Elegantly fashioned and uniquely perceptive, this guidebook authoritatively surveys four centuries of American domestic furniture styles.
Identifying American Furniture offers answers to the questions most people ask about furniture: "What style is that?" "How can you tell?" and "When was it popular?" Curators, collectors, appraisers, connoisseurs of furniture, and students of history, architecture, and the arts — as well as those just learning the fascination of stylistic trends in American furniture—will find this succinct handbook essential. Styles are arranged chronologically from 1607 to the present and represent all thirty-five major furniture styles from Arts and Crafts to Windsor. Milo M. Naeve's vivid commentary draws attention to the book's 196 photographs, pinpointing distinctions among the styles. Naeve also offers an excellent guide for further reading. 196 illustrations
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Milo M. Naeve is the Field-McCormick Curator of American Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago. His responsibilities include furniture and other decorative arts from the seventeenth century to the present, as well as painting and sculpture. His articles and reviews have appeared in numerous periodicals and journals devoted to American arts and culture.
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English medieval traditions continue in New England and in the South through ordinary furniture in houses as sparsely furnished as those abroad. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
astragal molding, other decorative arts, damask upholstery, classical moldings, crest rail, restricted gift, cabriole leg, case furniture, mahogany veneer, laminated woods, selective bibliography Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, New England, Side Chair, United States, The Metropolitan Museum, Antiquarian Society, Queen Anne, New Mexico, Marshall Field, Rococo Revival, Knoll International, New Jersey, Renaissance Revival, Card Table, Center Table, Duncan Phyfe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gothic Revival, Rhode Island, Rocking Chair, Shaker Community, The Brooklyn Museum, American Craft Museum, Charitable Trust New!
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English medieval traditions continue in New England and in the South through ordinary furniture in houses as sparsely furnished as those abroad. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
astragal molding, other decorative arts, damask upholstery, classical moldings, crest rail, restricted gift, cabriole leg, case furniture, mahogany veneer, laminated woods, selective bibliography Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, The Art Institute of Chicago, New England, Side Chair, United States, The Metropolitan Museum, Antiquarian Society, Queen Anne, New Mexico, Marshall Field, Rococo Revival, Knoll International, New Jersey, Renaissance Revival, Card Table, Center Table, Duncan Phyfe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Gothic Revival, Rhode Island, Rocking Chair, Shaker Community, The Brooklyn Museum, American Craft Museum, Charitable Trust New!
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- Art Nouveau (Abbeville Stylebooks) by Constance M. Greiff in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- New England Furniture by Bro Jobe in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Art Nouveau (World of Art) by Alastair Duncan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Painted Furniture: Create Designer Showpieces from Flea Market Finds and Hand-Me-D Owns by Leisure Arts in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- National Museum of American Art (Postcard Books) by Institute Press Smithsonian in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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