The Furniture Bible : Everything You Need to Know to Identify, Restore and Care for Furniture

Pourny, Christophe

ISBN 10: 1579655351 / ISBN 13: 9781579655358

Verlag: Artisan, 2014

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From antiques to midcentury pieces, family heirlooms to funky flea-market finds, Christophe Pourny is ready to teach readers everything they need to know about the South of France and history of furniture―as well as how to restore, update, and care for their furniture.

The heart of the book is an overview of Pourny’s favorite techniques―ceruse, vernis anglais,and water gilding, among many others―with full-color 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

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

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.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Furniture Bible : Everything You Need to...
Verlag: Artisan
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good