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Fine wicker furniture, 1870-1930

Archive Print Item: Bedford Collection A432

Details

Type of record: Book

Title: Fine wicker furniture, 1870-1930

Level: Item

Classmark: Bedford Collection A432

Creator(s): Scott, Tim (1937-)

Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner)

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd

Publication city: West Chester, PA

Date(s): [1990]

Language: English

Size and medium: 160 pages

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/729692

Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019896965605181

Description

Includes bibliographical references (page 157).


The author presents the finest wicker furnishings manufactured during the heyday of its popularity. Includes hundreds of pieces of furniture made of cane, rattan, reed, rush and willow; displayed in more than 250 color photographs. Price guide included.


The Roots of Wicker -- Wicker Furniture's Evolution: 1870-1930 -- Ornate: 1870-1890 -- Turn of the Century: 1890-1910 -- Early Twentieth Century: 1910-1930 -- Decline -- Wicker Furniture Manufacturers -- Dryad -- J. and C. Berrian -- Ficks Reed Company -- Chittenden and Eastman Company -- Bielecky Brothers -- Wakefield Rattan Company -- Heywood Brothers and Company -- Heywood Brothers and Wakefield Rattan Company -- Lloyd Manufacturing Company -- Gustav Stickley -- Seating -- Chairs -- Rockers -- Sofas, Loveseats, Settees -- Loungers -- Sets -- Tables and Desks -- Children's Furniture -- Throughout the House -- Wicker Care and Restoration -- Cleaning -- Restoring -- Refinishing.

Provenance

Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A432: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: FFW/25.

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