Making Furniture in Preindustrial America
Johns Hopkins University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8018-5253-4 (ISBN)
A study of the furniture-makers, social structure, household possessions and surviving pieces of furniture of two neighbouring New England communities. Drawing on documentary and artifactual sources, the author explores the interplay among producer, process and style in demonstrating why and how the social economies of these two seemingly similar towns differed significantly during the late colonial and early national periods. Throughout the latter half of the 18th century, Cooke explains, the yeoman town of Newtown relied on native joiners whose work satisfied the expectations of their fellow townspeople. These traditionalists combined craftwork with farming and made relatively plain, conservative furniture. By contrast, the typical joiner in the neighbouring gentry town of Woodbury was the immigrant innovator. Born and raised elsewhere in Connecticut and serving a diverse clientele, these craftsmen were free of cultural constraints that affected their Newtown contemporaries. Relying almost entirely on furniture-making for their livelihood, they were free to pay greater attention to stylistically sensitive features than to mere function.
Edward S. Cooke, Jr. is Charles F. Montgomery Associate Professor of American Decorative Arts at Yale University. He wrote the exhibition catalog for 'New American Furniture: Second Generation Studio Furnituremakers', edited and contributed to 'Upholstery in America and Europe from the 17th Century to World War I,' and contributed to 'Furniture by Wendell Castle, Contemporary Crafts and the Saxe Collection, Conservation by Design, The Ideal Home 1900-1920' and '"The Art that is Life": The Arts and Crafts Movement in America, 1875-1920.
List of Tables and Charts
Acknowledgments
Introduction. The Need for the Artis anal Voice
Chapter 1. The Preindustrial Joiner in Western Connecticut, 1760-£820
Chapter 2. The Social Economy of the Preindustrial Joiner
Chapter 3. The Joiners of Newtown and Woodbury
Chapter 4. SocioeconomiSc tructure in Newtown and Woodbury
Chapter 5. Consumer Behavior in Newtown and Woodbury
Chapter 6. Workmanship of Habit: The Furniture of Newtown
Chapter 7. Workmanship of Competition: The Furniture of Woodbury
Conclusion. The Response to Market Capitalism
Appendix A. Biographies of Newtown Joiners, 1760-£820
Appendix B. Biographies of Woodbury Joiners, I 760-r 820
Notes
Glossary of Furniture Terms
Note on Sources and Methods
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.9.1996 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 56 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | Baltimore, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 703 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
| Technik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8018-5253-6 / 0801852536 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8018-5253-4 / 9780801852534 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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