American Furniture 1998 (American Furniture Annual)

Book info: American Furniture 1998 (American Furniture Annual) (Paperback, 316 pages) – Chipstone Foundation, 1998. Language: English.

This volume features articles on late Baroque Boston seating furniture, Germanic influence on furniture early nineteenth-century design in Philadelphia, Randolph chairs, the Christian M. Nestell drawing book, the inlaid cherry furniture of Nathan Lombard, the Waldo family joined great chair, "Tinkham" chairs, as well as book reviews and bibliography of new books in the field.Table of ContentsThe Making and Marketing of Boston Seating Furniture in the Late Baroque Style - Joan Barzilay Freund and Leigh KenoGermanic Craftsmen and Furniture Design in Philadelphia, 1820-1850 - Charles L. VenableLabeled Randolph Chairs Rediscovered - Philip D. ZimmermanThe Christian M. Nestell Drawing Book: A Focus on the Ornamental Painter and His Craft in Early Nineteenth-Century America - Nancy Goyne EvansSophistication in Central Massachusetts: The Inlaid Cherry Furniture of Nathan Lombard - Brock Jobe and Clark PearceA Seventeenth-Century Carpenter's Conceit: The Waldo Family Joined Great Chair - Peter FollansbeeNotes about New Tinkham”Chairs - Karen Goldstein and Robert F. TrentBOOK REVIEWSThe Furniture of George Hunzinger: Invention and Innovation in Nineteenth-Century America, Barry R. Harwood - Milo M. NaeveHonoréLannuier, Cabinetmaker from Paris: The Life and Work of a French Ébéniste in Federal New York, Peter M. Kenny, Frances F. Bretter, and Ulrich Leben - Wendy A. CooperNew England Furniture at Winterthur: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods, Nancy Richards and Nancy Goyne Evans, with Wendy A. Cooper and Michael S. Podmaniczky - Wallace B. GuslerThe Shaker World: Art, Life, Belief, John T. Kirk - Scott T. SwankUpholsterers and Interior Furnishing in England, 1530-1840, Geoffrey Beard - Jeffrey H. MungerSouthern Furniture, 1680-1830: The Colonial Williamsburg Collection, Ronald L. Hurst and Jonathan Prown - Robert A. Leath About the Author Luke Beckerdite is a decorative arts consultant living in Williamsburg, Virginia.