American Furniture 2015 [Hardcover]

Acknowledged as the journal of record in its field, American Furniture presents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. Begun in 1993, this award-winning annual provides a comprehensive forum on furniture history, technology, connoisseurship, and conservation by the foremost scholars in the field. It is the only interdisciplinary journal devoted exclusively to furniture made or used in the Americas from the seventeenth century to the present.An annual publication forging a link between social history, American studies, and the decorative artsEditorial Statement, Luke BeckerditeBarnard Eaglesfield: A Prominent Philadelphia Cabinetmaker RevealedJay Robert StiefelThe Notebook of Philadelphia Joiner John WiddifieldLuke BeckerditeSulfur-Inlaid Furniture: New Insights on Materials and TechniquesMark Anderson, Brenda Hornsby Heindle, and Jennifer MassSulfur Inlay in Pennsylvania German Furniture: New DiscoveriesLisa MinardiBOOK REVIEWSKem Weber: Designer and Architect, Christopher Longreview by Nonie GadsdenIn Plain Sight: Discovering the Furniture of Nathaniel Gould, Kemble Widmer and Joyce King, with essays by Glenn Adamson, Daniel Finamore, Dean Thomas Lahikainen, and Elisabeth Garrett Widmerreview by Joshua LaneMade in the Americas: The New World Discovers Asia, Dennis Carr, with contributions by Gauvin Alexander Bailey, Timothy Brook, Mitchell Codding, Karina H. Corrigan, and Donna Piercereview by William SargentEarly Seating Upholstery: Reading the EvidenceLeroy Gravesreview by Jonathan PrownRecent Writing on American FurnitureA BibliographyGerald W. R. WardUS