1908 A History of Furniture

Description

Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

Second edition. First published by Chapman & Hall in 1878. 

Undated, dated from a copy held by the British Library. 

An uncommon history of furniture and decoration, with early examples given of pieces incrusted with pique, ivory and stones, as well as chapters on hangings, embroidery, statuary and ornamental art. 

Decorated throughout with over 170 full-page and in-text engravings. 

In the original cloth binding.

Translated from the French by Albert Jacquemart and edited by Mrs. Bury Palliser. 

Jacquemart was an art historian who is known for his numerous works specialising in ceramics, and for his innovative classification of Chinese porcelain into different families. Palliser was an English writer on art and lace.