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Woods in British furniture-making 1400–1900, an illustrated historical dictionary, Adam Bowett, Wetherby: Oblong Creative Ltd. in association with Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, 2012 360 p. 620 ill. ISBN 9780955657672. £110.00 / $180.00 (hardcover)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Christopher Pickvance
Christopher Pickvance*
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University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NF, UK
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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 39 , Issue 1 , 2014 , pp. 44 - 46
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