American Furniture 2002
ISBN 10: 1584650575 ISBN 13: 9781584650577
Published by CHIPSTONE FOUND, 2002
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KlappentextrnrnAcknowledged as the journal of record in its field, American Furniture presents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. Begun in 1993, this award-winning annual provides a comprehensive forum on furnit. Seller Inventory # 596344467
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Acknowledged as the journal of record in its field, American Furniture presents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. Begun in 1993, this award-winning annual provides a comprehensive forum on furniture history, technology, connoisseurship, and conservation by the foremost scholars in the field. It is the only interdisciplinary journal devoted exclusively to furniture made or used in the Americas from the 17th century to the present.
Table of Contents
Survival of the Fittest: The Lloyd Family's Furniture Legacy - Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley
Furniture Fakes from the Chipstone Collection - Luke Beckerdite and Alan Miller
Pennsylvania Clouded Limestone: Its Quarrying, Processing, and Use in the Stone Cutting, Furniture and Architectural Trades - R. Curt Chinnici
Manuscripts, Marks, and Material Culture: Sources for Understanding the Joiner's Trade in Seventeenth-Century America - Peter Follansbee
The Claypoole Family Joiners of Philadelphia: Their Legacy and the Context of Their Work - Andrew Brunk
The Politics of the Caned Chair - Glenn Adamson
The Quiet Canon: Tradition and Exclusion in American Furniture Scholarship - Jonathan Prown and Katherine Hemple Prown
An Early Cupboard Fragment from the Harvard College Joinery Tradition - Robert F. Trent and Michael Podmaniczky
BOOK REVIEWSThe Furniture of Sam Maloof, Jeremy AdamsonMade in Oakland: The Furniture of Garry Knox Bennett, Ursula Ilse-Neumann, et al. - Glenn Adamson
Encyclopedia of Furniture Materials, Trades and Techniques, Clive EdwardsOne Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw, Witold Rybczynski - Gerald W. R. Ward
Willard's Patent Time Pieces: A History of the Weight-Driven Banjo Clock, 1800-1900, Paul J. Foley - David Wood and Robert C. Cheney
An American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum, Wendy A. Cooper - Kenneth L. Ames
About the Author: Luke Beckerdite is a decorative arts consultant living in Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: American Furniture 2002
Publisher: CHIPSTONE FOUND
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Condition: New