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Samuel McIntire: Carving an American Style is the first book to examine the range of Samuel McIntire's carving career and to put it into a broader perspective in terms of the work of this contemporaries and other decorative traditions of the Federal period. Lahikainen presents a critical analysis of McIntire's carving style and questions some long-held attributions that shed new light on his role as a furniture maker and designer.
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DEAN T. LAHIKAINEN is the Carolyn and Peter Lynch Curator of American Decorative Art at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. With degrees in art history from Syracuse University, he is author of numerous articles and books, including In the American Spirit: Folk Art from the Collections Peabody Essex Museum (1994). He has also organized numerous exhibitions including Coastal Massachusetts (1997) and Luxury and Innovation: Furniture Masterworks of John and Thomas Seymour (2003).
Dean T. Lahikainen is the Carolyn and Peter Lynch Curator of American Decorative Art at the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.
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Hardcover. Slate-gray cloth with silver spine lettering, color and glossy illustrated dust jacket. 300 pp., 565 images, many in color. This catalogue is divided into 5 chapters and 2 appendices, complete with full annotations for each of the works in the exhibition, followed by the wonderful, full-page reproductions. "Samuel McIntire: Carving an American Style is the first book to examine the range of Samuel McIntire's carving career and to put it into a broader perspective in terms of the work of this contemporaries and other decorative traditions of the Federal period. Lahikainen presents a critical analysis of McIntire's carving style and questions some long-held attributions that shed new light on his role as a furniture maker and designer."--Jacket. Contents as follows: Foreword by Dan Monroe-- Acknowledgments-- Introduction--Discovering an American original -- Who was Samuel McIntire? -- The art of carving -- McIntire's carved ornaments -- Patrons and the coordinated interior-- Appendix A-- Appendix B-- McIntire Bibliography by Sarah N. Chasse-- Index. VG+/VG (light shelfwear to dust jacket. Pages are very clean.). Seller Inventory # 179358
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Slate-gray cloth, color and glossy illustrated dust jacket. 300 pp., 565 images, many in color. This catalogue is divided into 5 chapters and 2 appendices, complete with full annotations for each of the works in the exhibition, followed by the wonderful, full-page reproductions. "Samuel McIntire: Carving an American Style is the first book to examine the range of Samuel McIntire's carving career and to put it into a broader perspective in terms of the work of this contemporaries and other decorative traditions of the Federal period. Lahikainen presents a critical analysis of McIntire's carving style and questions some long-held attributions that shed new light on his role as a furniture maker and designer."--Jacket. Contents as follows: Discovering an American original -- Who was Samuel McIntire? -- The art of carving -- McIntire's carved ornaments -- Patrons and the coordinated interior. Seller Inventory # 107019
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