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Research and professional resources on interior design and architecture.

Furniture and Architectural Style Identification and Images: Databases

Furniture and Architectural Styles Identification and Images: Databases


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Furniture Style Identification Books

Furniture Style Identification Books


Most of these books are located on the 3rd floor of Willis Library. Click on the title of the book to see the location and call number.

The Complete Guide to Furniture Styles
Dictionary of Furniture
Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Furniture
Furniture & Furnishings: a Visual Guide
The Encyclopedia of Furniture
A Short Dictionary of Furniture
History of Interior Design and Furniture: from Ancient Egypt to Nineteenth-Century Europe
The Encyclopedia of Furniture, an outline history of furniture design in Egypt, Assyria, Persia, Greece, Rome, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Germany, England, Scandinavia, Spain, Russia, and in the Near and Far East up to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century
Ancient Furniture; a History of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Furniture
Furniture of Classical Greece
The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture; from the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period
Furniture and Interior Decoration of the Italian Renaissance
Chinese Classical Furniture
Western Furniture: 1350 to the Present Day in the Victoria and Albert Museum
The Dictionary of English Furniture, from the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period (vols. 1-3)
A History of English Furniture (vols. 1-4)
Collector's Encyclopedia of American Furniture [1998-2002]
Contemporary Furniture: an International Review of Modern Furniture, 1950 to the present
Furniture by Architects: Contemporary Chairs, Tables and Lamps
Identifying American Furniture: a Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms, Colonial to Contemporary
Art Deco Furniture: the French Designers
Sourcebook of Modern Furniture
Encyclopedia of Furniture Materials, Trades, and Techniques
The Complete Book of Shaker Furniture
Collector's Encyclopedia of American Furniture [1991-]
American Furniture & the British Tradition to 1830
American Painted Furniture 1660-1880

Architectural Styles Identification: Online

Architectural Styles Identification: Online


ArtServe
(Australian National University) A collection of over 16,000 images including prints spanning the 15th to 19th Centuries as well as architecture and sculpture from the Mediterranean Basin.