Windsor-chair Making in America: From Craft Shop to ConsumerUniversity Press of New England, 2006 - 475 halaman Drawing principally on original source materials, Nancy Goyne Evans's elegantly written and extensively illustrated Windsor-Chair Making in America presents an authoritative and absorbing historical picture of the vernacular chair shop and industry. Of the book's five chapters, three deal extensively with the craft shop. Evans discusses everything from structure to tools and equipment, from shop personnel to power sources, and from raw materials to ornament, both painted and stenciled. A chapter on marketing explores the booming Windsor-chair trade in the American coastal South and the islands of the Caribbean, furniture distribution to local, overland, and overseas markets, and general methods of doing business. Another section explores consumerism and the use of Windsor furniture in domestic and public settings. Students and interpreters of American material culture and life will find here an abundance of new material organized and presented to provide comprehensive insights into craft life and product distribution in America. Evans's book should have pride of place in the libraries of collectors, curators, practicing and amateur furniture craftsmen, and anyone interested in early American studies trades, folk art, and pre-industrial technology. This book includes an extensive index, detailed maps, an indispensable paint color chart based on more than 1,200 references, a select bibliography, and a wealth of photographic reproductions. |
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... identified their premises with a sign on the front of the building or suspended over the entrance . Many were pictorial , and the emblems often described the proprietor's occupation , since literacy still was by no means widespread ...
... identified their premises with a sign on the front of the building or suspended over the entrance . Many were pictorial , and the emblems often described the proprietor's occupation , since literacy still was by no means widespread ...
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... identified , the statement is not easily assessed . Rhode Island and Vermont chairmakers appear to have been about evenly divided in their use of the two materials . Hickory was of less consequence in New England Windsor - chair making ...
... identified , the statement is not easily assessed . Rhode Island and Vermont chairmakers appear to have been about evenly divided in their use of the two materials . Hickory was of less consequence in New England Windsor - chair making ...
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... identified the chair by its " scroole top , " or carved crest volutes ( fig . 4-18 ) . A second side chair , the back forming an arch , was designated a bow - back Windsor ( fig . 3-16 ) . Philadelphians often substituted oval - back ...
... identified the chair by its " scroole top , " or carved crest volutes ( fig . 4-18 ) . A second side chair , the back forming an arch , was designated a bow - back Windsor ( fig . 3-16 ) . Philadelphians often substituted oval - back ...
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