This highly informative publication looks at furniture over the centuries, and was the catalogue that accompanied the major furniture exhibition held at St James Cavalier, Valletta. A team of authoritative scholars write about Maltese furniture, both domestic and ecclesiastical, while an experienced auctioneer looks at developments in the salesrooms over the years. In addition, two experts from Sotheby's in the United Kingdom write about English and European furniture.

‍
CONTENTS

The Evolution of Maltese Furniture

Joseph Galea Naudi

For a History of Furniture in Malta during the Time of the Knights

Giovanni Bonello

Ecclesiastical Furniture - Documentary Evidence for Woodwork in the Mdina Cathedral

John Azzopardi

The Development of European Furniture c.1550 to c.1900

Megan B Aldrich

English Furniture 1660-1860

Noel Riley

Painted & Gilded Furniture

Denise Micallef

The Maltese Carpenter’s Guild of 1632

Giovanni Bonello

The Evolving Market of Antique Maltese Furniture

Joseph Sammut