Samuel McIntire: Carving an American Style
Salem, Massachusetts: Peabody Essex Museum, 1994. Hardcover. Slate-gray cloth, color and glossy illustrated dust jacket. 300 pp., 565 images, many in color. As New. Item #107019
ISBN: 9780875772097
This catalogue is divided into 5 chapters and 2 appendices, complete with full annotations for each of the works in the exhibition, followed by the wonderful, full-page reproductions. "Samuel McIntire: Carving an American Style is the first book to examine the range of Samuel McIntire's carving career and to put it into a broader perspective in terms of the work of this contemporaries and other decorative traditions of the Federal period. Lahikainen presents a critical analysis of McIntire's carving style and questions some long-held attributions that shed new light on his role as a furniture maker and designer."--Jacket. Contents as follows: Discovering an American original -- Who was Samuel McIntire? -- The art of carving -- McIntire's carved ornaments -- Patrons and the coordinated interior.
OCLC: 154804535
Price: $85.00