Series in Furniture
Books in Furniture
Regency Period Furniture Vol. 1
REGENCY PERIOD FURNITURE, Volume One contains over 235 photographs and descriptions of Regency-era furniture such as Recamier sofas, settees, gilt-wood chairs, a Regency wheelchair, eighteen photographs of pianofortes, spinets, and a rare lyraflugel; japanned benches and window seats, draperies, rout chairs, corner chairs, a cylinder bureau bookcase, butler's sideboard, pie-crust tea tables, a teapoy table, Pembroke tables, drum tables, a lanterloo table, ladies writing desks, a rare Military bed used by a British General and his lady; a Harlequin desk, a Carlton House desk, Grecian sofas, a child's bed, a day-bed, a chiffonier, coal bins, chamber pot, actual Regency room settings, plus color plates of furniture from Ackermann’s Repositories dated 1811-1815 and much, much more. Volume One also contains articles reprinted from The Regency Plume Newsletter famous English furniture makers, and a Glossary of Furniture Terms used during the Regency period. Author Marilyn Clay is the publisher of The Regency Plume, an international newsletter focused on the English Regency period. The Regency Plume was in circulation from 1991 through 2006. Each issue contains well-researched and documented articles written by authors and historians of the Regency period. All back issues of the newsletter are still available for purchase from The Regency Plume website. In addition, Marilyn Clay is the author of over a dozen historical novels including Deceptions: A Colonial Jamestown Novel, published in hardcover in 2010 and now available from major online retailers in both print and digital editions; A Petticoat And Lambskin Gloves, originally published in hardcover in 2012, now available in print and digital editions online; Betsy Ross: Accidental Spy, (released in 2013) available in print and ebook online, and Stalking A Killer, (2014) also available in print and ebook formats, plus six Regency romance novels, no longer in print but available as ebooks online. Two of Marilyn Clay’s non-fiction titles, History of the Water Closet and 18th and 19th English Women At Sea (now available in print) were named to Amazon’s Top 100 Best-Selling Ebooks lists in two categories and remained on those lists for many weeks. A former University Editor with The University of Texas at Dallas and for many years, a professional commercial artist, Marilyn Clay designed the Romance Writers of America’s RITA award statuette and received the first RITA award ever presented at the RWA Conference in San Francisco when the RITA was unveiled. The author currently resides in Oklahoma. You are invited to visit her website at: Marilyn Clay Author.
Regency Period Furniture Vol. 2
REGENCY PERIOD FURNITURE Volume Two . . . Baubles & Necessities Relating to Her Ladyship contains over 200 high-quality photographs of Regency-era silver tea caddies & spoons, silver tea sets & coffee pots, rare period jewelry, four antique sedan chairs, a syllabub cup, bed warmers, a silver salver, enameled keepsake boxes, knife boxes, vinaigrettes, a candle snuffer, needlework tools, Grandfather & Grandmother clocks, ormolu clocks, urns, vases, gilt figurines, Wedgwood pottery, an 1803 brass door knocker, crystal chandeliers, Regency-era light fixtures, ladies worktables, sewing tables, pouch tables, a brass soapbox, lady's writing set, a Cheval glass plus articles from The Regency Plume Newsletter on Regency-era stitchery, A Glossary of Fabric terms, and Wedgwood: Potter To The Queen. Also included are color plates of ladies furniture, including beautiful window treatments, from the 1811-1815 issues of Ackermann's Repository. Author Marilyn Clay is the publisher of The Regency Plume, an international newsletter focused on the English Regency period. The Regency Plume was in circulation from 1991 through 2006. Each issue contains well-researched and documented articles written by authors and historians of the Regency period. All back issues of the newsletter are still available for purchase from The Regency Plume website. In addition, Marilyn Clay is the author of over a dozen historical novels including Deceptions: A Colonial Jamestown Novel, published in hardcover in 2010 and now available from major online retailers in both print and digital editions; A Petticoat And Lambskin Gloves, originally published in hardcover in 2012, now available in print and digital editions online; Betsy Ross: Accidental Spy, (released in 2013) available in print and ebook online, and Stalking A Killer, (2014) also available in print and ebook formats, plus six Regency romance novels, no longer in print but available as ebooks online. Two of Marilyn Clay’s non-fiction titles, History of the Water Closet and 18th and 19th English Women At Sea (now available in print) were named to Amazon’s Top 100 Best-Selling Ebooks lists in two categories and remained on those lists for many weeks. A former University Editor with The University of Texas at Dallas and for many years, a professional commercial artist, Marilyn Clay designed the Romance Writers of America’s RITA award statuette and received the first RITA award ever presented at the RWA Conference in San Francisco when the RITA was unveiled. The author currently resides in Oklahoma. You are invited to visit her website at: Marilyn Clay Author.
Regency Period Furniture Vol. 3
REGENCY PERIOD FURNITURE, Volume Three . . . Furnishings & Other Items Relating to Gentlemanly Concerns contains over 150 photographs w/descriptions of items used by Regency-era gentlemen such as a 19th C. fishing reel, a Beau Brummell dressing table, leather wig stand, straddle chairs, drunkard’s chair, cock fighting chair, library armchairs and reading chairs, library tables and a rent table, silver spurs with an 1810 mark, a collection of hunt and game tables, a Wellington chest of drawers, library step chairs, circular book stands, trestle bookcase, kidney, horseshoe, kneehole desks, a British military officer's document box, officer's gun case, a midshipman's chest dated 1810, terrestrial globes, collection of snuff boxes, a rare gout stool, wine coolers, cellarettes, a wine canterbury, inkstands, a gentleman's corner washstand, cork screws and smoking and fireplace tools plus an illustrated Carriage Compendium and article on early carriage disasters. Also included is a Map of Regency London showing the locations of major Cabinet-Makers of the time and a Glossary of Furniture Terms. Author Marilyn Clay founded and published THE REGENCY PLUME NEWSLETTER for 16 years. She is also the author of over 20 published books, including historical novels set during the Regency period, and Colonial American period. Two of her non-fiction titles, 18th and 19th Century English Women At Sea and History of the Water Closet were named to Amazon's Top 100 Best Selling Ebooks and remained on those lists for many weeks.