Architecture & Art

This hefty history of 19th-century European furniture is organized primarily by country or region and secondarily by type of furniture. Includes lists of major 19th-century exhibitions and major international exhibitions as well as a bibliography.

Architecture & Art

A two-volume catalogue raisonné of French designer Gallé's Art Nouveau ceramics, glass, and furniture. Vol. I consists of texts; Vol. II of the catalog. In German, with some texts in French. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Architecture & Art

A history of Emile Gallé's 19th-century furniture. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Architecture & Art

A history of Liberty & Co. (London)'s 19th- and 20th-century Arts & Crafts style furniture and its influence on modern interior design. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Architecture & Art

A catalogue raisonné of Le Corbusier's furniture and interior design. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Main Stacks

A history of 18th- and 19th-century Empire-style French furniture. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Main Stacks

A substantial study of 17th- and 18th-century Irish furniture and wood-carving. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Main Stacks

A history of 17th- through 19th-century furniture, based on the Hyde Park collection of antiques. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Oak St.

A brief study of Prouvé's furniture. Includes an index.

Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating]

An introductory history of French furniture from the early 17th to the early 20th century.

Architecture & Art

This catalog of French furniture-designer and decorator Ruhlmann accompanied an exhibition held at the Musée des Années 30 de Boulogne-Billancourt in 2001-2002, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 2004 and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion, Montreal, in 2004. Includes bibliographical references.

Oak St.

A survey of 17th- and 18th-century Dutch furniture and interior design.

Architecture & Art

A well-illustrated history of British furniture from 1800 to 1830, intended for the sophisticated collector. With an appendix of biographies of major designers and craftsmen, bilbiographical footnotes, and a comprehensive bibliography.

Main Stacks

A history of chairs commissioned for special occasions in Britain, published by the Victoria & Albert Museum. Includes a bibliography.

Main Stacks

A survey of rural Irish furniture of the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Architecture & Art

A guide to Dutch architect and designer Rietveld's furniture, with a bibliography and an index.

Architecture & Art and Main Stacks

A catalog to accompany an exhibition held at the MAK-Austrian Museum of Applied Arts of objects by late 19th-/early 20th-century Austrian designer Hoffmann, including furniture. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating]

A history of 17th- and 18th-century French furniture makers. Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Architecture & Art and Main Stacks

A German-language catalog of Austrian Art Nouveau furniture in the Österreichischen Museum in Vienna. Includes a bibliography and an index.

Main Stacks

A study of Finnish architect and designer Aalto's furniture. Includes bibliographical references and an index.

Main Stacks

A well-illustrated history/handbook of English furniture from 1500 to 1840, based on pieces sold by Christie's. Includes brief historical sketches of the different time periods, captioned plates of the pieces arranged by types of furniture, a list of the prices paid for the pieces, and a general bibliography.

Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating]

A comprehensive dictionary of English furnituremakers who worked between 1660 and 1840 on various types of works. Based on study of directories, newspapers, trade cards, price books, sale catalogs, and manuscripts in the Victoria and Albert Museum Furniture Archive and other archives. With a collection of plates showing makers' marks, signatures, and labels.

Architecture & Art

A study of Finnish architect and designer Aalto's contributions to furniture design. Includes bibliographies.

Architecture & Art and Main Stacks

A study of Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh's furniture designs. Includes a bibliography and an index.

Architecture & Art

A brief guide to furniture and interior design by famous German-American architect Mies van der Rohe. Includes a bibliography and an index.

Main Stacks

A survey of Baroque, Rococo, and Neoclassical furniture, intended as a guide for collectors. Includes a bibliography and an index.

Architecture & Art and Undergraduate Library

A guide published in conjunction with the exhibition of furniture by Hungarian architect and designer Breuer, presented at the Museum of Modern Art. Includes a bibliography.

Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating] and Oak St.

Illustrated entries on British 19th- and early 20th-century furniture. Includes bibliographical references.

Main Stacks

A survey of English chairs from Roman times to the 1970s. Includes 104 captioned illustrations and a glossary with definitions of chair types and forms.

Main Stacks

A history of early 20th-century furniture design in Austria and Germany, with an emphasis on the works of Wagner, Loos, Hoffmann, and Moser. Includes a classified bibliography.

Main Stacks

A survey of Medieval furniture from England, France, and the Netherlands. Includes a bibliography and an index.

Main Stacks

A three-volume comprehensive history of furniture in German-speaking regions from the early Middle Ages to Art Nouveau. Includes many plates with descriptive captions and an index.

Main Stacks; Undergraduate Library

A history of English chairs, published by the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Main Stacks

A history of Western European furniture from the early Middle Ages through the 17th century, with analysis of the cultural context of furniture design. Includes plates of furniture in different interiors and a bibliography.

Main Stacks

A survey of south German, Austrian, and German-Swiss folk furniture of the 18th and 19th centuries. Includes black-and-white and color plates with descriptive notes as well as a comprehensive, classified bibliography.

Oak St.

A comprehensive history of English furniture from the late Gothic period through the Regency, illustrated with plates and line drwawings. Includes a useful glossary and a list of major cabinetmakers and designers.

Main Stacks

A survey of French Empire furniture intended for the collector or connoisseur. Includes 96 plates with descriptive notes, a general bibliography, and further bibliography in the footnotes.

Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating]

A scholarly dictionary of Parisian furnituremakers who worked during the 19th century, based on study of documentary records. Includes a collection of plates of signed pieces.

Main Stacks and Oak St.

A survey of French furniture from the Middle Ages to 1960 by an expert. Includes a translator's glossary with entries on French furniture makers.

Main Stacks

A brief study of the V & A's collection of English cabinets.

Architecture & Art Reference [non-circulating]

A 684-page revision of Macquoid and Edward's 3-volume dictionary published in 1954. Includes entries on English furniture from the Middle Ages to the 19th century.

Main Stacks

An illustrated survey of English furniture from the Middle Ages to the early 19th century. Emphasizes stylistic and construction features as they aid in dating and authentication.

Oak St.

A history of furniture made for the French royal court from the reign of Louis XIV to the end of the second Empire, written by an expert on French decorative arts. With bibliographical references.

Main Stacks

A brief but authoritative history of early 19th-century English furniture. Includes a glossary and a general bibliography.

Main Stacks

A survey of 18th-century French furniture that emphasizes its major types and classes. Illustrated with museum pieces and 18th-century French paintings depicting furniture.

Main Stacks

An introduction to French furniture made between 1760 and the French Revolution, written by a British expert. Illustrated with museum pieces. Includes a brief bibliography.

Main Stacks

A short history of English furniture, published by the V & A Museum. Includes a bibliography.

Oak St.

Biographies of English cabinetmakers and allied craftsmen who worked during the 18th century. With a collection of plates of signed or attributed pieces. Bibliographical references are in the footnotes.

Architecture & Art - Oak St Facility [local request only]

A well-illustrated 3-volume dictionary of terms, techniques, materials, ornament, types, periods, styles, cabinetmakers, and designers.

Main Stacks and Oak St.

A comprehensive dictionary of furnituremakers who worked in London between 1660 and 1840, using a variety of techniques. Based on study of registries and advertisements.

Main Stacks

A brief introduction to Georgian furniture, published by the Victoria & Albert Museum.

Main Stacks

A two-volume, illustrated history of English furniture and carpentry from the 14th to the end of the 17th century.

Architecture & Art - Oak St Facility [local request only]

A brief introduction to late 18th- and early 19th-century English decorative furnishings. Includes a valuable collection of plates illustrating interiors and their details. With bibliographical references in the footnotes.