Ceramic Furniture Rests

This is the first book to be devoted to them.

Ceramic furniture rests.

He has built up his collection over the years and it is now one of the most comprehensive in the world. His interest in ceramic furniture rests spans over 40 years since his mother the late moira angela garland sparked his interest in these fascinating pieces. Ceramic furniture rests were made in large numbers in the 19th century but have generated very little literature. Although ceramic furniture rests were made in large numbers in the 19th century they have generated very little literature.

Ceramic furniture rests ceramic furniture rests potteries auctions have received approximately 160 furniture rests for our next antiques rare pottery fine art auction to be held on 14 th july 2018. At the end of the book is an appendix showing images of the author s collection and of other rests provided to him. They are known to have been made in staffordshire yorkshire wales scotland other parts of england and probably on the continent. Ceramic furniture rests is the first book to be written about these decorative and unusual items.

9 27 2011 1 comment i have just devoured peter garland s new book ceramic furniture rests. Ceramic furniture rests were made in large numbers in staffordshire the north of england and scotland in the late 18 th century early 19 th century. The book is colorful informative and a delight to own a keeper for your bookshelf. Evidence of dates of manufacture is sparse.

It is lavishly illustrated with images of rests in the author s collection and of other rests made available to him by others. Find out more about furniture rests. Ceramic furniture rests these are some of the great companies and software we use to create and host this website. Contact peter garland author of ceramic furniture rests.

The author after some prompting and encouragement from john howard an internationally recognised authority on 18th and 19th century british pottery wrote and published the book. It is based on the author s collection built up over more than 40 years and on a number of rests kindly made available to him by others. This is the first book to be devoted to them. The furniture rests described in this book are ceramic objects made between the late eighteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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