A Short Dictionary of Furniture

Containing Over 2,600 Entries That Include Terms and Names Used in Britain and the USA

John Gloag

• Editore: Routledge
• Anno: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781000776140
• Edizione: 1
• Argomento: Architektur
• Categoria: Innenarchitektur

Originally published in 1952 but enlarged and revised in 1969, this dictionary became a standard authoritative work of reference. It contains 2, 612 entries and over 1, 000 illustrations, reproduced from contemporary sources and from drawings by Ronald Escott, Marcelle Barton and Maureen Stafford. The work is divided into 6 sections: the first and second concern the description and design of furniture, the third contains the entries, the fourth gives a list of furniture makers in Britain and North America, section five records books and periodicals on furniture and design and the concluding section sets out in tabular form the periods with the materials used, and types of craftsmen employed from 1100 to 1950.

Indice dei contenuti

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements: First Edition
• Acknowledgements: Revised Edition
• Plan and purpose of book
• Section I The description of furniture
• Section II The design of furniture
• Section III Dictionary of names and terms
• Section IV Furniture makers in Britain and America
• Section V Books and periodicals on furniture and design
• Section VI Periods, types, materials, and craftsmen from 1100 to 1950