American furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Contributor:

Safford, Frances Gruber

Heckscher, Morrison H.

Rogers, Mary-Alice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)--Catalogs.

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.).

Furniture--United States--Catalogs.

Furniture.

Furniture--New York (State)--New York--Catalogs.

New York (State)--New York.

United States.

Genre:

Catalogs (documents)

Catalogs

Physical Description:

1 online resource illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

New York The Museum : [1985-]

New Haven Yale [1985-]

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Summary:

This publication documents The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection of early colonial furniture and presents a broad spectrum of furniture forms made in America during the 17th and early 18th centuries, including chairs and other seating, tables, boxes, various types of chests and cupboards, dressing tables, and desks. The volume also includes prime examples of the different modes of ornamentation in fashion during that period. Over 140 objects are thoroughly described, with detailed information given on each one's construction, condition, dimensions, materials, and inscriptions and other marks, as well as provenance and exhibition history. Every object is explained in terms of the styles and craftsmanship of the period and evaluated in light of comparative pieces in public and private collections throughout the country. Also included is one appendix containing photographic details of construction and decorative elements, and another with line drawings explaining furniture terms and showing various types of joints and moldings. This is the first volume in a series of two that is dedicated to American furniture in the Museum. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website

Contents:

I. Early colonial period, the seventeenth-century and William and Mary styles Frances Gruber Safford.

II. Late colonial period, the Queen Anne and Chippendale styles Morrison H. Heckscher; edited by Mary-Alice Rogers.

III

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010

Print version record

Other Format:

Print version Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). American furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

OCLC:

568936145