Perspectives on American Furniture: A Winerthur Book

by Gerald W.R. Ward

Book Overview

The essays in this book explore a wide range of furniture styles, from colonial times to the present day. The first of four essays on regionalism calls for a more sophisticated approach that includes geographical, social and economic factors; the second examines early American furniture in the Atlantic community; and the other two discuss the furniture of Appalachia and the St.Johns Valley in Maine.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039302654X
• ISBN13: 9780393026542
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.