American Furniture 2007

by Luke Beckerdite (Editor)

Overview

This volume includes articles that explore the relationship between japanned decoration and seafaring narratives; assess the careers and work of Philadelphia cabinetmakers Benjamin Randolph and George G. Wright; contextualize marks, labels, and signatures used by American furniture makers during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; illustrate all of the known American turned chairs with board seats along with British and Continental antecedents; and provide source material for understanding period repairs and alterations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780976734413
Publisher:	Chipstone Foundation
Publication date:	12/31/2007
Series:	American Furniture Annual
Edition description:	2007 ed.
Pages:	308
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.02(d)

About the Author

Luke Beckerdite is a decorative arts consultant living in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Editorial Statement –Luke Beckerdite
Benjamin Randolph Revisited –Andrew Brunk
American Board-Seated Turned Chairs, 1640-1740 –Robert F. Trent and John D. Alexander
From Apprentice to Master: The Life and Career of Philadelphia Cabinetmaker George G. Wright –Clark Pearce, Catherine Ebert, and Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley
Early American Furniture Makers' Marks –Philip D. Zimmerman
Reading Japanned Furniture –Ethan W. Lasser
The Written Evidence of Furniture Repairs and Alterations: How Original Is "All Original"? –Nancy Goyne Evans
BOOK REVIEWS
Recent Writing on American Furniture: A Bibliography –Gerald W. R. Ward
Index