American Painted Antique Country Furniture

BOOKS FOR THE BEGINNING COLLECTOR

American Country Furniture: 1780-1875. Ralph & Terry Kovel

Furniture Treasury. Wallace Nutting

American Antique Furniture: A Book for Amateurs. E. G. Miller

How to Know American Antique Furniture. Robert Bishop

Chairs, Tables, Sofas, And Beds. Marvin D. Schwartz

Chests, Cupboards, Desks, And Other Pieces. William C. Ketchum

Discovering Antiques: A Guide to the World of Antiques and Collectibles. Eric Knowles

BOOKS FOR THE INTERMEDIATE COLLECTOR

Fake, Fraud, Or Genuine? Myrna Kaye

At Home: The American Family: 1750-1870. Elisabeth Garrett

All the Best Rubbish. Ivor Noel Hume

Auctions: The Social Construction of Value. Charles W. Smith

Auction Madness. Charles Hamilton

Field Guide to American Antique Furniture. Joseph T. Butler

Antique Collector’s Dictionary of Period Detail. Paul Davidson

BOOKS FOR THE ADVANCED COLLECTOR

American Furniture: Understanding Styles, Construction, and Quality. John T. Kirk

The New Fine Points of Furniture: Early American: Good, Better, Best, Superior, Masterpiece. Albert Sack

American Seating Furniture: 1680-1730. Benno M. Forman

Classic America: The Federal Style and Beyond. Wendell Garrett

American Furniture: The Federal Period. Charles F. Montgomery

Treasury of Design And Antiques. Charles P. Hornug

American Furniture: Queen Anne And Chippendale Periods. Joseph Downs

BOOKS FOR THE SOUTHERN COLLECTOR

Southern Furniture: 1680-1830. Ronald Hurst and Jonathan Prown

The Regional Arts of the South. David Bivens and Forsyth Alexander

The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA). John Garrett Hind

Furniture of Williamsburg And Eastern Virginia: 1710-1790. Wallace B. Gusler

The Furniture Of Coastal North Carolina: 1710-1820. John Bivens

Southern Antiques. Paul H. Burroughs

Virginia Antiques. Marleine Reader Harris

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