American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, 1725-1788

Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, 1725-1788

Joseph Downs (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

500 Seiten

2001 | A Winterthur Book
Schiffer Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7643-1407-0 (ISBN)

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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 a highly readable history for those interested in the early-American way of life.

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	29.6.2004
Zusatzinfo	400+ b/w photos
Verlagsort	Atglen
Sprache	englisch
Maße	229 x 305 mm
Gewicht	3311 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
ISBN-10	0-7643-1407-6 / 0764314076
ISBN-13	978-0-7643-1407-0 / 9780764314070
Zustand	Neuware