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VICTORIAN FURNITURE; ESSAYS FROM A VICTORIAN SOCIETY AUTUMN SYMPOSIUM. ("Nineteenth Century: Vol. 8, Nos. 3-4, 1982.")
Ames, Kenneth L. (editor). The Victorian Society in America. Harvey Green; Wilson Faude; Donald Fennimore; Jan Seidler; Paige Talbot; Rodris Roth; Christopher Monkhouse; Kenneth Trapp; Richard Guy Wilson; David Hanks; Edward Teitelman; et al (contributors).
Editore: Philadelphia, PA: The Victorian Society in America, 1982., 1982
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254 pages. Large paperback: H 27.75cm x L 21.25cm. Paper covers rubbed with minor wear at edges; light crease/curl at front cover's bottom fore-edge corner; scuffing and slight bumping at spine ends; light soiling to rear cover. Several brown stains (coffee?) at text block's lower fore-edge. Interior pages are clean. Binding is…firm. A very good copy. With Editor's Acknowledgments by Kenneth L. Ames, Notes on Contributors, and b/w photographs/illustrations. Features the following: Introductory essay "Furniture Study: Moving into the Mainstream" by Kenneth L. Ames; SECTION 1-CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN FURNITURE STYLE "The Ironies of Style: Complexities and Contradictions in American Decorative Arts, 1850 to 1900" by Harvey Green; "They Don't Make It Anymore" by Wilson H. Faude; "Fine Points of Furniture, American Empire: Late, Later, Latest" by Donald L. Fennimore; SECTION 2-BUSINESS, COMMERCE AND LABOR "Arms Across the Border: Trade in Chairs and Chair Parts Between the United States and Upper Canada" by W. John McIntyre; "A Tradition in Transition: The Boston Furniture Industry, 1840-1880" by Jan M. Seidler; "Shop and Factory: Philadelphia Furniture Makers and Manufacturers, 1850-1880" by Paige Talbot; SECTION 3-STUDIES OF SPECIFIC FIRMS AND FORMS "Boston Nineteenth Century Pianoforte Manufacture: The Contributions of Jonas Chickering" by Nancy A. Smith; "Prosperity Through Patents: The Furniture of George Hunzinger & Son" by Richard W. Flint; "Seating for any Place: The Folding Chair" by Rodris Roth; "The Spinning Wheel as Artifact, Symbol, and Source of Design" by Christopher Monkhouse; SECTION 4-HIGH CULTURE ARCHITECTS AND DESIGNERS "To Beautify the Useful: Ben Pitman and the Women's Woodcarving Movement in Cincinnati in the Late Nineteenth Century" by Kenneth R. Trapp; "'The Decoration of Houses' and Scientific Eclecticism" by Richard Guy Wilson; "Frank Lloyd Wright's 'The Art and Craft of the Machine'" by David A. Hanks; "The Furniture and Furnishings of Wilson Eyre (1858-1944)" by Edward Teitelman and Betsy Fahlman; SECTION 5-ON THE GEOGRAPHIC AND SOCIAL PERIPHERY "Respectability at $50 Down, 20 Months to Pay! Furnishing a Working-class Victorian Home" by Lizabeth Cohen; and "High Style in Montana: The Kohrs Parlor" by Rodd L. Wheaton.
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LeatherBound. Condizione: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1907 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt ban…ds. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 479 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 479.
