The Book Company: New Products - Furniture

Mid-Century Now (The Collector's Obsession Explained)

Fri, 18 Sep 2026 13:15:31 +0000

Mid-century modern design continues to dominate contemporary interiors, its forms still carrying the ideals of postwar optimism. But this enduring presence has evolved into something more complex: an obsession. Objects conceived for democratic accessibility have become luxury collectibles, fueling..

Price: $100.00

Great Irish Households (Inventories from the Long Eighteenth Century)

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:56:19 +0000

The value of inventories in charting how houses were arranged, furnished and used is now widely appreciated. Typically, the listings and valuations were occasioned by the death of an owner and the consequent need to deal with testamentary dispositions. That was not always so. The inventory for Cas..

Price: $115.00

Oak Furniture (The British Tradition)

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 12:36:36 +0000

Victor Chinnery's scholarly work covers the history and development of furniture in oak and kindred timbers in the British Isles and New England, from the Middle Ages through to 1800. The subject is broken down into a logical sequence of aspects and each section is generously illustrated. The furn..

Price: $125.00

British Furniture (1820 to 1920: The Luxury Market)

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 06:44:51 +0000

British Furniture 1820 to 1920: The Luxury Market, written by celebrated furniture historian Christopher Payne and including over 1,000 superb photographs, is a landmark publication and the first book to comprehensively assess British furniture design from the early origins..

Price: $175.00

The Birth of Art Deco: Ruhlmann and the Hôtel du Collectionneur, 1925

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 18:12:36 +0000

As his starting point for the aesthetic we have come to love as Art Deco, French furniture and interior designer E.-J. Ruhlmann’s pavilion at the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes presented the fair’s most celebrated displays and thereby began our enduri..
Price: $115.00

For the Love of Antiques (Interiors, Inspiration, and the Thrill of the Hunt)

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 04:42:06 +0000

Designer and antiques expert Tara Shaw invites you into the fascinating world of collecting and designing with antiques and offers a fresh look at using them to create luxurious atmosphere throughout your home
Renowned antiques dealer Tara Shaw is a New Orleans native and..
Price: $60.00

Furniture Mouldings (Full Size Sections of Moulded Details on English Furniture from 1574 to 1820)

Wed, 01 Jul 2026 16:47:28 +0000

A collection of 140 plates for mouldings from bedsteads, cabinets, cupboards, and more.
Price: $18.95

Midcentury Modern Design for Outdoor Living

Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:43:28 +0000

The designers, materials and cultural forces leading the midcentury modern era transformed outdoor furniture into symbols of optimism, leisure, innovation, and California modernism.

Midcentury Modern Design for Outdoor Living celebrates the designers, architects, and..
Price: $50.00

The Peranakan Chinese Home (Art and Culture in Daily Life)

Fri, 12 Jun 2026 22:38:14 +0000

Discover the exquisite decorative arts and rich cultural traditions of the Peranakan Chinese through the objects that filled their homes and shaped their daily lives.

The Peranakan Chinese Home is a beautifully illustrated exploration of the distinctive material culture of the..
Price: $35.99

Conservation of Twentieth-Century Furniture

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:32:59 +0000

Conservation of 20^th Century Furniture provides a comprehensive coverage of materials and techniques that are encountered in twentieth-century furniture, through both a contextual point of view and a range of practice perspectives.
Price: $70.99