Guide to Antique Collecting

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The Old Furniture Book, with a Sketch of Past Days and Ways

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Chats on Cottage and Farmhouse Furniture

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Furniture Decoration Made Easy - A Practical Work Manual for Decorating Furniture by Stenciling, Gold-Leaf Application and Freehand Painting

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How To Date Furniture: An Easy Reference Guide

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How To Build Your Own Doll's House, Using Paper and Cardboard. Step-By-Step Instructions on Constructing a Doll's House, Indoor and Outdoor Furniture, Figurines, Utencils and More

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Teach Yourself the Process of Veneering - A Guide to the Tools You Will Need, the Processes of Different Veneers and Repairing Faults

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An Encyclopaedia of the Main Varieties of Timber - From Acacia to Zebra-Wood with Notes on Colour, Strength and Common Uses

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Jacobean Furniture and English Styles in Oak and Walnut

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Furniture and Cabinet-Making - With Instructions and Illustrations on Constructing Household Furniture, Including Various Cabinet Designs for Different Uses - The Handyman's Book of Woodworking

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Veneering, Marquetry and Inlay - A Practical Instruction Book in the Art of Decorating Woodwork by These Methods

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Ancient and Modern Furniture and Woodwork

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Thomas Chippendale and His Style - A Concise Look at the Most Distinguished English Craftsman

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Hints on Wood-Carving - Recreative Classes and Modelling for Beginners

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A Little Book of Vintage Designs and Instructions for Making Dainty Gifts from Wood. Including a Fitted Workbox, a Small Fretwork Hand Mirror and a Lady's Brush and Comb Box: Including a Fitted Workbox, a Small Fretwork Hand Mirror and a Lady's Brush and Comb Box.

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Timber-framed Buildings

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Little Book of Wooden Boxes: Wooden Boxes Created by the Masters

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Old English Chintzes - Chintz in Relation to Antique Furniture

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Wallpaper

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Lacquer Work - A Practical Exposition of the Art of Lacquering Together with Valuable Notes for the Collector

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The Furniture of the Georgian Period - From 1715 through Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Sheraton and the Regency With Notes on the French Epoch

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The Masterpieces of Thomas Chippendale - A Short Biography and His Famous Catalogue

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Practical Woodcarving: Elementary and Advanced

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George Hepplewhite - A Collection of His Finest Works

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Restoring Antique Furniture: A Complete Guide

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Garden Accessories: With Instructions and Illustrations on Constructing Various Accessories Including Sheds, Hutches, Trellises, Gates, Dovecotes and More - The Handyman's Book of Woodworking

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Home Life in Colonial Days

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High Wycombe Furniture

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Chats on Old Furniture: A Practical Guide for Collectors

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Intarsia and Marquetry - Handbook for the Designer and Craftsman

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A Beginner's Guide to the Art of Woodcarving - Follow the Step by Step Instructions and Images to Produce Your First Piece of Woodcarving

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How to Draw and Paint Anatomy, All New 2nd Edition: Creating Lifelike Humans and Realistic Animals

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Find Your Artistic Voice: The Essential Guide to Working Your Creative Magic

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Morpho: Anatomy for Artists

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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life

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Botanical Drawing: A Step-By-Step Guide to Drawing Flowers, Vegetables, Fruit and Other Plant Life

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Anatomy for Fantasy Artists: An Essential Guide to Creating Action Figures & Fantastical Forms

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Art 101: From Vincent van Gogh to Andy Warhol, Key People, Ideas, and Moments in the History of Art

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Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope

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The Complete Book of Drawing: Essential Skills for Every Artist

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The Designer's Dictionary of Color

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Drawing Portraits Fundamentals: A Portrait-Artist.org Book (How to Draw People)

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How to Talk to Anyone: Learn The Secrets of Good Communication And The Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships

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Draw Like an Artist: 100 Flowers and Plants

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The Designer's Guide to Color Combinations

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Drawing School: Fundamentals for the Beginner

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Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Comic Book Universe

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The Everything Drawing Book: From Basic Shape to People and Animals, Step-by-step Instruction to get you started

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The Creature Garden: An Illustrator's Guide to Beautiful Beasts & Fictional Fauna

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Create: Overcoming Fear to Unleash Your Creativity (Photography Art Book, Creative Thinking, Creative Expression, and Readers of Steal Like an Artist)

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The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Complete Papyrus of Ani

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The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling

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Drawing and Sketching Portraits: How to Draw Realistic Faces for Beginners

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The Shape of Ideas: An Illustrated Exploration of Creativity

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Make Your Art No Matter What: Moving Beyond Creative Hurdles

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The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: The Spiritual Classic & International Bestseller: Revised and Updated Edition

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Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

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Creative, Inc.: The Ultimate Guide to Running a Successful Freelance Business

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The World Needs Your Art: Casual Magic to Unlock Your Creativity

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Harry, A History - Now Updated with J.K. Rowling Interview, New Chapter & Photos: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon

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Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany

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281: 18 Ways to Welcome English Country Decor Ideas into Your Home: British country homes evoke an image of comfort, cosyness and warmth. Partly, yes, because such warmth is mandatory living in a rainy environment, but also because they look and feel like such a welcome inside hug which is given immediately when the...

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August 29, 2019 Remaking Containers, The Botanists Patrick Browne, Rudolf Geschwind and the Countess of Roses, Christina Rossetti, Colors from Nature by Bobbi McRae, Redesigning with Hostas, and Ingrid Bergman in Cactus Flower: Well, it's time to get serious about remaking our containers – especially on the front porch and around the front door.   Editing containers from time to time is essential to keep them looking great.   Sometimes combinations don’t work...

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September 14, 2021 How to Arrange Hydrangeas, Thomas Overbury, Batty Langley, Susan Campbell, David Auburn, The Winter Harvest Handbook by Eliot Coleman, and Thoughts on Transplanting: Today in botanical history, we celebrate a poet, an English garden designer, and a garden historian. We’ll hear a fun excerpt about calculating cold weather from a Pulitzer-prize-winning play by David Auburn. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a...

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A Fly-Fishing Fanatic in America’s 13 Colonies

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417: The English Double Bass Book: This special episode is brought to you by The English Double Bass Book, a beautiful new project from Thomas Martin, George Martin, and Martin Lawrence

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378: Charles, 9th Earl Spencer: Unveils Royal Furniture Line for Theodore Alexander: Welcome to the show! You're really in for a royal treat today! We're very excited to share LuAnn's interview with Charles, the 9th Earl Spencer, as he unveils the Royal Funiture line for Theodore Alexander. LuAnn did this interview live, in person, at...

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August 2, 2019 Going to Seed, Thomas Gainsborough, Hawaiian Potatoes, Franklinia, Wallace Stevens, William Watson, The Cook and the Gardener by Amanda Hesser, Mint, and Longwood Gardens: Right about now you might be thinking about doing a little garden cleanup and preparation for fall.   One of the questions I get from gardeners this time of year has to do with whether or not to let some of your plants go to seed.   After...

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Violin Making

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September 10, 2021 Pumpkin Pie Cereal Treats, Richard Spruce, Redouté, Robert Koldewey, Lilian Gibbs, Cyril Connolly, Ella Griffin, The Well-Gardened Mind by Sue Stuart-Smith, and David Hosack: Today we celebrate a botanist remembered for his work collecting cinchona trees in South America. We’ll remember the French royal painter known as the "the Raffaele of flowers." We'll also learn about the German architect who thought he’d...

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October 4, 2021 Improve Soil Rake Less, William Gilpin, Thoreau, Edward Stratemeyer, J.K. Rowling, Viburnums by Michael Dirr and Dorothy Frances Blomfield Gurney: Today in botanical history, we celebrate an English artist and clergyman, an old diary entry from the great Henry David Thoreau, and we’ll also learn about an American publishing tycoon and his family’s retreat called Bird Haven Farm. We'll hear...

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January 22, 2020 The Wardian Case, Winter Garden Design Tips, Francis Bacon, Heinrich Muhlenberg, Caspar Wistar, The 1985 Cold Snap, Lessons From Winter In Poetry And Prose, By Pen & By Spade By David Wheeler, Esschert Garden Tool Belt, and Ellsworth Jero: Today we celebrate the birthday of the English Statesman who created “Garden walks” and the birthday of a man who is remembered by Muhly grass. We'll learn about the man memorialized by a plant name that misspells his last name, and we'll also...

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Season 2, Ep. 8: Great Bookcase - William Burges

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July 15, 2019 Bolting Cilantro, Inigo Jones, John Wilson, William Robinson, Almira Hart Phelps, Classic Garden Design by Rosemary Verey, Perennial Sweet Pea, and a Greenhouse Story: Let's start today off by talking briefly about bolting cilantro.   Why does cilantro bolt and how should you address it?   You can help delay when cilantro will bolt by planting it in part shade instead of full sun and keeping...

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November 17, 2020 Ten Ways to Rewild, Solway Moss, William Barton, William Caparne, Archibald Lampman, The Garden Chef by Phaidon Editors, and Queen Charlotte: Today we remember the momentous bursting of a peat bog in Scotland. We'll also learn about the botanist nephew of Benjamin Smith Barton. We’ll honor a British Iris enthusiast and painter. We salute the poet known as the Canadian Keats. We’ll Grow...

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Designs Through the Decades Part 1: This is something we’ve had on the list to do for a very long time. There’s so much to talk about because we’ve just seen so many things come and go through the ages. We talk about each of the decades and kind of what influenced them to be in fashion...

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July 1, 2019 Martagon Lilies, Vale of York Field Naturalists Club, Illinois State Flower, the Violet, Joseph Hooker, Ann Taylor, Tree in the House by Annabelle Hickson, Dividing Flag Iris, and Frank Kingdon-Ward: Martagon Lilies are in peak right now in most gardens.  They bring the most wonderful architectural aspect and form to the garden; they are so very elegant.  Offering a Turk’s cap-style bloom, Like many plants, Martagon colonies get...

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Summerhouse or dollhouse? What to expect if you're invited to a Danish summer home: If you live in city or a big town in Denmark, you may notice that the weekends are getting very quiet just about now. The streets outside my home in Copenhagen are empty.  The streetlights just change from red to green and back again, but no cars...

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September 23, 2021 Small Flowering Shrubs, Horace Walpole, Mary Coleridge, Dayton University Botanical Park, the National Flower, Alice Hoffman, Will Bonsall, and Edgar Lee Masters: Today in botanical history, we celebrate an English earl, an English poet, a forgotten garden, and a national floral emblem. We hear a floral excerpt from a best-selling fiction book - it’s a little love story about an extraordinary woman who gave...

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The Barrel That Could Save A Forest

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Episode 248: What You Need In Your Decor Arsenal: Decorating beautifully is a lot easier if you have a few essentials on hand. This way you can whip up a vignette in a few minutes, transform a room with pops of color & texture or add seasonal touches without it taking hours & involving lugging bins. Listen in to get our thoughts on creating your own decor arsenal.

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January 5, 2021 How to Make a White Berry Wreath, the Glastonbury Thorn, Robert More, Henry Arthur Bright, Hyacinth Vases, A Nature Poem for Every Day of the Year by Jane Hunter, and How to Wassail Apple Trees: Today we celebrate an iconic tree of England - a holy tree with biblical and cultural significance. We'll also learn about a botanist whose last name is similar to the surname of Carl Linnaeus’s in-laws - and that has caused some confusion over the...

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November 16, 2021 Virtual Herbariums, Laurel Hill, Root Crop Preservation in 1835, Odoardo Beccari, Louise Driscoll, Marsha Mehran, Plant by Phaidon Editors, and Elizabeth Coblentz: Today in botanical history, we celebrate Laurel Hill and Root Crop Preservation in 1835. We'll also remember the botanist who discovered the Titan arum and a little poem about the November garden by Louise Driscoll. We'll hear an excerpt from...

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July 15, 2020 Climate-Change-Ready Trees, St. Swithin’s Day, Inigo Jones, John Wilson, Almira Hart Lincoln Phelps, Niagra Falls, Insect Poetry, How to Cheat at Gardening and Yard Work by Jeff Bredenberg, and William Robinson: Today we celebrate St. Swithin's Day. We'll also learn about the English architect who brought classical Roman architecture and the Italian Renaissance to gardens. We celebrate the botanist who attempted to sell his cow to buy a botany book by Robert...

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May 21, 2019 Bolting Rhubarb, Alexander Pope, Henri Rosseau, Pope's Grotto at Twickenham, The Land of the Blue Poppies, Frank Kingdon Ward, Installing Garden Paths, and Richard Walter Pohl: Is your rhubarb bolting already?   When your rhubarb seems to be bolting too early, ask yourself these questions...   Is your rhubarb an heirloom or a new variety? Older varieties tend to bolt sooner. Try planting a newer variety.   ...

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February 23, 2022 William Chambers, Henry David Thoreau, John Lewis Russell, Seasons at Highclere by The Countess of Carnarvon, and Georges Bugnet: Subscribe  | | | |   Support The Daily Gardener   Connect for FREE!  |    Historical Events 1723 Birth of Sir William Chambers (books about this person), Swedish-Scottish architect, based in...

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Jim Partridge and Liz Walmsley: Russell & Robert meet artists Jim Partridge and Liz Walmsley, who have worked together designing and making furniture and other functional woodwork for over 30 years. The scope of their work ranges from the small and domestic to monumental...

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July 3, 2019 Clearance Plants, Gilbert Laing Meason, Michael Keens, Lambertus Bobbink, William Henry Davies, Grow in the Dark by Lisa Eldred Steinkopf, Hakonechloa All Gold, Richard Evans Schultes, and Calvin Sperling: Sometimes the plant gods smile on you with a clearance sale featuring something truly spectacular like Japanese Forest Grass or in this case, Hakonechloa 'All Gold'. My local Lowes was clearancing them for $3 a pop - and it was just what the plant...

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Episode 251: Modern Mimics and HIREC: Sign up for our mailing list! We also have t-shirts and mugs with our logo! - This week let's look at some animals that have evolved rapidly to adapt to human-caused environmental pressures. Thanks to Otto and Pranav for their suggestions! -

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Electric Lawn Care

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Episode 169 Part 2: How Four Winds Gallery Brought Native American Jewelry to Australia: What you’ll learn in this episode: Why Native American jewelry has struck a chord with Australian shoppers Why jewelry is so important to Native American cultures, and the history of jewelry making in the Southwest Which characteristics to look for...