AMERICAN FURNITURE 2000

This volume features articles on the furniture by the Potthast Brothers of Baltimore, 1892 - 1975, the early furniture of Job and Christopher Townsend, Boston Japanned furniture from1715 to1750, a study of the New Mexican Caja, seventeenth-century joined furniture from Newbury, Massachusetts, John Cadwalader's commode-seat side chairs, the Lisle family desk-and-bookcase from Rhose Island, eighteenth-century New York shranks, Edward Priestley (1778 - 1837), a Baltimore cabinetmaker, Baroque style in Philadelphia furniture, neoclassicism in Baltimore furniture, Quakers and the furniture industry in early Salem, as well as book reviews and bibliography.

Table of Contents

The Early Furniture of Christopher and Job Townsend - Luke Beckerdite
The True Antiques of Tomorrow:Furniture by the Potthast Brothers of Baltimore, 1892-1975 - Catherine Rogers Arthur
The Genesis of Neoclassical Style in Baltimore Furniture
Sumpter Priddy III, J. Michael Flanigan, and Gregory R. Weidman
A New Suspect: Baltimore Cabinetmaker Edward Priestley - Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley
New Insights on John Cadwalader's Commode-Seat Side Chairs - Leroy Graves and Luke Beckerdite
Patronage in Early Salem: The Symonds Shops and Their Customers - Martha H. Willoughby
Cultural Negotiations: A Study of the New Mexican Caja - Elizabeth A. Fleming

BOOK REVIEWSThe Book on the Bookshelf, Henry Petroski - Neville Thompson
Art 'Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758, Jack Lindsey, with essays by Richard S. Dunn, Edward C. Carter II, and Richard Saunders - Philip D. Zimmerman
The History of Furniture: Twenty-Five Centuries of Style and Design in the Western Tradition, John Morley - Gerald W. R. Ward

Luke Beckerdite is a decorative arts consultant living in Williamsburg, Virginia.