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American Furniture: The Federal Period, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
by Montgomery, Charles F
- Used
- Condition
- VG (wear to boards; may have rubbing, scuffing to corners & edges. rubbing to slipcase)
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
NY: Viking Press, 1966. Hardbound. VG (wear to boards; may have rubbing, scuffing to corners & edges. rubbing to slipcase). Brown leather, gilt-embossed presentation copy, leather-edged slipcase. 497 pp. Hundreds of bw illustrations. Foreword by Henry Francis Dupont, background section on various fascinating aspects of furniture, followed by catalogue sections on beds, all manner of chairs, chests of drawers, clocks, desks and bookcases, fire screens, looking glasses, sofas, all manner of tables, unusual, specialized and fancy furniture, as well as helpful appendices of cabinetmakers' labels, stamps, and biographies. Contents as follows: The business of cabinetmaking -- Price books -- Woods used in American furniture, 1790-1825 -- Upholstery and furnishing fabrics -- Conoisseurship and attribution -- Beds -- New England chairs: side chairs, armchairs, and chair-back settees -- New York chairs, 1790-1805 -- New York chairs, 1805-1825 -- Philadelphia and southern chairs -- Martha Washington or "Lolling" chairs -- Easy chairs -- Chests of drawers -- Clocks -- Desks and bookcases -- Fire screens -- Looking glasses -- Sofas and couches -- Card tables -- Drop-leaf and dressing tables -- Pier and side tables and sideboards -- Small tables and stands -- Work tables -- Unusual and specialized furniture -- Fancy furniture -- Details of carving -- Cabinetmakers' labels and stamps -- Cabinetmakers' biographies. Gorgeous autographed presentation copy, excellent condition, #169 out of 200 in the leather binding and accompanying slipcase.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 13960
- Title
- American Furniture: The Federal Period, in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
- Author
- Montgomery, Charles F
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound
- Book Condition
- Used - VG (wear to boards; may have rubbing, scuffing to corners & edges. rubbing to slipcase)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- american; 17th century; 18th century; 19th century ; Furniture ; 17th century ; 18th century
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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