Book Description
Beautiful and scholarly study. A must for collectors!
Author : Layton Art Collection
Publisher :
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 35,19 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
Beautiful and scholarly study. A must for collectors!
Author : Philip D. Zimmerman
Publisher : Hudson Hills
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 34,85 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781882650170
While demonstrating the high level of artistry attained by furniture-makers of the period, this selection in many ways reflects the evolving character of domestic life in America during a seminal period in the country's history.
Author : Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley
Publisher : Highlights from the Philadelph
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,46 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780876332962
"American Furniture, 1650-1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art show early American furniture participated in an international visual language. This volume provides an important resource for scholars of American furniture, illuminates the cultural and mercantile life of the fledgling nation, and offers a lively introduction to the donors, curators, and personalities who have shaped the institution from its earliest days to the present"--
Author : Patricia E. Kane
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 27,93 MB
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0300217846
This book presents new information on the export trade, patronage, artistic collaboration, and the small-scale shop traditions that defined early Rhode Island craftsmanship. This stunning volume features more than 200 illustrations of beautifully constructed and carved objects—including chairs, high chests, bureau tables, and clocks—that demonstrate the superb workmanship and artistic skill of the state’s furniture makers.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 20,98 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Americana
ISBN :
Auction catalogue for sale 1923, consisting of early American furniture and folk art, including ceramics, hooked rugs, portraits, and clocks.
Author : Edward Stratton Holloway
Publisher :
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 31,46 MB
Release : 2013-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781258834920
This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.
Author : J. Michael Flanigan
Publisher :
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,38 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Design
ISBN :
Author : Luke Beckerdite
Publisher : American Furniture Annual
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 25,71 MB
Release : 2015-03-10
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780982772256
An annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 18,35 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Furniture
ISBN : 0870994271
This publication documents The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection of early colonial furniture and presents a broad spectrum of furniture forms made in America during the 17th and early 18th centuries, including chairs and other seating, tables, boxes, various types of chests and cupboards, dressing tables, and desks. The volume also includes prime examples of the different modes of ornamentation in fashion during that period. Over 140 objects are thoroughly described, with detailed information given on each one's construction, condition, dimensions, materials, and inscriptions and other marks, as well as provenance and exhibition history. Every object is explained in terms of the styles and craftsmanship of the period and evaluated in light of comparative pieces in public and private collections throughout the country. Also included is one appendix containing photographic details of construction and decorative elements, and another with line drawings explaining furniture terms and showing various types of joints and moldings. This is the first volume in a series of two that is dedicated to American furniture in the Museum. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Author : Butterfield & Butterfield
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 37,38 MB
Release : 1986
Category :
ISBN :