Description: EMYL JENKINS GUIDE TO BUYING AND COLECTING EARLY AMERICAN FURNITURE - How to distinguish Period Pieces from Fakes and Reproductions by Emyl Jenkins, Crown Publishers Inc., NY, 1991. This early out-of-print book "provides direct answers and clues that will help collectors and professional alike to identify genuine antique furniture at auctions, tag sales and retail shops. Through the use of simple language and clear photographs, noted appraiser Emyl Jenkins shows readers how to look at a piece of furniture to determine its age and any restorations , alterations, fakes and reproductions. The book tells you how you can be the one who makes the finds, how to avoid being taken by detecting repairs, restorations, alterations , and enhancements. How to identify tools and their marks and how to differentiate between the four major American styles of the eighteenth century - Queen Anne, Chippendale, Hepplewhite, and Sheraton." 7.7" x 9.5" hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 148 pages. FREE media mail shipping and handling for deliveries within the 50 United States. Rates vary for international mailings.
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Title: EARLY AMERICAN FURNITURE
Publisher: Crown Publishers Inc., NY
Industry: Antique Furniture
Brand: Unbranded
Publication Year: 1991
Type: BOOK
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Style: American
Theme: Period Pieces
Features: Illustrated
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Number of Pages: 148
