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American furniture : 1650 to the present / Oscar P. Fitzgerald.

by Fitzgerald, Oscar P., author.

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Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, 2018.

Furniture -- United States -- History.

xvi, 621 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

The Jacobean period : joiners and cabinetmakers in the new world -- William and Mary : the years of transition -- Queen Anne : the line of beauty -- The Chippendale style -- Furniture of the federal period -- American empire -- Windsor chairs -- Country furniture : New England -- Southern furniture -- Furniture of rural Pennsylvania, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Mid-West -- Shaker furniture : the gift to be simple -- Victorian furniture : gothic and rococo revivals -- Victorian furniture : the Renaissance revival -- Eastlake, the aesthetic movement, and the colonial revival -- American mission furniture and the arts & crafts movement : 1900-1915 -- Traditional revivals for a conservative public -- Modern furniture, 1920-1941 : is it here to stay? -- America takes the lead : mid-century modern, 1950s and 1960s -- Post-modern and avant-garde furniture since 1975 -- Studio furniture and furniture as art -- Connoisseurship of American furniture.

This authoritative text explains the evolution of four centuries of American furniture from 1650 to the 21st century. It is the complete story covering the cultural and historical context of pieces and advice on how to authenticate furniture and preserve it for posterity. It is fully illustrated with over 800 photos and a 24 page color signature. --Publisher

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