Wilkie, Angus — Biedermeier

New York, Abbeville Press, 1987. Hardbound. Custom designed cloth from original Biedermeier design created by Joh. Backhausen . 216 pp. over 160 vivid color photographs. This is a custom-bound, special edition of this book, signed by the author. Well-illustrated study of Biedermeier furniture and interiors, tracing the origins of the style in post-Napoleonic Vienna in 1815 and production over the next 30 years. With bibliography; index; with 197 illustrations, mostly in color. This book is luxurious and a true pleasure to read and an important resource of both visual examples and knowlegable text. VG/VG .