This major illustrated study investigates farmhouse and cabin furniture from all over the island of Ireland. It discusses the origins and evolution of useful ob
This study focuses on the various customs and behaviour surrounding the objects which belonged to the majority of the Irish population. Where some were too impo
A preoccupation with the finest period furnishings of the upper classes of English society has, until very recently, dominated the literature on antique furnitu
"Part of the appeal of vernacular furniture - a relatively recent field of serious study - is that to understand it we must look closely at social history, and