1924-1927 The Dictionary of English Furniture From the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period

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Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Pleasing Copy, Rebound

Originally published from 1924 to 1927, this work was the first major survey of English furniture (and an authoritative work to this day) written collaboratively by Macquoid and Edwards. Percy Thomas MacQuoid was a renowned British theatrical designer and notable collector and connoisseur of English furniture. He authored a large array of articles on English furniture, largely for 'Country Life', and also produced a four volume history of English furniture. Ralph Edwards was the Keeper of the Department of Woodwork at the Victoria and Albert Museum and a notable authority on English antique furniture. Volume I also features a fascinating introduction by the Architectural Editor of 'Country Life', and a renowned British writer on country houses and gardens, Henry Avray Tipping. Complete in three volumes, rebound in a half crushed morocco library binding with institutional bookplates and stamping throughout. Each volume is copiously illustrated throughout with in-text black and white illustrations, and is collated complete with: A black and white frontispiece, and nineteen coloured plates to volume I. A coloured frontispiece, and fifteen coloured plates to volume III. A coloured frontispiece, and sixteen coloured plates to volume III.