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American Furniture
Joseph Downs
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Description for American Furniture
Num Pages: 500 pages, 400+ b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 238 x 41. Weight in Grams: 3082.
From among the world-renowned treasures at the Winterthur Museum, the author selected 400 outstanding examples of American furniture from the Queen Anne and Chippendale periods, representing the era when the cabinetmakers of New England, New York, Philadelphia, and the South were at the height of their achievement. Each illustration is accompanied by information about the piece’s place of origin, date of construction, dimensions, special features and qualities, and the maker and original owner when known. A special section presents the furniture in its proper environment, including ten rooms in full color. There is technical information for the serious collector and ... Read more
From among the world-renowned treasures at the Winterthur Museum, the author selected 400 outstanding examples of American furniture from the Queen Anne and Chippendale periods, representing the era when the cabinetmakers of New England, New York, Philadelphia, and the South were at the height of their achievement. Each illustration is accompanied by information about the piece’s place of origin, date of construction, dimensions, special features and qualities, and the maker and original owner when known. A special section presents the furniture in its proper environment, including ten rooms in full color. There is technical information for the serious collector and ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
Number of Pages
500
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764314070
SKU
V9780764314070
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-2
About Joseph Downs
Before his death in 1954, Joseph Downs was director of the Winterthur Museum, in Delaware, and curator of the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for nearly twenty years.
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