Item #168940 The 1772 Philadelphia Furniture Price Book: A Facsimile. David Updike, Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley.
The 1772 Philadelphia Furniture Price Book: A Facsimile

The 1772 Philadelphia Furniture Price Book: A Facsimile

Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2005. Paperback. Small, oblong 2-volume set. Introduction and Guide: brown wraps with white title block; 59 pp; 12 BW figures. 2nd book: brown marbled wraps; 36 pp. VG. Missing slipcase. Item #168940
ISBN: 9780876331880

The first book in this set contains the essay The 1772 Price Book: The Art and Economy of Furniture Making in Pre-Revolutionary Philadelphia by Kirtley. The second book in this set is a representation of "Prices of Cabinet and Chair Work" published originally in 1772. Primary Sources in American Art, No. 2. "In 1772, a group of Philadelphia craftsmen published Prices of Cabinet and Chair Work, a 36-page booklet listing furniture forms, retail prices, and journeymen's wages. Rediscovered in 2003, the single sruviving copy of this remarkable publication, produced here in a facsimile edition with an introduction and illustrated guide, provides an extraordinary view in the wrold of Philadelphia's 18th-century furniture makers." -- back cover of slipcase.

OCLC: 1089294660

Price: $20.00