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Order Nr. 69489 DECORATIVE ARTS AND HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS IN AMERICA 1650-1920: AN ANNOTATED...

DECORATIVE ARTS AND HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS IN AMERICA 1650-1920: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY.

Winterthur: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1989. small 4to. cloth. 392, (6) pages. First edition. This bibliography of the study of household furnishings used in the United States from the seventeenth century to the early twentieth century contains twenty-one sections. Each section begins with an essay that outlines the development of scholarship in the field and points toward new directions for research with annotated entries on the most significant works. Three chapters present..... READ MORE

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Acknowledgments                                                     7
  Introduction                                                      9
      Kenneth L. Ames

References and Surveys                                             25
  BASIC REFERENCES AND GUIDES TO RESEARCH                          27
      Neville Thompson
  SURVEYS                                                          37
      Kenneth L. Ames and Barbara G. Carson

Architecture                                                       59
  DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE                                            61
      David Schuyler

Furniture                                                          77
  AMERICAN FURNITURE TO 1820                                       79
      Barbara McLean Ward and Gerald W. R. Ward
  AMERICAN FURNITURE, 1820-1920                                   107
      Kenneth L. Ames

Metals                                                            137
  AMERICAN SILVER AND GOLD                                        139
      Barbara McLean Ward and Gerald W. R. Ward
  PEWTER AND BRIT ANNIA METAL                                     159
      Barbara McLean Ward
  BRASS, COPPER, IRON, AND TIN                                    169
      Deborah A. Federhen

Ceramics and Glass                                                179
  AMERICAN CERAMICS                                               181
      Ellen Paul Denker
  CONTINENT AL AND ORIENTAL CERAMICS IN AMERICA                   195
      Ellen Paul Denker
  ENGLISH CERAMICS IN AMERICA                                     201
      George L. Miller and Ann Smart Martin
  AMERICAN GLASS                                                  211
      Kirk Nelson

Textiles                                                          237
  FLOOR COVERINGS                                                 239
      Rodris Roth
  NEEDLEWORK                                                      247
      Susan Burrows Swan
  QUILTS                                                          257
      Susan Roach-Lankford
  TEXTILES                                                        265
      Adrienne D. Hood

Timepieces                                                        281
  CLOCKS AND WATCHES                                              283
      Thomas S. Michie

Household Activities and Systems                                  307
  KITCHEN ARTIF ACTS AND HOUSEWORK                                309
      Donna R. Braden
  PLUMBING, HEATING, AND LIGHTING                                 319
  Ulysses Grant Dietz

Artisans and Culture                                              331
  CRAFTSMEN                                                       333
      Edward S. Cooke, Jr.
  THE ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT IN AMERICA                         343
      Cheryl A. Robertson
      with contributions by Thomas Beckman and Robert L. Edwards

Notes on Contributors                                             359

Index                                                             361