The Rijksmuseum has the largest and finest collection of 17th-century Dutch furniture in the world. The art of furniture making flourished in the Golden Age just as remarkably as the other arts - pieces of furniture were expressly made as works of art and regarded as such.
This book tells the story of the amazing development and immense diversity of 17th-century Dutch furniture. It examines the function of individual pieces, how people bought them and how they gave them a place in their houses. The way furniture was used can be from paintings and other images, and the two famous dolls' houses in the Rijksmuseum's collection reproductions in miniature of fully furnished houses - likewise provide valuable information., This book also addresses related subject: the guilds, clients, famous furniture makers and designers, and new techniques. The many colour illustrations testify to the beautiful appearance of the Dutch furniture in the Rijksmuseum, and also reveal some of its hidden inner secrets.