by Viaux-Locquin
ISBN 9782852041172
Cabinetmaking woods in French furniture – Jacqueline Viaux-Locquin – Book
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Discover “Les bois d’ébénisterie dans le mobilier français” (Cabinetmaking Woods in French Furniture), the definitive study by Jacqueline Viaux-Locquin, published by Léonce Laget (ISBN 9782852041172). This new, hardcover, 230-page book in French (9.44 x 6.69″ / 24 × 17 cm, 1997) analyzes around one hundred native and exotic wood species used in French furniture from the 15th century to the present day. For each wood species – apricot, mahogany, almond, snakewood, hawthorn, balata, ironwood, rosewood, boxwood, camphor, cedar, oak, ebony, spruce, maple, ash, fustic, gum, beech, yew, jarrah, larch, hazel, okoumé, elm, rosewood, pitch pine, black locust, sapele, sequoia, sipo, thuja, linden, wacapou, zingana… – the author provides a complete technical and historical profile: botanical identity with Latin scientific name, international nomenclature and European vernacular names, geographical origin and country of origin, technological properties (density, color, grain, texture, drying and shaping behavior), as well as the chronological evolution of its use by carpenters and master cabinetmakers across French artistic styles.
An indispensable tool for collectors, restorers, antique dealers and furniture enthusiasts.
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