Cabinetmakers of the Eastern Seaboard; A Study of Early Canadian Furniture

Foss, Charles H. (Photography by Richard Vroom.)

ISBN 10: 0919880096 / ISBN 13: 9780919880092

Published by M.F. Feheley, Toronto

About this Item

[0-919880-09-6] [1977]. (Folio hardcover) Fine in near fine dust jacket. 156pp. Photograph title page, black and white and color photographs, index, bibliography. The dust jacket has a closed tear at the top of the back panel. Book about Thomas Jefferson Caswell, Robert Chillas, Alban S. Emery, James Hawes, Alexander Henderson, John D. and Jonas Howe, James Knox, Alexander Lawrence, Albert James Lordly, John Warren Moore, Thomas Nisbet, Charles Thompson, William Thompson, Edwin Vroom & William Vroom. Photography by Richard Vroom. Foreword by Stuart Allen Smith. Locale: Canada. (Antiques, Cabinetmakers, Furniture, Loyalists).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cabinetmakers of the Eastern Seaboard; A Study of Early Canadian Furniture
• Publisher: M.F. Feheley, Toronto
• ISBN 10: 0919880096
• ISBN 13: 9780919880092
• Binding: Hardcover
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
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Synopsis

The fine furniture tradition in Canada's eastern provinces was influenced by the arrival of the Loyalists in 1783. This book deals with twelve of the most eminent craftsmen in the area in the following two hundred years: Robert Chillas; Thomas Nisbet; Alexander Lawrence; James Hawes; John Warren Moore; Thomas Jefferson Caswell; Charles Thompson; John D. and Jonas Howe; Albert James Lordly; Alexander Henderson; Knox & Thompson; The Vroom Brothers; Alban S. Emery. With 234 illustrations, 40 in full color.