The Practical Cabinet Maker and Furniture Designer's Assistant - With Essays on History of Furniture, Taste in Design, Color and Materials, With Full Explanation of the Canons of Good Taste in Furniture; Together With Many Practical Di... #230692

In preparing this work, I think it unnecessary to waste time and space in publishing a preface, which would at least occupy from three to five pages, and which at best, would be of little service to my readers; so I will content myself, and perhaps serve my readers better by inserting in these remarks the gist of what would be expected to appear in a preface, along with other material that may be both interesting and useful.