How to be a Furniture Detective

The original, How to be a Furniture Detective book, NOT TO BE CONFUSED with the Warman's book by the same title and same last name of the author, is written by Fred Taylor, one of America's leading authorities on older and antique furniture.

This book will help you discover: how to determine the basic style of a piece; how old it is; how to identify the wood; how to examine a piece of furniture before purchase; how to determine it's condition; the clues that tool marks leave; how drawer joinery tells the tale of it's origins; how to detect shrinkage of the wood and what it means; what screws, nails and joints reveal, and much more.