The Homes of Our Ancestors, as Shown in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art ...

Name/Title

The Homes of Our Ancestors, as Shown in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art ...

Entry/Object ID

2012.010.030

Description

Full title: The Homes of Our Ancestors, as Shown in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, from the Beginnings of New England Through the Early Days of the Republic, Exhibiting the Development of the Arts of Interior Architecture and House Decoration, the Arts of Cabinetmaking, Silversmithing, etc., Especial Emphasis Being Laid Upon the Point that our Early Craftsmen Evolved from the Fashions of the Old World a Style of Their Own; with an Account of the Social Conditions Surrounding the Life of the Original Owners of Various Rooms xxvi, 302 p. : ill., plates (part mounted col.), ports., map, facsims. ; 20 cm.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2012.010.

Source or Donor

Estate of Emily Ravenel Farrow

Acquisition Method

Bequest

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Interior decoration

Search Terms

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), Architecture, Domestic--United States, Architecture, Colonial, Furniture--United States, Art objects--United States, United States--Social life and customs--To 1775

Book Details

Author

Tower, Elizabeth, Halsey, R.T.H.

Publisher

Doubleday, Page and Co.

Place Published

Location

Garden City, NY

Date Published

1925

Call No.

N611 .A6 H3 1925

Notes

Copy No.: 0

Location

Location

Shelf

Hall Bookshelf

Building

NRH Research Room

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

NR Docent Library

Category

Permanent

General Notes

Note

Notes: By R.T.H. Halsey and Elizabeth Tower. Includes index. Inscribed on flyleaf: Adelaide from John, October 5th, 1927.

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Create Date

June 26, 2012

Updated By

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Update Date

April 5, 2023