Bookcase Three: H-I

Hackenbroch, Yvonne. English Furniture with some furniture of other countries in the Irwin Untermyer Collection. Cambridge; Harvard University Press: 1958. "The Irwin Untermyer Collection...includes superb examples of English furniture of almost every style and every period from the late Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century." An important and massive catalog, devoted in large part to superlative 18th century examples, although 16th and 17th century pieces are also well represented. The catalog is arranged by form, and includes a critical commentary on each piece by Yvonne Hackenbroch, who also considers the evolution of styles and individual cabinetmakers. John Gloag has contributed a distinguished Introduction dealing with the design and social history of the relevant periods, as they relate to the pieces. The strong text, wide coverage, superb examples, and the hundreds of fine plates all combine to make the book an essential reference. Hardcover. 9.5"x12", lxv + 96 pages plus 20 color and 338 b/w plates, dj.

Hackney, Fiona & Isla. Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Secaucus; Chartwell Books: 1989. A beautifully illustrated survey of the interiors, architecture, glasswork, textiles, furniture, and metalwork of this master designer. Hardcover. 9"x11", 125+ pages, loaded with color and some b/w illustrations, dj.

Hageman, Jane Sikes [& Edward M.]. Ohio Furniture Makers, Volume 1, 1790-1845 [and] Volume 2, 1790-1860. Privately published: 1984 & 1989. "In the brief period from 1790 to 1849 a frontier was settled During this time, furniture making in southern Ohio changed from a matter of primitive necessity to a thriving industry capable of producing furniture of a quality which rivaled anything produced on the eastern seaboard". This well illustrated study documents the work of these cabinetmakers, and has an alphabetical checklist of 383 of them. Illustrated with color photographs of furniture as well as reproductions of period documents, invoices, letters and portraits. Hageman (as Jane Sikes) also wrote a comprehensive history of Cincinnati furniture makers. Hardcover. 2 volumes. 8.5"x11", 190 + 231 pages, b/w and color illustrations, dj.

Haines, Carol L. & Lisa H. Foote. "Forms to Sett on" A Social History of Concord Seating Furniture. Concord Antiquarian Museum: 1980s. A very interesting exhibition of seating furniture forms from 1680 to 1850. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 36 pages, b/w illustrations.

Hall, Elton W. New Bedford Furniture. With a checklist of New Bedford Cabinetmakers and related craftsmen to 1870. New Bedford; Old Dartmouth Historical Society: 1978. An offprint from the Magazine Antiques. Softcover. 9"x12", 27 pages, 3 color and 21 b/w illustrations.

Hall, John. The Cabinet Maker's Assistant, embracing the Most Modern Style of Cabinet Furniture... New York; National Superior Inc.: 1944. Edition of 1000 copies. A facsimile of the first illustrated furniture pattern book published in America. The 1840 publication by Baltimore architect and draftsman John Hall was modeled on other pattern books of the period, with a course on perspective drawing prefacing the section of actual furniture designs. The furniture itself is, as Carl Dreppard points out in his introduction- "a coarsened, thickened version of styles after Adam and the Directoire; after Sheraton and the Greek Revival. As one critic has remarked, 'This furniture shrieks its own agony to all observers'." However, all that notwithstanding, as a document in American cabinetmaking, this book retains its interest and importance. Softcover. 9.5"x6", 40 pages plus 43 plates.

[Halsey Collection] American & English XVIII Century Furniture and Rare Silver, Paintings, Pewter, Rugs, property from the Collection of the Late R.T.H. Halsey, New Haven, Connecticut... New York; Parke-Bernet Galleries: May 17-18th, 1946. Sale 778. Outstanding silver and furniture. Halsey was a noted antiquarian, author of several important books and catalogs on American silver and Staffordshire ceramics, and Walpole Society member. This sale also featured additions from several other collections. Softcover; 7.5"x10.5", 114 pages, 458 lots, b/w illustrations; some wear and soil, b/w illustrations.

A. Hammacher & Co. Illustrated Price List of Patented Artifical Wood Ornaments... NY: 1877. sftcvr.

Hanks, David (ed.). Victorian Gothic & Renaissance Revival Furniture. Two Victorian Pattern Books Published by Henry Carey Baird. Philadelphia; Athenaeum Library of Nineteenth Century America: 1977. Edition limited to 1000 copies. A facsimile of two very rare 1868 American furniture pattern books- 'Gothic Album for Cabinet Makers' and 'Cabinet Maker's Album of Furniture', with a useful and informative introduction by David Hanks. Hardcover. 11.5"x9", [8] + ii pages plus 23 b/w plates, plus ii pages plus 48 b/w plates; dj.

Hanks, David A. Frank Lloyd Wright. Preserving an Architectural Heritage. Decorative Designs from the Domino's Pizza Collection. New York; E.P. Dutton: 1989. All right, so even FLW himself admitted that he never designed a comfortable chair... so what? His stuff is gorgeous. Domino's Pizza magnate Thomas S. Monaghan set out to create a museum-quality collection of Wrightiana, and he succeeded. Hardcover. 9.5"x11", 156 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj.

Hanks, David A. Isaac E. Scott. Reform Furniture in Chicago. John Jacob Glessner House. Chicago School of Architecture Foundation:1974. The restoration of much of the original Victorian furnishings in the Glessner house was aided by the fact that Glessner took numerous photographs of every room -and many of them are reproduced here. An interesting house, as the cabinetmaker/designer Isaac Scott designed much of the furniture and, as the Glessner's noted in their diary, in 1876 they began to make a collection of "bric a brac". How the Victorians, even reformist, Eastlake-inspired ones like the Glessners, did love their bric a brac. 8"x10", 31 pages, 24 b&w illustrations, softcover.

Hanley, Hope. Needlework Styles for Period Furniture. New York; Charles Scribner's Sons:1978. An interesting, well illustrated study which includes both illustrations of period upholstery as well as charted designs. Covers 1603-1900, period by period. 7.5"x9", 176 pages, color, b&w and line illustrations, dj.

Hanley, Kim E., Teresa Pac & Francis Crespo. Seventeenth Century English Seating Furniture From the Collection of George Way. A Study in Connoisseurship. New York; Fashion Institute of Technology: 1993. An exploration of the collection of Elizabethan and Jacobean furniture assembled by George Way over a period of 25 years. An uncommon catalog. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 27 pages, b/w and line illustrations.

[Harewood House] Harewood House. London; Christie's: October 3, 1988. All right- what would happen if you took a bunch of nice frames, carved & painted bed frames & other decorative stuff by Chippendale and stuck it in a shed for 100 years? This auction shows you. Harewood House, like many English manors, was redone many times over the years, and "outdated" furniture and decorative elements were put in storage including, in this case, a lot of Chippendale material. An interesting auction whose aftermath probably gave lots of work to deserving restorers around England. Softcover. 8"x10.5", 103 pages, 615 lots, b/w and color illustrations.

[Harkness Collection] Property from the Collection of Rebekah Harkness at Snedens Landing, New York. New York; Sotheby Parke Bernet: May 19, 1979. The collection of the famous, or infamous, Standard Oil heiress and New York socialite who is now the subject of a muckraking biography. Her collection included very fine English and European furniture, paintings, decorations and garden furniture. Softcover. 8.5"x9", about 80 pages, 268 lots, 1 color and many b/w illustrations.

Harkness, Douglas W. Catalogue of Unrecorded American Antique Furniture and Decoration. South Glens Falls:1964. Not only is the semi-formal furniture illustrated and described here previously unrecorded, the book itself is somewhat unknown. 6"x9", 71 pages, 69 b&w illustrations.

Harper, George W. (ed.). Antique Collector's Guide and Reference Handbook. New York; George W. Harper: 1939. Catalog of the 12th National Antiques Exposition in New York. It includes an article on The American Wing at The Met by Joseph Downs, an interesting early antiques bibliography by Alice Winchester, a descriptive listing of American antiques collecting societies, and an illustrated listing of the exhibitors, many of whom were legendary in the fields of American antiques. Card covers. 8.5"x11", 87 pages, b/w illustrations.

[Harriman Collection] The Estate of Ambassador Pamela Harriman. New York; Sotheby's: May 19-21, 1997. Sale 7015. The auction of a truly astonishing personal collection of furniture, art, silver, and other antiques. I'm not quite sure where to begin, so I simply won't even try. I could mention the silver-plated giraffes, I suppose... Hardcover. 9.5"x12", 473 pages, 1,164 lots, color and b/w illustrations, dj.

Harris, Eileen The Furniture of Robert Adam. London; Academy Editions / New York; St. Martin's Press: 1973."With the aid of the collection of Adam drawings in Sir John Soane's Museum, existing pieces, accounts, and biographical data, Mrs. John Harris has set out to present a coherent account of the origin, development, and character of Adam furniture, and to assess its place in the history of Neo-classicism". Hardcover. 6.5"x7.5", 110 pages + 156 b/w plates, dj.

Harris, John. Regency Furniture Designs from Contemporary Source Books, 1803-1826. Chicago; Quadrangle Books: 1961. Selections from Sheraton's 1803 and 1804 publications; Thomas Hope's 1807 Household Furniture and Interior Decoration; Rudolph Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 1809-1819; P. & M.N. Nicholson's Practical Cabinet-maker, 1826; and George Smith's 1808 Collection of Designs for Household Furniture, all with introductory and explanatory commentary by Harris. Hardcover. 7.5"x10", about 150 pages, profusely illustrated throughout with b/w illustrations.

Harrison, Molly. People and Furniture. A Social Background to the English Home. London; Ernest Benn Ltd.: 1971. A social history of furniture as it has developed in and been used in the English home. "Everything made by man expresses his mood and the flavour of his time, and this book shows how furniture reveals much about the habits, ideas, and the way of life of those who made it and those who used it". An invaluable book for helping put furniture into its social context; and what good is the best chair without someone to sit in it?. Hardcover. 5.5"x8.5", 160 pages, b/w illustrations, dj.

Harrison, Stephen G. Furniture Trade in New Orleans, 1840-1880: The Largest Assortment Constantly on Hand. Stephen G. Harrison: 1997 / Ann Arbor; UMI Reprints. A dissertation submitted to the University of Delaware Winterthur Program. A study of the business of selling furniture in New Orleans before, during, and after the Civil War.Comb-bound. 8.5"x11", 6.5"x8.5", 121 pages; very poor b/w reproductions of photographs; a reprint from the original microfilm.

[Hartshore Collection]. An 18th Century Collection. 18th Century Mobiliary Art and Accessories gathered in Europe & catalogued for Katharine Hartshorne, decorator. New York; Plaza Art Auction Rooms: April 18-19th, 1929. One of those English and French antique furniture and decorative accessories collections gathered by dealers in the 20s' and then sold at auction. The Depression put a stop to such speculation, but Mrs. Hartshorne appears to have sneaked in under the wire. 9"x12", 122 pages, 466 lots, some b/w illustrations, softcover.

Harvard Tercentenary Exhibition. Catalogue of Furniture, Silver, Pewter, Glass, Ceramics, Paintings, Prints, together with Allied Arts and Crafts of the Period 1636-1836. Cambridge; Harvard University: 1936. An early loan exhibition which drew on a number of distinguished local collections including those of Hermann F. Clarke, Henry Wilder Foote, Russell Kettell, Bertram K. Little, Chauncey C. Nash, Hollis French, Herbert Lawton, and R.T.H. Halsey. Hardcover. 7"x10", 114 pages plus 70 b/w plates.

(Haskell Collection) The Americana Collection of the late Mrs. J Amory Haskell. Part 5 NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 12/6-9/44. sftcvr [11798] $60.00

Haskell Collection. The Americana Collection of the Late Mrs. J. Amory Haskell -Part One-Six. New York; Parke-Bernet Galleries: April 26th-29th, 1944-February 13th-16th, 1945. A six-part, landmark sale.

Hasluck, Paul N. (ed.). Wood Finishing, comprising Staining, Varnishing, and Polishing with Engravings and Diagrams. London; Cassell and Company: 1907. A comprehensive study, including stains, varnishes, Beaumontage, French polishing, glazing, wax polishing, oil polishing, dyeing veneers, marquetry, spirit enameling, and floors. First published in 1897. Hardcover. 4.25"x7", 160 pages, line illustrations.

Haupt Collection. The Notable Private Collection of Ira Haupt. XVI-XVIII Century Furniture and Paintings, Rare Old Rugs and Tapestries, Georgian Silver and Italian Majolica. New York; American Art Association: November 16th, 1935. The most interesting items in this sale were the textiles and period-upholstered furniture, including a pair of 17th century French needlepoint cushions, a pair of French 17th century carved walnut armchairs with Flemish tapestry upholstery; and a set of six turned walnut chairs, same era and also Flemish-tapestry upholstered; two 18th century Queen Anne loveseats with original scenic needlepoint upholstery; a pair of 18th century French carved beechwood chairs with Aubusson tapestry upholstery; there were also a nice 16th century Brussels tapestry, several 18th century English tapestries, other nice 17th and 18th century furniture, silver, rugs, etc. Must have been a handsome house. 8"x11", 66 pages, 83 lots, many b&w and gravure illustrations and plates.

Havard, Henry. Les Boulle. Paris: Librarie de l"art, Les Aristes Celebrese Series, 1893. 7.5"x10.5", 92 pages, numerous text illustrations.

Havard, Henry. Dictionnaire de L'Ameublement et de la Decoration Depuis XIIIe siecle jusqu'a nos jours. Paris; Librairies-Imprimeries Reunies: [1887-1890] Dated? Not this baby. It remains a monumental work of scholarship on the decorative arts, especially French furniture, ceramics and related French decorations. Biiiilions and biiiilions of entries on terms, craftsmen, manufacturers, styles, and more -a complete encyclopedia of the decorative arts, late-Victorian style. Profusely illustrated and meticulously pedantic, and it's completely in French. What more could you possibly ask? Hardcover. 4 vols. 9.5"x12.5", 575 + 690 + 677 + 875 pages; profusely illustrated with b/w and color plates and illustrations.

Hawes, Hildreth. Maine Furniture Makers. Maine State Museum: 1976. A checklist of about 150 identified furniture makers, with a few notes on each. Softcover. 4.5"x9", 18 pages, 1 b/w illustrations.

Hawley, Henry. Neo-Classicism, Style and Motif. Cleveland Museum of Art/Harry N. Abrams: 1964. A loan exhibition of paintings, drawings, silver, sculpture and furniture, with essays by Henry Hawley and Remy G. Saisselin. 8"x10", 167 pages, packed with b&w illustrations, dj.

Hayden, Arthur & Charles M. Stow. The Furniture Designs of Chippendale, Hepplewhite and Sheraton. New York; Robert M. McBride and Company:1938. A compilation of plates from the design books of the Big Three, with introductory material by Hayden and Stow. 8.5"x11", about 300 pages, b&w illustrations.

Hayden, Arthur. The Furniture Designs of Thomas Sheraton, arranged by J. Munro Bell, with an Introduction and Critical Estimate by Arthur Hayden. London; Gibbings and Company: 1910. An early collection and analysis of Sheraton's cabinetmaking designs. Hayden's appreciation, while not as up-to-date as some, and a good target for modern revisionists, is nonetheless a lyrical and literate short essay which is fitting tribute to Sheraton's tragic genius. The plates are a reissue of the plates in the 1802 edition of "The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Drawing Book". Hardcover. 9"x12.5", xxvi pages plus 128 b/w plates.

Hayward, Charles H. Antique or Fake? The Making of Old Furniture. London; Evans Brothers Ltd.: 1971. 2nd ptg. Fore-warned, as they say, is fore-armed. To spot antique furniture that has been altered, reconstructed or outright faked, you need to understand how the real thing was made and went together. This good guide tackles the problem of detecting fakes from that standpoint, and does an excellent job. Hardcover. 6"x9", 256 pages, b/w and line illustrations, dj.

Hayward, Helena & Pat Kirkham. William and John Linnell, Eighteenth Century Furniture Makers. New York: Rizzoli, 1980. 2 volumes, 9"x11", 19 color and 320 b&w illustrations, slipcased.

Hayward, Helena (ed.). World Furniture. London; Hamlyn Publishing:1971. 5th printing. A chronological survey from ancient times with contributions by Yvonne Brunhammer, Joseph Butler, Anthony Coleridge, Serge Grandjean, Hugh Honour, Hans Huth, Clifford Musgrave, and many others. "An essential work for placing American furniture in a worldwide context; it is still the most wide-ranging and authoritative survey of its kind." (Ames) 10.5"x13", 320 pages, hundreds of color and b&w illustrations, dj.

Hayward, J.F. English Desks and Bureaux. London; HMSO: 1968. A handbook to (mostly) 18th century work in the Victoria & Albert Museum collection. Hayward's text not only gives good descriptions of the illustrated examples, but also an historical overview of the development of desks and bureaus in English cabinetmaking. Softcover. 7"x9.5", 22 pages plus 40 b/w plates.

Hayward, John F. Chests of Drawers and Commodes in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London; HMSO: 1960. A nice quick look at various forms and styles of chests of drawers and commodes from the 16th-early 19th centuries as shown by the V&A's collection. Softcover. 5.5"x8.5", 44 pages, 28 b/w illustrations.

Hayward, John F. Tables in the Victoria and Albert Museum. London; HMSO: 1961. A nice quick look at various forms and styles of tables from the 16th-early 19th centuries as shown by the V&A's collection. Softcover. 5.5"x8.5", 18 pages of text plus 53 b/w illustrations.

Hayward, Mary Ellen. The Elliots of Philadelphia: Emphasis on the Looking Glass Trade, 1755-1810. University of Delaware (Winterthur): 1971. A Master's thesis which attempts to prove that Philadelphia cabinetmaker John Elliot actually imported almost all the looking glasses he sold from England. Semowich 184. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 192 pages, some poor b/w illustrations; photocopied typescript, in a card binder.

[Hazard Collection] Early American Furniture, including important Goddard and other Rhode Island examples; notable Early American Silver, the well-known private collection of the late Duncan A. Hazard, Newport, R.I. New York; Parke-Bernet: November 9th, 1940. Sale 226. Softcover. 6.5"x9.5", 43 pages, 208 lots, b/w illustrations.

Heal, Ambrose. London Tradesmen's Cards of the XVIII Century. An Account of Their Origin and Use. London; B.T. Batsford Ltd.: 1925. One of 100 copies specially bound in half vellum for members of the First Edition Club; the trade edition was limited to 950 copies. The first study of the fascinating world of the 18th century tradesman's card. This book is many things: a survey of 18th century London trades; a survey of imports and manufactures; a study of often extremely intricate examples of the engraver's art (including cards by Hogarth); an eye-opening exercise into how trades could be combined (cabinetmakers often doubled as undertakers); a fabulous collection of 18th century engraved art and whimsy; an elegant, carefully conceived book; and finally, a lot of fun. Hardcover. 7"x10", 110 pages plus 101 full-page b/w plates. Bound in half vellum and blue cloth, as issued.

Heal, Ambrose. London Tradesmen's Cards of the XVIII Century. An Account of Their Origin and Use. New York; Dover Publications: 1968. A reprinting of the classic and important 1925 study, the first study of the fascinating world of the 18th century tradesman's card. This book is many things: a survey of 18th century London trades; a survey of imports and manufactures; a study of often extremely intricate examples of the engraver's art (including cards by Hogarth); an eye-opening exercise into how trades could be combined (cabinetmakers often doubled as undertakers); a fabulous collection of 18th century engraved art and whimsy; and finally, a lot of fun. Softcover. 6.5"x9.25", 110 pages plus 108 full-page b/w plates.

Heal, Sir Ambrose. The London Furniture Makers, from the Restoration to the Victorian Era, 1660-1840. London; B.T. Batsford: 1953. This book was the result of thirty years of research, and includes the names, dates and addresses of 2,500 London cabinetmakers and cabinetmaking firms. There are also illustrations of many of their dramatic and beautiful engraved trade cards. An important reference work. Hardcover. 9"x11.5", xx + 276 pages, loaded with b/w illustrations; dj.

Heal, Sir Ambrose. The London Furniture Makers, from the Restoration to the Victorian Era, 1660-1840. London; Portman Books: 1988. First published in 1953. This book was the result of thirty years of research, and comprises the names, dates and addresses of 2,500 London cabinetmakers and cabinetmaking firms. There are also illustrations of many of their dramatic and beautiful engraved trade cards. An important reference work. Hardcover. 8.5"x12", 276 pages, loaded with b/w illustrations; dj.

Heales, Major Alfred. The Archaeology of the Christian Altar in Western Europe; with its Adjuncts, Furniture, and Ornaments. London; Roworth & Co., Limited: 1881. This interesting text was based on notes gathered for two lectures at the St. Paul's Ecclesiological Society, augmented here with additional material. Major Heales, using actual or historical examples, begins with a summary of the development of the form, structure, and material of the altar, their number and placement in churches, consecration, portable altars, and desecration and destruction. He then turns to altar furniture and fittings, including frontals and coverings, canopies, reredos, super-altars, ornaments, chalices & patens, the corporal, pall, burse and veil, the reed, the pyx, monstrances, tabernacles, cruets, crosses, candlesticks, paxes, books, cushions, flowers, censers, and sancta-bells. There are indexes for terms, names and places. Major Heales wrote or edited a number of ecclesiastical histories. Hardcover. 5.75"x8.75", viii + 96 pages, lithographed frontispiece and several line illustrations in the text.

Heckscher, Morrison H. American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art II- Late Colonial Period: The Queen Anne and Chippendale Styles. New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art/Random House: 1985. A massive, scholarly and well illustrated survey of the Met's collection."Entries are lengthy, authoritative on points of connoisseurship, and strengthened by Heckscher's substantive amounts of original research..." (Ames & Ward). Hardcover. 9.5"x12.5", 383 pages, b/w and several color illustrations; dj.

Heckscher, Morrison H. & Leslie Greene Bowman. American Rococo, 1750-1775. Elegance in Ornament. New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art, LA County Museum of Art, and Harry N. Abrams: 1992. The catalog to, and text which accompanied, the important loan exhibition. In addition to describing the pieces exhibited, the authors discuss the European Rococo influence on American arts and architecture of the period, including furniture, silver, prints, glass, ceramics and many other objects, from bookplates to clock faces. Hardcover. 9.5"x11.5", 288 pages, color and b/w illustrations; dj.

Heckscher, Morrison H. The Organization and Practice of Philadelphia Cabinetmaking Establishments, 1790-1820. University of Delaware (Winterthur): 1964. A master's thesis. Semowich 1107. Card covers (binder). 9"x11.5", 216 pages, (poor) b/w illustrations.

Heineken, Ty & Kiyoko. Tansu. Traditional Japanese Cabinetry. New York; Weatherhill 1981. 1st edition. "Tansu, the traditional cabinetry of Japan, springs from a rich folk-art tradition that combines the skills of wood-joiner, lacquer artist and ironsmith, all widely renowned for their fine craftsmanship...". This was the first comprehensive English study of Tansu, and is still considered amongst the best. Wonderfully illustrated in color and b/w, with some very nice line drawings, many detail shots, etc. A beautiful, informative study. Hardcover. 7.5"x10.5", 247 pages, packed to bursting with b/w and color illustrations; dj.

Held, Huyler. Chests from Western Long Island. [contained in] The Magazine Antiques. January, 1939. Semowich 1030.

Heller, Carl Benno. Art Nouveau Furniture. Kirchdorf; Berghaus Verlag: 1994. A fantastical, wonderfully illustrated journey through European Art Nouveau furniture, from the ordinary (?) to the extraordinary to the unbelievable and ultimately sublime. The text section describes the development of the style and leading designers in England, France, Belgium, Germany, and Austria, and there are also biographical notes on 34 leading designers. The real joy of the book is in the photographic section, which features 106 color photographs. An elegantly designed book, with 4 tipped-in color plates and a very pleasing look. Hardcover. 10"x14", 152 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj.

Henry McShane & Co. Illustrated Catalogue of Sanitary Specialties, manufactured by Henry McShane & Co. 1887. Brooklyn:1887. A very nice trade catalog of bathroom fixtures, including cistern mechanisms, fancy ornate water closets, bathtubs, Eastlake and other style sink cabinets, porcelain wash basins, stoneware sinks and laundry tubs. Of special interest are the four full- page color plates of "wash-out closets" (toilets with the mechanism mounted overhead) with oak cabinetry and fancy decorated porcelain fixtures, six color plates illustrating 12 decorated porcelain basins, and two color plates illustrating marble slabs for sinks. Everything you need to outfit a Victorian bathroom except the brass fixtures. 7"x11", 68 pages, many line cuts and 12 color plates.

Heuvel, Johannes. The Cabinetmaker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg. Colonial Williamsburg; 1961. "Giving attention to the city's chief craftsmen in the furniture way; and to their tools and methods of working. As interpreted by Johannes Heuvel, master cabinetmaker of Colonial Williamsburg". Softcover. 6"x9", 38 pages, b/w illustrations.

Hewitt, Benjamin A., Patricia E. Kane & Gerald W.R. Ward. The Work of Many Hands, Card Tables in Federal America 1790-1820. New Haven; Yale University Art Gallery: 1982. A standard and much sought-after reference. Ames & Ward note: "This catalogue presents a detailed examination of the card table...based on Hewitt's statistical analysis of 176 characteristics of each of some 400 surviving tables, the catalogue provides new information about the design and construction of tables from twelve regional centers of, and establishes norms for, the attribution of federal-period objects...The book contains a lengthy essay by Hewitt; detailed entries, prepared by Hewitt and Barbara McLean Ward, on 56 of the tables included in the study; basic information on the 374 tables in the study; numerous line drawings of construction; illustrations, many in color, of the 151 varieties of patterned and pictorial inlay found on the tables in the study; an essay on the role of price and design books by Kane; and some observations on the role of card playing by Gerald Ward. The culmination of a decade of research by Hewitt, this publication marked the first time that a scientific method of connoisseurship was applied to the study of American furniture on this scale and suggests a methodology - rigorous and precise - that can be applied to other large, homogeneous groups of objects". Hardcover. 9"x10.5", 198 pages, b/w and some color illustrations.

Hewitt, Linda. Chippendale and All the Rest: Some Influences on Eighteenth-Century... NY: 1974. dj

Heydenryk, Henry. The Art and History of Frames. An Inquiry into the Enhancement of Paintings. New York; James A. Heinemann: 1963. A very interesting survey of the stylistic development of frames and their relationship to art. Frames have, over the centuries, been meant to do different things, and performed their tasks in different ways, as is explained in the text and captions. Hardcover. 10"x8.5", 119 pages, b/w illustrations, dj; bibliography.

Heyman & Semel. 1879 Trade Price List of Heyman & Semel, Manufacturers of Bedding and dealers in Hair & Feathers. New York:1879. A fascinating little trade catalog of Victorian bedding and accessories. There are several illustrations of different types of bedding, and detailed lists for a variety of mattresses, including horse hair mattresses (which could be stuffed with gray, black, black South American, white drawing, white soft, and black & gray mixed hairs), moss mattresses, African fibre mattresses, Florida palm mattresses, cradle mattresses, wool mattresses, hair pillows, feather pillows (best selected, mixed, Arctic, German, or hen feathers), a variety of spring beds (many illustrated). A very interesting catalog. 5"x6.5", 16 pages, several line cuts, softcover.

[Hill / Feversham Collections] Important American Furniture & Silver from private sources consigned by Albert J. Hill, Boston Mass., together with Fine Lustre Ware formerly in the collection of The Earl of Feversham... New York; American Art Association: March 12th, 1938. Sale 4379. Lots 1-33 comprise the lustre ware, of which 25 are illustrated. The furniture includes some outstanding formal pieces, including a Rhode Island Chippendale Bombe Scrutoire pictured in Lockwood. There are also several pieces of important silver, including a Peter Van Dyck tankard and a John Hastier baptismal bowl, both New York, early 18th century. Softcover. 7.25"x10.5", 51 pages, 105 lots, b/w illustrations.

Hill, John Henry. The Furniture Craftsman in Baltimore, 1783-1825. University of Delaware (Winterthur): 1967. A Masters thesis. Semowich 890. Card covers. 8.5"x11", 463 of 464 pages (page 463 in the Appendix was evidently not bound in -one supposes it could be copied, as all the other pages are mimeographs). Standard report-type card folder.

Himmelheber, Georg. Biedermeier 1815-1855. Architecture, Painting, Sculpture, Decorative Arts, Fashion. Munich; Prestel Verlag: 1989. A finely illustrated catalog that accompanied the German loan exhibition.Himmelheber explores all the facets of the Biedermeier style in both the decorative and fine arts. The illustrations are beautiful. Softcover. 9"x12", 271 pages, loaded with b/w illustrations.

Himmelheber, Georg. Biedermeier Furniture. London; Faber & Faber: 1974. An authoritative work, written by a leading expert on 19th century German furniture. Himmelheber examines the various cabinetmaking centers in Germany, the materials and techniques employed, and the rise and fall of the Biedermeier designs. Hardcover. 7.5"x10", 115 pages, plus 4 color and 115 b/w plates, dj.

Hinckley, F. Lewis. A Directory of Antique French Furniture, 1735-1800. Over 300 Illustrations of Provincial, Parisian and Other European Antique Furniture. New York; Crown Publishers: 1967. This fine pictorial survey also includes information on designers and craftsmen in Paris and the Provinces, a glossary of French furniture terms, and a bibliography. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 214 pages, b/w illustrations, dj.

Hinckley, F. Lewis. Directory of Historic Cabinet Woods. New York; Crown Publishers: 1960. This remains one of the most important modern references to woods as they were used by cabinetmakers. A complete study of cabinet woods, their characteristics, and how they have been prepared and used in America, England and Europe. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 186 pages, 172 b/w illustrations.

Hinckley, F. Lewis. A Directory of Queen Anne, Early Georgian and Chippendale Furniture, Establishing the Preeminence of the Dublin Craftsmen. New York; Crown Publishers: 1971. An important work on Irish furniture which reattributed many pieces thought to be English to Dublin cabinetmakers. "In this comprehensive book, covering three periods in antiques history, Mr. Hinckley describes the large volume of trade existing between America and Ireland in the eighteenth century and shows how much of the furniture imported to this country during that period originated in Dublin. (He) also traces the Irish influence on furniture produced in the United States, showing how many Irish craftsmen emigrated to America and set up workshops on the eastern seaboard...". Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 277 pages, 467 b/w illustrations, dj.

Hind, Jan Garrett. The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. A collection of Southern Furniture, Paintings, Ceramics, Textiles, and Metalware. Winston-Salem; MESDA: 1979. A well illustrated survey of this fine collection, room by room, with an introduction by Frank L. Horton. Softcover. 9"x12", 96 pages, color and b/w illustrations.

Hindle, Brooke (ed.). America's Wooden Age: Aspects of its Early Technology. Tarrytown; Sleepy Hollow Restorations: 1975. Seven essays on the period known as America's Wooden Age -from the earliest days of European settlement to the mid-nineteenth century. Essays include- "The Forest Society of New England"; "America's Rise to Woodworking Leadership"; Early Lumbering- A Pictorial Essay"; Artisans in Wood -The Mathematical Instrument Makers"; Colonial Watermills in the Wooden Age"; and "Waterpower in the Century of the Steam Engine". Hardcover. 6.5"x9", 218 pages, b/w illustrations, dj.

Hipkiss, Edwin J. Eighteenth Century American Arts. The M. and M. Karolik Collection of Paintings, Drawings, Engravings, Furniture, Silver, Needlework & Incidental Objects Gathered to Illustrate the Achievements of American Artists and Craftsmen of the Period from 1720 to 1820. Cambridge; Harvard University Press: 1941.
            The well illustrated and important catalog of this major collection of American furniture, silver and accessories. "This beautifully printed volume, set in Monotype Bembo and with full-tone collotype illustrations, established a high visual standard for furniture catalogs that was emulated by Joseph Downs in the 1950s and Morrison Hecksher in the 1980s. The catalog includes 125 examples of high-style furniture, the vast majority from Massachusetts and Rhode Island, although some superb Philadelphia objects are included. These objects are not included in Richard Randall's 1965 catalog. Karolik's musings, "As I Reflect upon the Collection", provide a fascinating look at the mind of an idiosyncratic collector" -Ames & Ward.
            Maxim Karolik (1893-1963) was a Russian opera singer, immigrant, and art collector and benefactor who cut a swath through the Boston and American collecting scenes. The magnificent bequests of American furniture and paintings he and his wife made to Boston's Museum of Fine Arts earned them a place in the pantheon of Boston's patrons of the arts, and their rediscovery and championing of the works of Fitz Hugh Lane and Martin Johnson Heade, along with 19th century American fine and folk artists earned them a place in American collecting lore. The Karoliks deflected such honors, and in an open letter to the MFA's Director, Maxim Karolik declared "We are not 'Patrons of Art' or 'Public Benefactors.' We refuse to accept these banal labels. We accept with pleasure only one label: 'Useful'." Semowich 1352. Hardcover. 9"x11.5", 366 pages, 318 b/w illustrations.

Hipkiss, Edwin J. Handbook of the Department of Decorative Arts of Europe and America. Boston; Museum of Fine Arts: 1928. A noteworthy early catalog, by the expert who would later exhaustively document the Karolik Collection and the Spalding Collection. This catalog is not noteworthy in terms of information, for it is basically a short description of each gallery, but it does give us a vivid snapshot of the state of this important museum's collections in the midst of the First Great Americana Revival -the museum as it was when Nutting, Karolik, Sack, Reifsnyder and others visited it as they were forming their own collections. Hardcover. 5.5"x8.5", about 125 pages, b/w illustrations.

Hipkiss, Edwin J. Three McIntire Rooms from Peabody, Massachusetts. Boston; Museum of Fine Arts: 1931. A catalog of a suite of rooms from "Oak Hill", remarkable as an example of the work of Samuel McIntire, and for the fact that they were still largely intact and untouched, with the original furnishings still in them, after almost 150 years. The text also compares McIntire with other carvers of the period. Semowich 420. Hardcover. 10"x13", 93 pages, 7 plates of measured drawings and 35 b/w illustrations.

Hipkiss, Edwin, et al. Loan Exhibition of Early American Furniture and the Decorative Crafts for the Benefit of the Free Hospital for Women, Park Square Building. Boston; 1925. An early loan exhibition in Boston -the lender's list included Bigelow, Clark, Ford, French, Keyes, Lawton, Nutting, Spalding, Temple, and many others. The catalog Foreword was written by Edwin J. Hipkiss. Hardcover. 7.5"x10", 100 pages, plus 9 b/w plates.

Hjorth, Herman. Veneering Made Easy for School and Home Workshop. NY: Albert Constantine and Son: 1961. revised. 6"x9", 120 pp, b&w illus.

Hoadley, R. Bruce. Identifying Wood. Accurate results with simple tools. Newtown; The Taunton Press: 1990. First edition. A companion to the author's acclaimed study of the properties of wood ("Understanding Wood"), this study should be an indispensable reference for any antique furniture enthusiast who wants to identify wood. Hoadley differs from other authors on the subject in that he holds a doctorate in wood technology, not a degree in antique furniture. This is not better or worse that the other, but certainly different, and therefore useful. Hardcover. 9"x11.5, 223 pages, b/w and color illustrations, dj.

Hoadley, R. Bruce. Understanding Wood. A craftsman's guide to wood technology. Newtown; The Taunton Press: 1986. 4th printing. An essential study for both the cabinetmaker and the furniture collector.This book shows what wood does, how it reacts, and why. You cannot fully understand antique furniture without understanding wood... Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 256 pages, b/w photos and colored line illustrations.

Hodgson, Fred T. The Practical Cabinet Maker and Furniture Designer's Assistant. With essays on history of furniture, taste in design, color and materials... Although a late effort, this is an interesting survey, with discussions of problems facing the cabinetmaker, such as drawer construction in round tables, and how cabinetmakers have solved them. There is also information on varnishes and finishes, stains, gilding, etc. Chicago; Frederick Drake Publishers:1910. 5.5"x8", 372 pages, 187 b&w illustrations.

Hofer, Margaret Kugelman. The Tory Joiner of Middleborough, Massachusetts: Simeon Doggett and his community, 1762-1792. University of Delaware: 1991/Ann Arbor; UMI Reprints. A dissertation based on an account book found in the Connecticut Historical Society. Doggett was "an ordinary man who made his living by farming, making furniture, and building houses". He also was imprisoned on his own farm during the Revolution because he was a Loyalist. An interesting study of an individual cabinetmaker, and of the joiners of southeastern Massachusetts. Also includes a list of woodworking artisans in eastern Massachusetts between 1760-1810. Comb-bound. 8.5"x11", 117 pages, poor b/w illustrations. A reprint from microfilm, with consequent degradation of b/w photos.

Holloway, Edward Stratton. The Practical Book of American Furniture and Decoration. Colonial and Federal. Philadelphia; J.B. Lippincott Company: 1937. First published in 1928. A relatively complete work, and still a good one to have on the shelf despite its early publication date. Semowich 1353. Hardcover. 6.5"x9", 191 pages, plus 140 b/w plates.

Holtzapffel, Charles (& Dr. Royle). Descriptive Catalogue of the Woods Commonly Employed in the Country for the Mechanical and Ornamental Arts. Interspersed with Extensive Botanical Notes by Dr. Royle of the East India House. London; published for the author: 1852. An offprint (in book format) from Holtzapffel's massive and important "Turning and Mechanical Manipulation" (1843). Although the emphasis is on the usefulness of woods for turning, it remains an interesting document for any furniture or decorative arts historian. Hardcover. 5.75"x9", viii + 118 pages, 29 text figures.

Honour, Hugh & Nelly Schargo Hoyt. An Exhibition of Chinoiserie organized by the Smith College Museum of Art. Northampton; 1965. A loan exhibition of ceramics, furniture, silver and metalwares, prints and textiles. Softcover. 7"x9", about 25 pages plus 55 b/w plates.

Honour, Hugh. Cabinet Makers and Furniture Designers. New York; G.P. Putnam's Sons: 1969. First American edition. Fifty studies of outstanding and important furniture makers and designers, from Jacques Androuet du Cerceau (1520-1584) to Charles Eames, and including such figures as Boulle, Chippendale, Sheraton, and Goddard, as well as forty-four more! A well illustrated, cogently written and always entertaining survey of great furniture design. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 320 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj.

Honour, Hugh. Chinoiserie. The Vision of Cathay. New York; E.P. Dutton: 1962. "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan; A stately pleasure-dome decree; Where Alph, the sacred river, ran; Through caverns measureless to man; Down to a sunless sea". A detailed look into the world of the European craftsmen and artists of the 18th and early 19th centuries who took Eastern arts as their guides and created an entirely new style based on them. "My book is intended for those who, like myself, have a nodding acquaintance with Chinese art and have wondered how and why a European style called "chinoiserie" should ever have come about. I have, perforce, approached the subject from a strictly European standpoint, attempting to discover how western artists and craftsmen, from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century, regarded the Orient and expressed their vision of it". Hardcover. 6.5"x9", 294 pages, 4 color plates and 144 b/w illustrations.

Hop Hing Loong Factory. Manufacturers of Best Carved Camphorwood Trunks, Modern Teakwood Furniture, & All Kinds of Artificial Blackwood Wears. Hong Kong:nd (ca.1950s). An interesting trade catalog illustrating a large variety of standard Oriental export forms, such as chests, carved boxes, stands, etc. 5"x7.5", 48 pages, fuzzy b&w and clear line illustrations, softcover.

Hope, Thomas. Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, Classic Style Book of the Regency Period. New York; Dover Publications: 1971. Thomas Hope (1770-1831) was a wealthy collector, patron and arts enthusiast whose own London home and its contents furnished the examples for the plates in this very influential design book. A lover of the Classical, Egyptian and Empire styles, Hope helped fan the flames of the emerging Regency conflagration and influenced Sheraton, George Smith, and other cutting-edge designers of the period. This study has a new introduction by David Watkin. Softcover. 9"x12", 140 pages, b/w plates.

Hope, Thomas. Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, executed from Designs by Thomas Hope. A complete reprint of the 1807 edition with Preface by Clifford Musgrave. London; Alec Tiranti:1970. Thomas Hope (1770-1831) was a wealthy collector, patron and arts enthusiast whose own London home and its contents furnished the examples for the plates in this very influential design book. A lover of the Classical, Egyptian and Empire styles, Hope helped fan the flames of the emerging Regency conflagration and influenced Sheraton, George Smith, and other cutting-edge designers of the period. 8.5"x11", 11 + 53 pages plus 60 b&w plates, dj.

Hopkins, Thomas Smith & Walter S. Cox. Colonial Furniture of West New Jersey. Haddonfield; The Historical Society of Haddonfield: 1936. Edition limited to 300 copies. The work of an early collector, and more of a tribute to enthusiasm than scholarship. The authors make no attempt to identify cabinetmakers or even the location a piece was made, but they do present a fairly complete provenance of each piece, most of them having been passed down in the same family since the 18th century. As such it becomes a de-facto study of what well-heeled 18th century families in West New Jersey were purchasing from cabinetmakers in New York and Philadelphia. Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", 113 pages, b/w illustrations.

Hopkins, Thomas Smith & Walter S. Cox. Colonial Furniture of West New Jersey. C. Richard Becker: 1986. A limited edition facsimile of the original 1936 limited edition.  Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", 113 pages, b/w illustrations, dj.

Hornor, William M. Blue Book of Philadelphia Furniture, William Penn to George Washington, with special reference to the Philadelphia-Chippendale School. Philadelphia; privately printed: 1935. "Much work has been done on Philadelphia furniture in the past fifty years in the form of articles, catalogues and theses, but no single book has yet superseded Hornor; it remains essential to research on Philadelphia furniture..." (Ames & Ward). The new edition does not contain Hornor's original preface included here. Semowich 1109. Hardcover. 8"x11", 340 pages, plus 502 b/w illustrations.

Hornor, William M. Hornor's Blue Book of Philadelphia Furniture. Washington; Highland House: 1988. 3rd prtg. A reprint of the classic 1935 study, now quite expensive in the original edition. "Much work has been done on Philadelphia furniture in the past fifty years in the form of articles, catalogues and theses, but no single book has yet superseded Hornor; it remains essential to research on Philadelphia furniture..." (Ames & Ward). Hardcover. 8"x10.5", 340 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj.

Hornor, Wm. Macpherson. A Loan Exhibition of Authenticated Furniture of the Great Philadelphia Cabinet-makers. Philadelphia; Pennsylvania Museum of Art: 1935. The small handbook to a loan exhibition. Semowich 1126. Softcover. 5.25"x8", 18 pages plus 8 b/w plates.

Horton, Frank L. & Carolyn J. Weekley. The Swisegood School of Cabinetmaking. Winston-Salem; MESDA: 1973. A family of late 18th/early 19th century cabinetmakers in North Carolina.Softcover. 9"x12", 47 pages, 27 b/w illustrations.

Household Furniture and Interior Decoration Executed from the Designs of Thomas Hope. London; John Tiranti: 1946. 2nd prtg. Thomas Hope [1770-1831] studied architecture in Italy, Greece, Egypt and Asia Minor and later became a friend of the famous French Neoclassicist Charles Percier, whose influence shows strongly in Hope's own work. Hope's 1807 publication of his "Designs" crystallized the apexual moment (no, "apexual is not a real word) of the English Regency style, which had been bopping around for half a decade or so. This facsimile edition of the plates from Hope's work does not include his accompanying short text, which was more of a political polemic on reform than a discussion of furniture. Hardcover. 10"x14.5", ii pages plus 60 b/w plates, dj.

How to Make Dolls' Furniture and Furnish a Doll's House. With Seventy Illustrations. London; Griffith & Farran: [1871]. A remarkable Victorian survival- a pattern book for making dollhouse furniture. From kitchen to dining-room, parlor, bedroom and the servant's quarters, this provided all the patterns you needed to outfit an up-and-coming Victorian doll's house. Uncommon in the marketplace and everywhere else as well- OCLC locates only 6 copies. Well, I suppose many of them were cut up. Hardcover. 6"x7.75", 63 pages plus an 8-page catalog of other titles; 70 text illustrations and patterns, including a folding plate of a table.

Howe, Florence Thompson. The Decline and Fall of William Lloyd. [contained in] The Magazine Antiques. February, 1930. An article tracing the life and work of a c.1800 Springfield, Mass. Cabinetmaker. Semowich 402.

Howe, Katherine S. & David B. Warren. The Gothic Revival Style in America, 1830-1870. Houston Museum of Fine Arts: 1976. An important loan exhibition, and the first major modern study of the Gothic Revival style. Furniture accounts for more than half the 195 items exhibited and catalogued, with the remainder comprising clocks and lighting, lacy and other glass, ceramics, silver, paintings, cast iron birdhouses, wallpaper and stoves. Jane B. Davies' Introduction, although concentrating on architecture, provides an illuminating discussion of the history and importance of the style, as well as the reasons for its sweeping popularity. The Gothic Revival was heavily rooted in 19th century Romanticism, and as Davies writes- "looked to the Middle Ages for inspiration and reintroduced a vocabulary of forms and motifs that had been dormant and disdained for centuries, interpreting them anew for use in modern buildings and the decorative arts...The Gothic Revival expressed the very quintessence of Romanticism- bold, dramatic, closely linked to nature, a visual evocation of the brooding melancholy and mystery of the remote Middle Ages so cherished by the Romantic spirit...It offered exuberant release from the restraints of classical tradition. Instead of prescribed orders...it gave exhilarating and boundless freedom for creative activity. The intention was not to copy specific medieval buildings and objects with archeological exactness. Rather, through adaptation of typical motifs, it was to suggest impressions and arouse associations in the mind and heart that would recall the idealized vision of the Middle Ages as depicted in poetry, legend, and romantic novels." Softcover. 10.5"x9", 101 pages, profusely illustrated in b/w with several color plates.

Hughes, Bernard & Therle. Collecting Miniature Antiques. A Guide for Collectors. London; Heinemann: 1973. The indefatigable couple turns their sites to the world of antique miniatures- portrait miniatures, furniture, silver, ceramics, glass, pewter, brass & copper, musical instruments, and dolls, dolls' houses and soldiers. With the exception of the latter three topics, most of the items here are 17th-19th century pieces made for adults, not children. Hardcover. 7.5"x10", 184 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj; bibliography.

Hughes, Bernard & Therle. Small Antique Furniture. New York; Frederick A. Praeger: 1958. Not a book about miniatures, but about your smaller (instead of larger) types of antique furniture (and accessories)- corner cupboards, bird cages, game tables, tea chests & caddies, stools, wine cellars, lanterns, knife cases, fire-screens, globes, and much more! Hardcover. 6"x9", 219 pages, plus 46 b/w plates, dj.

Humbert, Jean-Marcel, Michael Pantazzi & Christiane Ziegler. Egyptomania. Egypt in Western Art 1730-1930. Ottawa; National Gallery of Canada: 1994. A truly massive catalog to the stunning loan exhibition. Egypt has exercised a profound and dramatic influence on Western art and taste for hundreds of years, and this catalog exhaustively documents its various facets and periods. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white, with a text which traces the history of Egyptian influences on the fine and decorative arts from the 18th through the 20th centuries, this is a catalog not to be missed. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 607 pages, color and b/w illustrations.

Hummel, Charles F. The Influence of English Design Books Upon the Philadelphia Cabinetmaker, 1760-1780. University of Delaware: 1955. Charles Hummel's Masters thesis. Semowich 1112. Card covers. 8.5"x11", 139 pages of mimeographed typescript, plus 11 b/w mimeographed plates of middling quality. Bound in a standard report-type card folder.

Hummel, Charles F. A Winterthur Guide to American Chippendale Furniture. Middle Atlantic and Southern Colonies. New York; Winterthur/ Crown Publishers: 1976. A good study, based on the Winterthur Collection. Something of an update of Joseph Down's book on American Chippendale furniture which was also based on this collection, with updated information, and also some pieces acquired since Downs' work was published in 1952. Softcover. 6"x8.5", 142 pages, 16 color and 135 b/w illustrations.

Hunter, George L. Decorative Furniture. A picture book of the beautiful forms of all ages and all periods: Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Chinese, Japanese... Philadelphia: J B Lippincott Co., 1923. 9.5"x12.5", 480 pages, hundreds ofb&w and some color illus.

Hunter-Stiebel, Penelope. Menuiserie: The Carved Wood Furniture of 18th Century France. New York; Rosenberg & Steibel Inc.: 1986. A nice exhibition of French carved furniture, with an interesting essay. Softcover. 7"x8.5", 83 pages, b/w illustrations.

Hurst, Ronald L. & Jonathan Prown. Southern Furniture 1680-1830. The Colonial Williamsburg Collection. Colonial Williamsburg Foundation / Harry N. Abrams: 1997. First edition. Easily the most comprehensive study of southern furniture to date, and what a collection to study! A huge, heavy book. Hardcover. 9.5"x11.5", 639 pages, loaded with color and b/w illustrations, dj.

Huth, Hans. Abraham und David Roentgen und ihre Neuwieder Mobel Werkstatte. Berlin; Deutscher Verein for Kunstwissenschaft:1928. At the end of the 18th century European courts considered David Roentgen to be the finest cabinetmaker of the time. This is the scarce first edition of the classic study of his work, and the work of his father. 10"x12.5", 77 pages plus a tipped-in color frontis- piece and 8 + 77 b&w plates.

Huth, Hans. Lacquer of the West. The History and Craft of an Industry, 1550-1950. University of Chicago Press:1971. English and European lacquer is, compared to Eastern lacquer, a sadly under-documented subject. Hans Huth's book is an excellent pictorial and textual study of the development, styles and techniques of western lacquer furniture and other lacquerwares of the 16th-19th centuries. 8.5"x11", 149 pages plus 16 color and 364 b&w plates.

Hyde, Bryden B. Bermuda's Antique Furniture & Silver. Baltimore; published by the author for the Bermuda National Trust: 1971. Bryden B. Hyde was a Baltimore architect and antiquarian who married a Bermudan and spent much time there. He took most of the 458 photographs in this book, which show that although the English, American and Spanish styles influenced Bermudan design, the Bermudans made furniture and silver in their own distinct and charming style. The only study of this subject. The text of the silver section was written by Mrs. Allan F. Smith. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 198 pages, color frontispiece and hundreds of b/w illustrations.

Impey, Oliver. Chinoiserie. The Impact of Oriental Styles on Western Art and Decoration. New York; Charles Scribner's Sons: 1977. Even as the China Trade brought Oriental reproductions of European wares to the West, manufacturers and artists in the West were busy copying Oriental themes and decorations. This "Chinoiserie" style would eventually mix with the 18th century Rococo style in an exuberant burst of abandon and flourish which lasted through the 19th century right up to the Aesthetic Movement's Japonism style. This is one of the best illustrated studies of this subject, and includes chapters on the history of the China trade and how it influenced the West, as well as textiles, ceramics, paintings, furniture, metalwork, architecture and garden design. Hardcover. 8.5"x10", 208 pages, 20 color and 233 b/w illustrations, dj.

Ince & Mayhew. The Universal System of Household Furniture, consisting of above 300 designs in the most elegant taste, both useful and ornamental, finely engraved, in which the nature of ornament and perspective is accurately exemplified... by Ince & Mayhew. Chicago; Quadrangle Books: 1960. A facsimile of this influential 18th century design book, with a new preface by Ralph Edwards. Issued in parts between 1759 and 1762, "The Universal System" featured intense rococo ornament with wisps of Gothic and Chinese styles thrown in, but without a trace of the neoclassic; today they would probably be lumped in with the wildest flights of Chippendale. 7.5"x10", (12) + iv + 11 pages plus 95 b&w plates.

Ingolfsrud, Elizabeth. All About Ontario Beds. Toronto; The House of Grant: 1975. A guide to 19th century, mostly Victorian era, beds in Ontario. The descriptions and discussion of provenance and variations make some interesting points. Softcover. 6"x9", 63 pages, b/w illustrations.

Isaacson, Philip. The American Eagle. Boston; New York Graphic Society: 1975. A fascinating study of the eagle motif as used in American decorative and folk arts. This includes sculpture, furniture, textiles, graphics, paintings, ceramics, hats, architecture, and much, much more! A very heavily illustrated survey. Eagles on silver, textiles, hats, furniture inlay and pediments, carvings and sculpture, china, glass, and much more. Iggles here, iggles there, iggles, iggles, everywhere! Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 210 pages, 64 color and 160 b/w illustrations, dj; bibliography.

Isham, Norman M. John Goddard and his Work. Providence: Rhode Island School of Design, 1927. 12 pages, 8 b&w illustrations, softcover.

Iverson, Marion Day. The American Chair. 1630 to 1890. New York; Hastings House: 1957. An interesting study of the stylistic evolution of the chair in America, with 176 line illustrations by Ernest Donnelly. "Gives a history of chairs in America with information on style changes (and) some contemporary quotations and provenances" (Semowich). Semowich 1362. Hardcover. 8"x10", 241 pages, line illustrations, dj; bibliography.

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