Essential Reading
Important Reference Books on Period English Furniture
The following titles are books we feel are essential reading for those interested in collecting period English furnishings. It should be noted that a number of these books are no longer in print. If you require any assistance in locating any of them please feel free to contact us and we will be happy to put you in touch with specialist dealers of rare and out of print books.

18TH CENTURY ENGLISH FURNITURE - THE NORMAN ADAMS COLLECTION
by Christopher Claxton Stevens and Stewart Whittington
Published by - Antique Collectors Club


ENGLISH FURNITURE WITH SOME FURNITURE OF OTHER COUNTRIES
THE IRWIN UNTERMYER COLLECTION Published by - Harvard


ENGLISH FURNITURE FROM CHARLES II TO GEORGE II by R.W.Symonds
Published by - Antique Collectors Club


THE PRESENT STATE OF OLD ENGLISH FURNITURE by R.W.Symonds
Published by - Duckworth


OLD ENGLISH WALNUT & LACQUER FURNITURE by R.W.Symonds


FURNITURE AT TEMPLE NEWSAM HOUSE AND LOTHERTON HALL. Vol.1 and Vol.2 by Christopher Gilbert
Published by - Antique Collectors Club


THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE THE AGE OF OAK
THE AGE OF WALNUT
THE AGE OF MAHOGANY
THE AGE OF SATINWOOD by Macquid
Published by - Putnam



THE SHORTER DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE by Ralph Edwards


THOMAS CHIPPENDALE by Anthony Coleridge