American Furniture 2000 [Paperback]

This volume features articles on the furniture by the Potthast Brothers of Baltimore, 1892 - 1975, the early furniture of Job and Christopher Townsend, Boston Japanned furniture from1715 to1750, a study of the New Mexican Caja, seventeenth-century joined furniture from Newbury, Massachusetts, John Cadwalader's commode-seat side chairs, the Lisle family desk-and-bookcase from Rhose Island, eighteenth-century New York shranks, Edward Priestley (1778 - 1837), a Baltimore cabinetmaker, Baroque style in Philadelphia furniture, neoclassicism in Baltimore furniture, Quakers and the furniture industry in early Salem, as well as book reviews and bibliography.An annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts.The Early Furniture of Christopher and Job Townsend - Luke BeckerditeThe True Antiques of Tomorrow:Furniture by the Potthast Brothers of Baltimore, 1892-1975 - Catherine Rogers ArthurThe Genesis of Neoclassical Style in Baltimore FurnitureSumpter Priddy III, J. Michael Flanigan, and Gregory R. WeidmanA New Suspect: Baltimore Cabinetmaker Edward Priestley - Alexandra Alevizatos KirtleyNew Insights on John Cadwalader's Commode-Seat Side Chairs - Leroy Graves and Luke BeckerditePatronage in Early Salem: The Symonds Shops and Their Customers - Martha H. WilloughbyCultural Negotiations: A Study of the New Mexican Caja - Elizabeth A. FlemingBOOK REVIEWSThe Book on the Bookshelf, Henry Petroski - Neville ThompsonArt 'Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758, Jack Lindsey, with essays by Richard S. Dunn, Edward C. Carter II, and Richard Saunders - Philip D. ZimmermanThe History of Furniture: Twenty-Five Centuries of Style and Design in the Western Tradition, John Morley - Gerald W. R. WardUS