{"product_id":"9781849022088","title":"Illustrated History Of Furniture","description":"Frederick Litchfield created an enduring classic study of functional  art with his Illustrated History of Furniture.  This reprinting is  presented out of a deep appreciation for the excellent scholarship and  many illuminating insights that he so generously shared.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    The first chapter, which refers to Ancient Furniture and covers a  period of several centuries, is introductory to those that follow,  rather than a serious attempt to examine the history of the furniture  during that space of time. The fourth chapter, which deals with a  period of some hundred and fifty years, from the time of King James  the First until that of Chippendale and his contemporaries, and the  last three chapters, are more fully descriptive than some others,  partly because trustworthy information to these times was more  accessible, and partly because it is probable that English readers  will feel greater interest in the furniture of which they are the  subject. The French meubles de luxe, from the latter half of the  seventeenth century until the Revolution, are also treated more fully  than the furniture of other periods and countries, on account of the  interest which has been manifested in this description of the cabinet  maker's and metal mounter's work. Evidence of this appreciation may be  found in the enormous prices realized at notable auction sales, when  such furniture has been offered for competition to wealthy  connoisseurs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Such furniture cannot be cheap certainly, but the real cost is  sometimes borne by the artist who produces, rather than by the man who  may happen to buy it. It is often forgotten that the price paid is  that of the lives and sustenance of the workers and their families.","brand":"Benediction Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032735498480,"sku":"9781849022088","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781849022088_p0.jpg?v=1763751291","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781849022088","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}