The Furniture Bible
Everything You Need to Know to Identify, Restore & Care for Furniture
Seiten
2014
Artisan Books (Verlag)
978-1-57965-535-8 (ISBN)
Artisan Books (Verlag)
978-1-57965-535-8 (ISBN)
Pourny teaches readers everything they need to know about the provenance and history of furniture, as well as how to restore, update, and care for their furniture - from antiques to midcentury pieces, family heirlooms or funky flea-market finds.
A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Crucial Home & Design Book for Beginners
A Library Journal Best Book of the Year
An Amazon Best Book of the Month
Christophe Pourny learned the art of furniture restoration in his father's atelier in the South of France. In this, his first book, he teaches readers everything they need to know about the provenance and history of furniture, as well as how to restore, update, and care for their furniture-from antiques to mid-century pieces, family heirlooms or funky flea-market finds.
The heart of the book is an overview of Pourny's favourite techniques-ceruse, vernis anglais, and water gilding, among many others-with full-colour step-by-step photographs to ensure that readers can easily replicate each refinishing technique at home.
Pourny brings these techniques to life with a chapter devoted to real-world refinishing projects, from a veneered table to an ebonized desk, a gilt frame to a painted northern European hutch. Rounding out this comprehensive guide is care and maintenance information, including how to properly clean leather, polish hardware, fix a broken leg, and replace felt pads, as well as recipes to make your own wax, shellac, varnish, stain, and more.
A Wall Street Journal Top 10 Crucial Home & Design Book for Beginners
A Library Journal Best Book of the Year
An Amazon Best Book of the Month
Christophe Pourny learned the art of furniture restoration in his father's atelier in the South of France. In this, his first book, he teaches readers everything they need to know about the provenance and history of furniture, as well as how to restore, update, and care for their furniture-from antiques to mid-century pieces, family heirlooms or funky flea-market finds.
The heart of the book is an overview of Pourny's favourite techniques-ceruse, vernis anglais, and water gilding, among many others-with full-colour step-by-step photographs to ensure that readers can easily replicate each refinishing technique at home.
Pourny brings these techniques to life with a chapter devoted to real-world refinishing projects, from a veneered table to an ebonized desk, a gilt frame to a painted northern European hutch. Rounding out this comprehensive guide is care and maintenance information, including how to properly clean leather, polish hardware, fix a broken leg, and replace felt pads, as well as recipes to make your own wax, shellac, varnish, stain, and more.
Christophe Pourny is one of the most esteemed furniture restorers in the business. Descended from a long line of artisans, he was reared in his father’s atelier in the South of France and apprenticed at his uncle Pierre Madel’s legendary antiques shop on rue Jacob in Paris. Today, Pourny restores furniture out of his own atelier in Brooklyn, New York.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.12.2014 |
|---|---|
| Vorwort | Martha Stewart |
| Zusatzinfo | more than 650 color photographs and illustrations |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 6 x 6 mm |
| Gewicht | 1201 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Hausbau / Einrichten / Renovieren | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-57965-535-1 / 1579655351 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-57965-535-8 / 9781579655358 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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