Furniture - American
The Fine Art of the Furniture Maker: Conversations with Wendell Castle, Artist and Penelope Hunter-Stiebel, Curator, about Selected Works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, 1981. Softcover. Brown illustrated paper wraps with white lettering; 119 pp., mostly bw with some color illustrations. Table of contents: Foreword by Bret Waller; Introduction to artist and curator; Discussions of objects, Glossary. More
American Furniture 1995
Hanover, NH: The Chipstone Foundation, 1995. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps with white lettering; xii, 298 pp.; Numerous bw & color plates. "In recent years American furniture history has become a vital, evolving, and increasingly popular area of inquiry focusing not just on furniture as objects but on the economic, social..... More
American Furniture 1995
Hanover, NH: The Chipstone Foundation, 1995. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps with white lettering; xii, 298 pp.; Numerous bw & color plates. "In recent years American furniture history has become a vital, evolving, and increasingly popular area of inquiry focusing not just on furniture as objects but on the economic, social..... More
American Furniture 1993
Hanover, NH: The Chipstone Foundation and University Press of New England, 1993. Softcover. Black wraps. xiii, 298 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. Some of the essays included are: "Origins of the Rococco Style in New York Furniture and Interior Architecture" by Luke Beckerdite, "The Stock-in-Trade of John Hancock and..... More
American Furniture 1994
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1994. Softcover. Black pictorial wraps. xi, 264 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. "In recent years American furniture history has become a vital, evolving, and increasingly popular area of inquiry focusing not just on furniture as objects but on the economic, social, and..... More
American Furniture 1996
Hanover, NH: The Chipstone Foundation and University Press of New England, 1996. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; xii, 344 pp.; Numerous bw & color plates. Contains eleven essays, in addition to several book reviews; Essays include: "Louis Comfort Tiffany and the Reform Movement in Furniture Design: The J. Matthew Meier and..... More
American Furniture 1997
Milwaukee, WI: The Chipstone Foundation and University Press of New England, 1997. Softcover. Black wraps. xiv, 407 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. Some of the essays included are: "Origins of the Rococco Style in New York Furniture and Interior Architecture" by Luke Beckerdite, "THe Stock-in-Trade of John Hancock and..... More
American Furniture 1998
Milwaukee, WI: The Chipstone Foundation and University Press of New England, 1998. Softcover. Black and color illustrated wraps. xiii, (3), 293 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. This volume features articles on late Baroque Boston seating furniture, Germanic influence on furniture early nineteenth-century design in Philadelphia, Randolph chairs, the Christian..... More
American Furniture 1999
Hanover, NH: Chipstone Foundation and University Press of New England, 1999. Softcover. Black pictorial wraps. xiii, 319 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. This volume features articles on The Palladian style in Rhode Island furniture, eighteenth-century Newport cabinet shops and the furniture-making trades, the influence of Windsor chairmaking in early..... More
American Furniture 2000
Hanover, NH: The Chipstone Foundation and University Press of New England, 2000. Softcover. Black pictorial wraps. xii, 239 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. Some of the essays included are: "The Early Furniture of Christopher and Job Townsend" by Luke Beckerdite, "A New Suspect: Baltimore Cabinetmaker Edward Priestly" by Alexandra..... More
American Furniture 2000
Hanover, NH: The Chipstone Foundation and University Press of New England, 2000. Softcover. Black wraps. xii, 239 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. Some of the essays included are: "The Early Furniture of Christopher and Job Townsend" by Luke Beckerdite, "A New Suspect: Baltimore Cabinetmaker Edward Priestly" by Alexandra Alevizatos..... More
American Furniture 2001
Milwaukee, Wisconsin: The Chipstone Foundation and University Press of New England, 2001. Softcover. Black with color pictorial wraps. xiii, 279 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. "Acknowledged as the journal of record in its field, American Furniture presents new research on furniture, design, use, production, and appreciation. Begun in 1993..... More
American Furniture 2002
Hanover, NH: The Chipstone Foundation and University Press of New England, 2002. Softcover. Pictorial wraps. xii, 289 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. Some of the essays included are: "Survival of the Fittest: The Lloyd Family's Furniture Legacy, by Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley; "The Claypoole Family Joiners of Philadelphia: Their Legacy..... More
American Furniture 2003
Hanover, NH: The Chipstone Foundation and University Press of New England, 2003. Softcover. Pictorial wraps. x, 311 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. Some of the essays included are: "Early Carving in the South Carolina Low Country: The Career and Work of Henry Burnett ", by John Bivins, Jr.; "Everyday..... More
American Furniture 2004
Hanover, NH/ London: The Chipstone Foundation and University Press of New England, 2004. Softcover. Pictorial wraps with white lettering, bw illustrated end pages. vii, 301 pp. 308 illustrations (230 color). 10 figures. Some of the essays included are: "A Table's Tale: Craft, Art and Opportunity in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia" - Luke..... More
American Furniture 2005
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 2005. Softcover. Black pictorial wraps. bw illustrated end pages, vii, 282 pp. profusely illustrated in color and bw. Features articles on: 'Early Rhode Island Turning' by Erik Kyle Gronning & Dennis Andrew Carr; 'Mannerism in Early American Furniture: Connoisseurship, Intention and Theatricality' by..... More
American Furniture 2007
Milwaukee, WI: The Chipstone Foundation, 2007. Softcover. Pictorial wraps. vii, 292 pp. profusely illustrated in color and bw. This volume includes articles that explore the relationship between japanned decoration and seafaring narratives; assess the careers and work of Philadelphia cabinetmakers Benjamin Randolph and George G. Wright; contextualize marks, labels, and..... More
American Furniture 2010
Hanover, NH: The Chipstone Foundation, 2010. Hardcover. Off-white cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; Color pictorial endpapers; 290 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. Includes six essays--including "The Cane Chair and its Sitter," "The Gaines Attributions and Baroque Seating in Northeastern New England," "The Seat of State: Thomas Jefferson and the..... More
American Furniture 2011
Hanover, NH: The Chipstone Foundation / University Press of New England, 2011. Hardcover. Off-white cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; Color pictorial endpapers; 336 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. A collection of four essays: From Millbach to Mahantongo: Fraktur and Furniture of the Pennsylvania Germans / Lisa Minardi -- The..... More
American Furniture 2012
Hanover, NH: The Chipstone Foundation / University Press of New England, 2012. Hardcover. Off-white cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; Color pictorial endpapers; 192 pp.; Profusely illustrated, chiefly in color. A collection of five essays: The Hands that Rocked the Cradle: Interpretations in the Life of an Object / R...... More
American Furniture 2015
Hanover, NH: The Chipstone Foundation / University Press of New England, 2015. Hardcover. Off-white cloth over boards; Color pictorial dust jacket,color illustrated end pages, 241 pp.; Profusely illustrated, chiefly in color. A collection of four essays: Barnard Eaglesfield : a prominent Philadelphia cabinetmaker revealed / Jay Robert Stiefel -- The..... More
American furniture 2020
Milwaukee: Chipstone Foundation, 2021. Hardcover. White cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. Black dj with photograph. vii, 216 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map. Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-206) and index. More
Garry Knox Bennett: Call Me Chairmaker
Bellevue, Wash. Bellevue Arts Museum, 2006. Hardcover. Black & illus. paper boards, 96 pp., color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2006 exhibition featuring select works created by American furniture maker Garry Knox Bennett (b. 1934). With essays by Matthew Kangas, Glenn Adamson, Arthur C. Danto, and Stefano Catalani. More
Vanity & Elegance: An Exhibition of the Dressing Table and Tall Chest in America, 1685-1785
New York, NY: Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc., 1992. Softcover. Black pictorial wraps with gold lettering, 52 pp., bw illustrations. 48 illustrations with profiles. Catalogue for exhbition held from January 22 to February 5, 1992 at Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc. More