Book Description
Elegantly fashioned and uniquely perceptive, this guidebook, now in its third edition, authoritatively surveys four centuries of American domestic furniture styles. Identifying American Furniture offers answers to the questions most people ask about furniture: "What style is that?" "How can you tell?" and "When was it popular?" Curators, collectors, appraisers, connoisseurs of furniture, and students of history, architecture, and the arts-as well as those just learning the fascination of stylistic trends in American furniture-will find this succinct handbook essential. Styles are arranged chronologically from 1607 to the present and represent all thirty-five major furniture styles from Arts and Crafts to Windsor. Milo M. Naeve's vivid commentary draws attention to the book's 196 photographs, pinpointing distinctions among the styles. Naeve also offers an excellent guide for further reading.

Book Description
From Chippendale to Stickley, this comprehensive guide to the vast, varied, and popular world of American furniture includes more than 3,000 examples, carefully selected to give a broad representation of each style and manufacturer. Black-and-white photographs of each piece are accompanied by descriptions, including distinguishing marks and the most up-to-date prices paid at auction. Short accounts of what is often the fascinating history of individual factories--together with useful hints on dating their output and identifying fakes--make this book an indispensable reference work for the dealer and collector alike.