Ancient and Modern Furniture and Woodwork

The work surveys the development of domestic and ceremonial woodwork from antiquity to the eighteenth century, tracing forms and ornament from Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, and Roman models through Byzantine, medieval, Renaissance, and later English and continental styles. It explains construction techniques, materials, and decorative motives, and highlights characteristic pieces such as chairs, chests, tables, beds, and carriages, illustrated with numerous woodcuts drawn from museum collections. Individual chapters examine regional renaissances, Tudor and Stuart furniture, and eighteenth‑century taste, and the book concludes with discussion of changing uses and an appendix listing designers and makers.