Chinese Domestic Furniture in Photographs and Measured Drawings Nearly one half of the

Nearly one half of the encyclopedic volume is devoted to an overview of the historical development of bookbinding

The cobwebby patterns

books on electric forces

and the Lipit-Ishtar Law-Code (c

500 monogrammatic and alphabetic designs are displayed in plates from "Dictionnaire du Chiffre-monogramme

Chinese Domestic Furniture in Photographs and Measured Drawings Nearly one half of theWesterners have long admired Chinese furniture for its durability, inner strength, quiet restraint, and simple dignity. Especially attractive to the educated eye are its purity of line, devotion to detail, and flawless construction. This unabridged reprint of a rare classic provides lovers of Chinese furniture with an enlightened discussion of the accomplishments achieved by fine craftsmen over the centuries, including the aesthetic levels attained