American Seating Furniture ~ 1630-1730

Benno M. Forman

Verlag: W. W. Norton Co., New York, 1988

Beschreibung

9 1/4" x 12 3/8", navy cloth with gilt titling to spine, 397 pp., dust jacket. First Printing, First Edition. FINE/AS NEW copy, bottom text block edge has black line. See photo enlarged. Sumptuously illustrated guide to seating furniture from 1630 to 1730, most of the examples part of the Wintherthur Museum. Large format volume, 4 1/2 pounds in weight. "Forman was a meticulous scholar whose monumental work on 17th-century American chairs has now been finished by former students Robert Blair St. George and Robert F. Trent. Although based on the collection at the Winterthur Museum, where Forman was a research associate, this book ranges widely to explore the social and economic milieu of the American colonies and their European antecedents that produced these chairs and other furniture. Native woods, tools, and the fine distinctions between carpenters, joiners, and turners are all scrutinized. Excellently illustrated, this book surpasses all previous works on the topic and thus belongs in all collections on American decorative arts." - Library Journal. Fine/Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 00458

Bibliografische Details

Titel: American Seating Furniture ~ 1630-1730

Verlag: W. W. Norton Co., New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1988

Einband: Oversized Hardcover

Zustand: Fine / As New