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AMERICAN FURNITURE 1650 TO THECB de Oscar P. Fitzgerald

AMERICAN FURNITURE 1650 TO THECB

Autor Oscar P. Fitzgerald
en Limba Engleză Hardback – iun 2017
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.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781442270381
ISBN-10: 1442270381
Pagini: 664
Dimensiuni: 228 x 286 x 47 mm
Greutate: 2.04 kg
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield

Cuprins

1. The Jacobean Period: Joiners and Cabinetmakers in the New World 2. William and Mary: The Years of Transition 3. Queen Anne: The Line of Beauty 4. The Chippendale Style 5. Furniture of the Federal Period 6. American Empire 7. Windsor Chairs 8. Country Furniture: New England 9. Southern Furniture 10. Furniture of Rural Pennsylvania, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Mid-West 11. Shaker Furniture: The Gift to Be Simple Color Plate Signature 12. Victorian Furniture: Gothic and Rococo Revivals 13. Victorian Furniture: The Renaissance Revival 14. Eastlake, the Aesthetic Movement, and the Colonial Revival 15. American Mission Furniture and the Arts & Crafts Movement: 1900-1915 16. Traditional Revivals for a Conservative Public 17. Modern Furniture, 1920-1941: Is It Here to Stay? 18. America Takes the Lead: Mid-Century Modern, 1950s and 1960s 19. Post-Modern and Avant-Garde Furniture since 1975 20. Studio Furniture and Furniture as Art 21. Connoisseurship of American Furniture

Notă biografică

Oscar P. Fitzgerald is a nationally known historian, author, lecturer, and consultant on American furniture from colonial times to the present. He retired as the director of the Navy Museum in Washington, DC and curator of Tingey House, to pursue full time his first love which is the history of furniture from antique to modern. As a member of the faculty of the Smithsonian Institution/George Washington University Master's program in Decorative Arts & Design History he teaches all the furniture classes. As a decorative arts consultant, he advises on the furniture collections of a number of historic houses including the Frederick Douglass House, the Clara Barton National Historic Site, and the Custis-Lee Mansion. His publication range from a study of The Green Family of Cabinetmakers: An Alexandria Institution (of the Mercy Street TV series fame) to the catalog of the studio furniture at the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.