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The Furniture of John Shearer, 1790-1820. A True North Britain in the Southern Backcountry.
Elizabeth A. Davison
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Description for The Furniture of John Shearer, 1790-1820. A True North Britain in the Southern Backcountry.
Hardback. A full-color catalog of the furniture made by John Shearer, one of the most accomplished furniture makers of the post-Revolutionary period. This publication is co-sponsored by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts at Old Salem, the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, and the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. Num Pages: 240 pages, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; ACV; AKB; AKR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1098.
This book is a full-color catalogue raisonne interprets the distinctive furniture made by John Shearer, one of the most accomplished and intriguing furniture makers during the post-Revolutionary period. Shearer emigrated from Scotland in the late 18th century and retained loyalist sympathies throughout his life, evidenced by the imagery and inscriptions sympathetic to various British causes—such as the suppression of the Irish rebellion in 1798 and the British victory in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805—that he worked into his furniture. Davison provides insight into the furniture's appeal to Anglo-American patrons, not secret loyalists, but men still culturally tied to Great ... Read more
This book is a full-color catalogue raisonne interprets the distinctive furniture made by John Shearer, one of the most accomplished and intriguing furniture makers during the post-Revolutionary period. Shearer emigrated from Scotland in the late 18th century and retained loyalist sympathies throughout his life, evidenced by the imagery and inscriptions sympathetic to various British causes—such as the suppression of the Irish rebellion in 1798 and the British victory in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805—that he worked into his furniture. Davison provides insight into the furniture's appeal to Anglo-American patrons, not secret loyalists, but men still culturally tied to Great ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780759119543
SKU
V9780759119543
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About Elizabeth A. Davison
Elizabeth A. Davison is an independent scholar who wrote her masters thesis on John Shearer while pursuing graduate studies in the Smithsonian/Parsons The New School of Design program in the History of Decorative Arts and Design. She speaks on Shearer's message-laden furniture and continues her search for new pieces that might finally reveal this enigmatic craftsman.
Reviews for The Furniture of John Shearer, 1790-1820. A True North Britain in the Southern Backcountry.
The curious, message-laden inlays and inscriptions that are almost always found on the furniture of joiner John Shearer make him one of the early South?s most fascinating and enigmatic artisans. Scholars have sought the meaning of these words and images for more than thirty years, but with little success. Author Elizabeth Davidson has at last cracked the code on Shearer?s ... Read more