DOWNS, JOSEPH. American Furniture, Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. New York: Macmillan, 1952. Lg. 4to. Unpaginated. Plates, many in color. Cloth. Aside from a hint of foxing in the margins of a few color plates, a fine, fresh copy. Signed by Downs on the title page. Tipped to the front pastedown is a 1953 letter from Downs, on Winterthur letterhead, about a trip to Winterthur and a trip to Princeton. Mounted to the front free endpaper is a copy of H. F. du Pont's Joseph Downs. An Appreciation and a Bibliography of his Publications (1954), signed by du Pont. First edition of one of the greatest reference works on eighteenth-century American furniture, and a lovely association copy. Seller Inventory # 13069
Title: American Furniture, Queen Anne and ...
Publication Date: 1952
Binding: Hardcover
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition