The standard work of reference on the subject, consulted by dealers, collectors, auctioneers, valuers and students of furniture Provides an amazing range of superb illustrations with a clear classification of the furniture, all within the context of the period Contains a pictorial index with items arranged in chronological order for quick and easy identificationVictor Chinnery's scholarly work covers the history and development of furniture in oak and kindred timbers in the British Isles and New England, from the Middle Ages through to 1800. The subject is broken down into a logical sequence...