Montgomery, Charles FBiblio.com
Montgomery, Charles FBiblio.com
American Furniture: The Federal Period in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
196613960NY: Viking Press 1966. Hardbound. VG wear to boards; may have rubbing scuffing to corners & edges. rubbing to slipcase. Brown leather gilt-embossed presentation copy leather-edged slipcase. 497 pp. Hundreds of bw illustrations. Foreword by Henry Francis Dupont background section on various fascinating aspects of furniture followed by catalogue sections on beds all manner of chairs chests of drawers clocks desks and bookcases fire screens looking glasses sofas all manner of tables unusual specialized and fancy furniture as well as helpful appendices of cabinetmakers' labels stamps and biographies. Contents as follows: The business of cabinetmaking -- Price books -- Woods used in American furniture 1790-1825 -- Upholstery and furnishing fabrics -- Conoisseurship and attribution -- Beds -- New England chairs: side chairs armchairs and chair-back settees -- New York chairs 1790-1805 -- New York chairs 1805-1825 -- Philadelphia and southern chairs -- Martha Washington or "Lolling" chairs -- Easy chairs -- Chests of drawers -- Clocks -- Desks and bookcases -- Fire screens -- Looking glasses -- Sofas and couches -- Card tables -- Drop-leaf and dressing tables -- Pier and side tables and sideboards -- Small tables and stands -- Work tables -- Unusual and specialized furniture -- Fancy furniture -- Details of carving -- Cabinetmakers' labels and stamps -- Cabinetmakers' biographies. Gorgeous autographed presentation copy excellent condition #169 out of 200 in the leather binding and accompanying slipcase. Viking Press hardcover
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