Acknowledged as the journal of record in its field, American Furniture presents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. Begun in 1993, this award-winning annual provides a comprehensive forum on furniture history, technology, connoisseurship, and conservation by the foremost scholars in the field. It is the only interdisciplinary journal devoted exclusively to furniture made or used in the Americas from the seventeenth century to the present.
Editorial Statement –Luke Beckerdite
American Rococo Looking Glasses: From Maker's Hand to Patron's Home –Luke Beckerdite
An Ark of the New Republic –Nicholas R. Bell
Early Polychrome Chests from Hadley, Massachusetts: A Technical Investigation of Their Paint and Finish –Susan L. Buck
The Compass Artist of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania –Wendy A. Cooper, Patricia Edmonso, and Lisa M. Minardi
Paint-Decorated Furniture from Piedmont North Carolina –June Lucas
The "Boston Chairs" of Mid-Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia –Philip D. Zimmerman
BOOK REVIEWS
Gilbert Rohde: Modern Design for Modern Living, Phyllis Rossreview –Christopher Long
The Shape of Time: Remarks on the History of Things, George Kublerreview –David F. Wood
Timeless: Masterpiece American Brass Dial Clocks, Morrison H. Heckscher, Martha H. Willoughby, and David F. Woodreview –Philip D. Zimmerman
Recent Writings on American Furniture: A Bibliography –Gerald W. R. Ward
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