American Furniture 2000 (American Furniture Annual)

This volume features articles on the furniture by the Potthast Brothers of Baltimore, 1892 - 1975, the early furniture of Job and Christopher Townsend, Boston Japanned furniture from1715 to1750, a study of the New Mexican Caja, seventeenth-century joined furniture from Newbury, Massachusetts, John Cadwalader's commode-seat side chairs, the Lisle family desk-and-bookcase from Rhose Island, eighteenth-century New York shranks, Edward Priestley (1778 - 1837), a Baltimore cabinetmaker, Baroque style in Philadelphia furniture, neoclassicism in Baltimore furniture, Quakers and the furniture industry in early Salem, as well as book reviews and bibliography.Table of ContentsThe Early Furniture of Christopher and Job Townsend - Luke BeckerditeThe True Antiques of Tomorrow:Furniture by the Potthast Brothers of Baltimore, 1892-1975 - Catherine Rogers ArthurThe Genesis of Neoclassical Style in Baltimore FurnitureSumpter Priddy III, J. Michael Flanigan, and Gregory R. WeidmanA New Suspect: Baltimore Cabinetmaker Edward Priestley - Alexandra Alevizatos KirtleyNew Insights on John Cadwalader's Commode-Seat Side Chairs - Leroy Graves and Luke BeckerditePatronage in Early Salem: The Symonds Shops and Their Customers - Martha H. WilloughbyCultural Negotiations: A Study of the New Mexican Caja - Elizabeth A. FlemingBOOK REVIEWSThe Book on the Bookshelf, Henry Petroski - Neville ThompsonArt 'Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758, Jack Lindsey, with essays by Richard S. Dunn, Edward C. Carter II, and Richard Saunders - Philip D. ZimmermanThe History of Furniture: Twenty-Five Centuries of Style and Design in the Western Tradition, John Morley - Gerald W. R. Ward