131 pages. Illustrated in black and white and colour. Catalogues commissioned works from 26 leading furnituremakers. Soft covers, minor crease to lower corner, otherwise a near fine copy.

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Title: NEW AMERICAN FURNITURE: The Second Generation of Studio Furnituremakers
Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
Publication Date: 1990
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0878463151
ISBN 13: 9780878463152
Binding: Soft cover
Edition: Second Printing
Condition: Minor Crease Else Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: None

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"Several years ago, 26 prominent studio furniture-makers were asked to design works of furniture based on period pieces in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The result is an explosion of form and fantasy in which past and present are mergedUa celebration of the continued existence of small-scale furniture making in the midst of mass production. Among the works discussed in this lavishly illustrated book are pieces by Garry Knox Bennett, JohnCederquist, Kristina Madsen, Judy Kensley McKie, Michael Pierschalla, and Paul Sasso. In an insightful and detailed essay, author Edward Cooke Jr. contextualizes these works, outlining their complex relationship with American traditions of furniture design."

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"You will notice the kind of intelligence, wit and attention to color, texture and composition that characterizes the best painting and sculpture...The general spirit is one of invention and transformation." -

AUTHOR BIO: Edward S. Cooke, Jr., is the former Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and is currently Associate Professor of American Decorative Arts at Yale University. -- San Francisco Examiner

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