American furniture 2018 / edited by Luke Beckerdite.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beckerdite, Luke, editor.

Chipstone Foundation, sponsoring body.

Kowell Family Art History Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Furniture.

United States.

Furniture--United States--History.

History.

Furniture--United States--Styles.

Furniture--Styles.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

vii, 248 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Distribution:

[Place of distribution not identified] : Distributed by Oxbow Books.

Place of Publication:

Milwaukee, [WI] : Chipstone Foundation, [2018]

Contents:

Luxury of choice: Boston's early Baroque seating furniture / Erik K. Gronning

Revisiting Tauton: Robert Crossman, Esther Stevens Brazer, and the changing interpretations of Tauton chests / Emelie Gevalt

A Rhode Island cabinetmaker in Kentucky: revelations of a clock reexamined / Tara Gleason Chicirda and Mack Cox

Dating William Savery's furniture labels and implications for furniture history / Philip D. Zimmerman

Book reviews Crafting excellence: the furniture of Nathan Lumbard and his circle / Christine Jackson, Brock Jobe, and Clark Pearce ; review by Amber C. Albert

Opening the door: safes of the Shenandoah Valley / Kurt C. Russ and Jeffery S. Evans ; review by Tara Gleason Chicirda

Claggett: Newport's illustrious clockmakers / Donald L. Fennimore and Franklin L. Hohmann III, with an introduction by Dennis Carr ; review by Bob Frishman

Musical clocks of early America, 1730-1830: a catalogue Raisonné / Gary R. Sullivan and Kate Van Winkle Keller ; review by Jeanne Schinto

Rather elegant than showy: the classical furniture of Isaac Vose / Robert D. Mussey Jr. and Clark Pearce : review by Matthew A. Thurlow.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Kowell Family Art History Fund.

ISBN:

0986385743

9780986385742

OCLC:

1005880852