Description

Large format paperback, bound in stiff black pictorial wraps. 282 pages. Bibliography, Index. Profusely illustrated with color and black and white photographs. First edition, first printing with full number line. The definitive annual on American furniture design, use, production and appreciation. Contains articles on: ‘Early Rhode Island Turning’; ‘Mannerism in Early American Furniture: Connoisseurship, Intention and Theatricality’; ‘Structure, Style, and Evolution: The Sack-Back Windsor Armchair’; ‘New York Card Tables, 1800-1825’; ‘Fashioning Furniture and Framing Community: Woodworkers and the Rise of a Connecticut River Valley Town’; and several book reviews. No previous ownership marks. No spine crease. A very clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy, as new. Fine. A heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage.