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The furniture of our forefathers / by Esther Singleton ; with critical descriptions of plates by Russell Sturgis.

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-151226

Description

8 pt. in 2 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Furniture

Originator

Singleton, Esther, d. 1930.
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909.

Contents

v. 1:1. Early Southern : carved oak and walnut of the XVIIth century -- v. 1:2. Later Southern : oak, walnut, and early mahogany -- v. 1:3. Early New England : imported and home-made pieces of the seventeenth century -- v. 1:4. Dutch and English periods : New York from 1615 to 1776 - - v. 2:5. New England from 1700 to 1776 : imported and home-made pieces of the eighteenth century -- v. 2:6. Chippendale and other great cabinet- makers of the eighteenth century -- v. 2:7. Domestic and imported furniture from 1776 to 1830 -- v. 2:8. Woods, upholstery, and styles of the early nineteenth century.

Publication

New York : Doubleday, Page

Description

8 pt. in 2 v. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Notes

Includes index.
Gift of Deborah DuSault, Patricia Meyers and Charles Sullivan.

Call Number

Stacks NK2406.S58 1906 pt.1
Stacks NK2406.S58 1906 vol.2

Places

United States.

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