The Artisan of Ipswich: Craftsmanship and Community in Colonial New England

by Robert Tarule

Book Overview

Thomas Dennis emigrated to America from England in 1663, settling in Ipswich, a Massachusetts village a long day's sail north of Boston. He had apprenticed in joinery, the most common method of making furniture in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Britain, and he became Ipswich's second joiner, setting up shop in the heart of the village. During his lifetime, Dennis won wide renown as an artisan. Today, connoisseurs judge his elaborately carved...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801887526
• ISBN13: 9780801887529
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.7" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher