Is it Genuine? A Guide to the Identification of Eighteenth Century English Furniture

156pp. Profusely illustrated. In black cloth-covered boards with read spine label and gilt lettering, top edge coloured red (boards a little worn across top portion of front). Internally neat, clean and bright. In it original, worn dust jacket, with short crack on spine fold, lightly bumped on edges. Guide to identifying whether furniture is genuinely from the 18th century or not, with tips on recognising whether furniture has been altered, cut down, adapted or converted for a different use. Includes description of what can be done to a piece by repair or restoration, as well as the typical characteristics of 18th century furniture.