Overview
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.
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Author: Luke Beckerdite
Publisher: University Press of New England
Imprint: University Press of New England
Edition: 2003 ed.
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 27.90cm
Weight: 1.533kg
ISBN: 9780972435321
ISBN 10: 0972435328
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 31 December 2003
Audience:
General/trade
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College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
Tilt-top Tables and 18th-Century Consumerism, Sarah Neale Fayen; New Discoveries in Charleston Rococo Furniture, Luke Beckerdite; From New Bedford to New York to Rio and Back - The life and Times of Elisha Blossom Jr, Peter Kenny; The Incredible Elastic Chairs of Samuel Gragg, Michael Podmaniczky; The Long Shadow of William Morris - Paradigmatic Problems of 20th-Century American Decorative Arts, Edward S. Cooke Jr; Everyday Things - From Rolling Pins to Trundle Beds, Nancy Goyne Evans; Screwey Feet - High Chests from Chester County, Pennsylvania and Frederick County, Maryland, Laura Stutman; The John B. Morris Suite of Baltimore Painted Furniture in Context, Lance Humphreys.
Reviews
Latest volume in an outstanding annual series. --Inside Antiques
This is the only interdisciplinary journal devoted exclusively to furniture made or used in America from the 17th century to present. Antiques & Collecting Magazine
This is the only interdisciplinary journal devoted exclusively to furniture made or used in America from the 17th century to present. --Antiques & Collecting Magazine
This is the only interdisciplinary journal devoted exclusively to furniture made or used in America from the 17th century to present. Antiques & Collecting Magazine
Author Information
LUKE BECKERDITE is the former Executive Director of the Chipstone Foundation http: //www.chipstone.org/. He was previously an antique dealer and consultant and a research associate at the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. Luke Beckerdite is currently a decorative arts consultant living in Williamsburg, Virginia
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