American Furniture 2001 [Paperback]

This volume includes articles on mannerist furniture from a Northern Essex County, Massachusetts shop, the career and work of David Evans, early New York turned chairs, the Lisle desk-and-bookcase from Rhode Island, a Salem cabinetmakers' price book, two early eighteenth-century Schr?nke, as well as book reviews and bibliography.An annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative arts. Acknowledged as the journal of record in its field, American Furniture (distributed for the Chipstone Foundation) presents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. Begun in 1993, this award-winning annual provides a coFirst Flowers of the Wilderness: Mannerist Furniture from a Northern Essex County, Massachusetts, Shop - Robert F. Trent, Peter Follansbee, and Alan MillerWhen Good Cabinetmakers Made Bad Furniture: The Career and Work of David Evans - Eleanore P. GadsdenEarly New York Turned Chairs: A Stoelendraaier's Conceit - Erik GronningThe Lisle Desk-and-Bookcase: A Rhode Island Icon - Brock JobeA Salem Cabinetmakers' Price Book - Dean Thomas LahikainenTwo Early Eighteenth-Century Schr?nke: Rare Survivals of the German Joiner's Art in the Hudson River Valley - Peter M. KennyBook ReviewsThe White House: Its Historic Furnishings and First Families, Betty C. Monkman - Elisabeth D. GarrettEarly American Decorative Arts, 1620-1860: A Handbook for Interpreters, Rosemary Troy Krill with Pauline K. Eversmann - Gilian Ford ShallcrossRural New England Furniture: People, Place, and Production, Peter Benes, editor - Anne WoodhouseAmerican Furniture: Understanding Styles, Construction, and Quality, John T. Kirk - Ted LandsmarkUS