The Painted Furniture Sourcebook: Motifs from the Medieval Times to the Present Day

By Annie Sloan

Book Overview

Painted furniture and interiors expert Annie Sloan leads the enthusiast through a fully illustrated, international spectrum of decorative styles--American colonial, Dutch folk art, Irish vernacular, Scandinavian neoclassical, Oriental lacquerwork, German baroque and more--all achievable by collectors, decorators and do-it-yourselfers. For each enchanting room and object, the author reveals how the paint effect was achieved and how to recreate it in the contemporary home. A generous glossary of techniques describes the essential terms, from spattering and marbling to patinating and distressing. The book also offers a library of over 50 motifs, both classic and modern, for use as a fingertip reference or for on-the-spot tracing.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 084782120X
• ISBN13: 9780847821204
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.7" x 11.4"