The Windsor Style in America : volumes I and II : the definitive pictorial study of the history and regional characteristics of the most popular furniture form of eighteenth-century America, 1730-1840 : featuring new discoveries, an expanded list of Windsor makers, and more than 500 photographs and illustrations / by Charles Santore ; edited by Thomas M. Voss ; photographs by Bill Holland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Santore, Charles.

Contributor:

Voss, Thomas M., 1945- editor.

Holland, Bill, photographer.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Furniture--United States--History--18th century.

Furniture.

Decoration and ornament--Windsor style.

Decoration and ornament.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

207, [1], 294, [2] pages, [23] pages of color plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Running Press, 1992.

Contents:

Introduction / Charles Santore

The Windsor Style in America, Volume I: Foreword / John C. Milley; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Portfolio of Drawings / by Charles Santore; Introduction: A History of the Windsor Style; A Study of Windsor Surfaces; Chapter One: Comb-Back Chairs; Chapter Two: Low-Back Chairs; Chapter Three: Fan-Back Chairs; Chapter Four: Sack-Back Chairs; Chapter Five: Continuous-Arm Chairs; Chapter Six: Bow-Back Chairs; Chapter Seven: Rod-Back Chairs; Chapter Eight: Writing-Arm Chairs; Chapter Nine: Rocking Chairs; Chapter Ten: Settees; Chapter Eleven: Children's and Scaled-Down Furniture; Chapter Twelve: Other Forms of Windsor Furniture; Chapter Thirteen: Questions and Answers about Windsor Furniture

The Windsor Style in America, Volume II: Foreword / Robert Bishop; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Portfolio of Drawings; A Study of Windsor Surfaces; Chapter One: Comb-back Chairs; Chapter Two: Low-back Chairs; Chapter Three: Fan-back Chairs; Chapter Four: Sack-back Chairs; Chapter Six: Continuous-arm Chairs; Chapter Seven: Rod-back Chairs; Chapter Eight: Writing-arm Chairs; Chapter Nine: Rocking Chairs; Chapter Ten: Settees; Chapter Eleven: Children's and Scaled-down Furniture; Chapter Twelve: Other Forms of Windsor Furniture; Chapter Thirteen New Discoveries.

Notes:

Illustrated lining papers.

"Dust jacket design by Toby Schmidt. Dust jacket photographs by Bill Holland."

"Volume I was designed by Dava Lurie Jennings and set in Goudy Oldstyle by Graphic Arts Composition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."--Title page verso.

"Volume II was set in type by Deputy Crown, Camden, NJ, with display type by Composing Room, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copies 1 & 2 presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.

Running Press copies have dustjackets retained.

Running Press copy 2 is "1" printing.

ISBN:

1561380571 (cloth)

9781561380572

OCLC:

898306462