American Furniture and Its Makers

Book

Historic Charleston Foundation

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2004.004.0055

Description

Various aspects of furniture design, production, distribution, and function are examined in 9 essays by various authors. While the focus is on furniture made in America from 1660 to 1860, 2 articles are concerned with 20th century attitudes toward furniture of the 17th and 18th centuries. Essays are as follows: Style and Structure in the Joinery of Dedham and Medfield, Massachusetts, 1635-1685; Wallace Nutting, Collector and Entrepreneur; Furniture in Philadelphia, the First Fifty Years; Cabinetmaking in Philadelphia, 1820-1840, Transition from Craft to Industry; Furnishing an 18th Century Tavern for 20th Century Use; Wares and Chairs, a Reappraisal of the Documents; A Cabinetmaker's Price Book; A Methodological Study in the Identification of Some Important Philadelphia Chippendale Furniture; and Mitchell and Reenlisting, Cincinnati Furniture Manufacturers, 1847-1881. xi, 244 p., ill., 29 cm.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2004.004.

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2004)

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Fine Arts, Decorative arts; applied arts; decoration and ornament, Interior and house decoration, Furniture, Furniture--United States--History, Cabinetmakers--United States--History, Furniture industry and trade--United States--History

Book Details

Author

Quimby, Ian M. G., St. George, Robert Blair Dulaney, William L. Waters, Deborah Dependahl Weil, Martin Eli McElroy, Cathryn J. (Cathryn Jean) Zimmerman, Philip D. Catalano, Kathleen M. (Kathleen Matilda) Pierce, Donald C. Hershey, Constance V.

Series

Winterthur Portfolio

Publisher

University of Chicago Press

Place Published

Location

Chicago, IL

Date Published

1979

Call No.

NK2405 .W52 1979

ISBN

0-226-92139-5

LCCN

64-7642

Location

Building

NRH Research Room

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

NR Docent Library

General Notes

Note

Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Published for the Henry Francis du Pont Winterhur Museum by the University of Chicago Press. Edited by Ian M.G. Quimby. Winterthur Portfolio 13. Status: Shelf

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Create Date

September 30, 2004

Updated By

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Update Date

April 11, 2013