Montgomery, Charles
AMERICAN FURNITURE The Federal Period in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
NY: Viking Press, 1966

First edition. Quarto. 497 pp; 491 b/w photographs; 127 illustrations of inlays in color; 21 room settings (11 in color; 46 cabinetmakers' labels and 39 furniture details for regional identification; cabinetmakers' biographies; bibliography; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG, light chipping at top & bottom of dj spine & bottom corner, dj price clipped. The important reference book on American Federal furniture; and an essential work for the serious student of American decorative arts. Arntzen P218, Franklin 2300
Inventory number #004216

Tracy, Berry B
FEDERAL FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS AT BOSCOBEL
NY: Boscobel Restoration / Harry N. Abrams, 1981

Square quarto. 165 pp; nearly 200 color & b/w illustrations; selected bibliography; index. Paperback. A fine, unused copy. A remarkable collection of Federal furniture and decorative arts is displayed at Boscobel, a fully restored example of New York Federal domestic architecture at Garrison, NY. The collection includes furniture by such important NY cabinetmakers as Duncan Phyfe, Charles-Honore Lannuier, and Michael Allison, paintings by Benjamin West, Ralph Earl, Ammi Phillips, an a pair of portraits attributed to the 18th century limner John Watson.
Inventory number #004040

Madigan, Mary Jean & Susan Colgan, ed.
EARLY AMERICAN FURNITURE from Settlement to City: Aspects of Form, Style, and Regional Design from 1620 to 1830
NY: Billboard Publications, 1983

Quarto. 160 pp; many color plates & b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, small chip at top edge of jacket front panel. Essays by Wendy Cooper, Marvin Schwartz, Richard Dana Reese, Henry Kauffman, and other experts, on various aspects of American furniture -- Chippendale, Phyfe, Lannuier, the Neoclassical influence, Kasten, New England joinery, Shaker chairs, etc.
Inventory number #003771

Greenlaw, Barry A.
NEW ENGLAND FURNITURE AT WILLIAMSBURG
Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1974

First edition. Quarto. 195 pp; several color plates, 164 b/w illustrations; index. Paperback. VG.
Inventory number #003481

Hinckley, F. Lewis
Metropolitan Furniture of the Georgian Years
NY: Washington Mews, 1988

Quarto. 203 pp; 322 documentary examples; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket has no visible wear. Hinckley identifies as Dublin furniture thousands of pieces that had been misrepresented as English.
Inventory number #003028

Kirk, John T.
AMERICAN FURNITURE & THE BRITISH TRADITION TO 1830
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982

First edition. Quarto. xiv, 397 pp; 1508 b/w & color illustrations; notes; indexes. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy.
Inventory number #001978

Wolsey, S. W. & R. W. P. Luff
FURNITURE IN ENGLAND The Age of the Joiner
NY: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969

Octavo. xiv, 104 pp; frontispiece + 123 b/w illustrations; glossary; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG-. The period from the end of the reign of Henry VIII to the last days of the Commonwealth was the heyday of the joiner.
Inventory number #001603

Victoria & Albert Museum
A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1966

Octavo. 32 pp text plus 100 b/w plates. Paperback. VG. All pieces identified by maker, with dimensions.
Inventory number #001601

Cescinsky, Herbert
THE OLD-WORLD HOUSE Its Furniture and Decoration
London: A.& C. Black, 1924

Two volumes. First edition, quarto; v1: xi, 307 pp; v2: iii, 371 pp; numerous illustrations and photos; index. Publisher's half leather binding with red pebbled boards; red morocco spine with raised bands & gilt tooling; marbled endpapers. T.E.G.G+ Spines have a fair amount of rubbing, on vol 1 the spine is darkened. Inside, the books are quite nice, volume 1 is just a tad loose, nothing serious.
Inventory number #001476