American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection
Title | American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection PDF eBook |
Author | J. Michael Flanigan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 272 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN |
American Furniture, 1650-1840
Title | American Furniture, 1650-1840 PDF eBook |
Author | Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley |
Publisher | Highlights from the Philadelph |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2020 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780876332962 |
"American Furniture, 1650-1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art show early American furniture participated in an international visual language. This volume provides an important resource for scholars of American furniture, illuminates the cultural and mercantile life of the fledgling nation, and offers a lively introduction to the donors, curators, and personalities who have shaped the institution from its earliest days to the present"--
Art & Industry in Early America
Title | Art & Industry in Early America PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia E. Kane |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 509 |
Release | 2016-01-01 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 0300217846 |
This book presents new information on the export trade, patronage, artistic collaboration, and the small-scale shop traditions that defined early Rhode Island craftsmanship. This stunning volume features more than 200 illustrations of beautifully constructed and carved objects—including chairs, high chests, bureau tables, and clocks—that demonstrate the superb workmanship and artistic skill of the state’s furniture makers.
Women's Painted Furniture, 1790-1830
Title | Women's Painted Furniture, 1790-1830 PDF eBook |
Author | Betsy Krieg Salm |
Publisher | UPNE |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 1584658452 |
Beautifully illustrated, comprehensive study of women's painted furniture, a long-lost art that sheds light on women's lives in the early republic
New American Furniture
Title | New American Furniture PDF eBook |
Author | Edward S. Cooke |
Publisher | MFA Publications |
Pages | 136 |
Release | 1989 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
Artwork by Edward Cooke Jr.
The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs
Title | The Artistic Furniture of Charles Rohlfs PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Cunningham |
Publisher | |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
Charles Rohlfs (1853-1936) ranked among the most innovative furniture makers at the turn of the twentieth century. Praised by the international press and exhibited throughout the United States and Europe, his beautiful works grew out of an interesting mix of styles that included Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, and proto-modernism. This book presents the first major study of this important American designer and craftsman, drawing upon new photographs and fresh sources of information. Alongside traditional historical approaches, the book presents detailed formal, structural, and stylistic analyses of Rohlfs's well-known masterpieces from major museums, together with lesser-known objects in public and private collections. Topics include discovering the contribution of Rohlfs's wife--mystery novelist Anna Katharine Green--to his designs; the far-ranging sources of his idiosyncratic motifs; his influence on Gustav Stickley's designs; his commissioned interiors; his efforts at self-promotion and marketing; and his attempts to define a conceptual framework for his artistic endeavor. Handsomely designed and illustrated, the book also features a complete set of unpublished period illustrations of over seventy works.
American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title | American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art PDF eBook |
Author | Frances Gruber Safford |
Publisher | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Pages | 465 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Furniture |
ISBN | 1588392333 |
The Metropolitan Museum's preeminent collection of early colonial furniture is expertly documented in this long-awaited publication. It covers the full spectrum of furniture forms made during the 17th and early 18th centuries--from chairs and other seating to tables, boxes, various types of chests and cupboards, and desks. Each of the 141 objects is thoroughly described with detailed information on provenance, construction, condition, inscriptions, dimensions, and materials. Photographed anew in color for this volume, each piece is explicated in terms of the styles and craftsmanship of the period and is evaluated in light of comparative pieces in public and private collections throughout the country. One appendix contains photographic details of construction and decorative elements, and another has drawings of joints and moldings.