Woods in British furniture-making, 1400-1900 : an illustrated historical dictionary
Details
Type of record: Book
Title: Woods in British furniture-making, 1400-1900 : an illustrated historical dictionary
Classmark: Bedford Collection E146
Creator(s): Bowett, Adam (Furniture historian)
Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner)
Publisher: Oblong Creative; in association with Royal Botanic Gardens
Publication city: Wetherby : Kew
Date(s): 2012
Language: English
Size and medium: xxxiii, 360 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/731539
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019936292305181
Description
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-348) and indexes.
Bowett charts the species, sources, and history of the woods used in British furniture making from medieval times to the twentieth century. The main dictionary section of the book has 460 entries that cover 477 species of hardwoods and softwoods and detail the history of each wood, describe its uses, and provide cross references to other woods. Extensively illustrated with examples of historic furniture, this book also includes an introductory survey of the historic timber trade and several appendices, including over 160 illustrated wood samples from the Economic Botany collection at Kew Gardens. The layout and accompanying photographs make this a valuable and accessible read that will interest furniture and antique enthusiasts, collectors, restorers, curators, and botanists, among others.
Features
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection E146: Contains 2 loose items. 1: Folded leaflet advertising this book. 2: Adam Bowett, Woods in British furniture-making... [review] by Christopher Claxton Stevens (Regional Furniture Society Newsletter, No. 58, Spring 2013).
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection E146: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: OM/18.
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