frontispiece and 281 black & white 
illustrations. The covers have some light wear and scuffs (please see 
the photos, above and below). The book itself has some minor wear, 
slightly loose hinges, but otherwise is clean.

The six books- $100 net


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