The 1993 Chipstone American Furniture is the first book in what has become the preeminent scholarly series on American and related furniture available to students of the subject. Luke Beckerdite, Linda Baumgarten, Nancy Goyne Evans, Ned Cooke, Graham Hood, Bob Trent, Gerry Ward and many more contributed articles to this initial volume. Subjects as diverse as the John Hancock company; Portsmouth, NH, furniture; protective covers for furniture; the influence of Philadelphia and Baltimore style on vernacular furniture, Scandinavian modern furniture of the Arts and Crafts period, and mid-Atlantic... View More...
This annual publication features the best of the best in scholarly work on the subject of antique American furniture and its influences.Articles in this volume include: The Hands that Rocked the Cradle: Interpretations in the Life of an Object by R. Ruthie Dibble; "The one Mrs. Trist would chuse": Thomas Jefferson, the Trist Family, and the Monticello Campeachy Chair by Sumpter Priddy III, Adam T. Erby, and Jenna Huffman; The Kahle-Henson School of Punched-Tin Paneled Furniture by Kurt C. Russ and Jeffrey S. Evans; and the Boston Baroque Easy Chairs, 1705-1740 by Robert F. Trent. The v... View More...
Large, 289 page softcover book with dozens of color and b/w illustrations. Eight essays by respected experts reflect the latest scholarship in the field of American furniture. View More...
