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.
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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.
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American Furniture 2000

American Furniture 2000

by Luke Beckerdite (Editor)
American Furniture 2000

American Furniture 2000

by Luke Beckerdite (Editor)

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781584650553
Publisher: Chipstone Foundation
Publication date: 12/31/2000
Series: American Furniture Annual
Pages: 260
Product dimensions: 8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

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

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
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