Title & Author:

Early American rooms : a consideration of the changes in style between the arrival of the Mayflower and the Civil War in the regions originally settled by the English and the Dutch / with articles by Frederick Lewis Allen ... [and 19 others] ; Russell Hawes Kettell, editor.

Publication:

Portland, Me. : Southworth-Anthoensen Press, 1936.

Description:

xvii, 200 pages : illustrations (some color), plans ; 31 cm

Notes:
At the end of each of the twelve chapters are two pages, not included in the pagination, containing newspaper items that once appeared within the dates given in the caption, reprinted in such from as will carry out the spirit of their original typography and arrangement.
Includes index.
The mediaeval character of seventeenth century New Enland houses / by R.H. Kettell -- Rural New England in the early seventeenth hundreds / by R.H. Kettell -- Classic columns reach the New England villages / by J.J. Conant -- The early days of the Connecticut colony / by J. Frederick Kelly -- The rich detail of the Connecticut valley / by C. Nagel, jr. -- The hospitality of a New England inn / by J.E. Chandler -- New York Dutch households of the eighteenth century / by P.N. Youtz -- The grand manner in Philadelphia / by J. Downs -- An assembly room of Washington's time / by T.T. Waterman -- Square-rigger prosperity / by E.J. Hipkiss -- The empire style in America / by J. Downs ...

Subject:

Interior decoration United States.
Furniture United States Styles.
Furniture, Early American.
Décoration intérieure États-Unis.
Meubles États-Unis Styles.
Meubles anciens États-Unis.
Furniture Styles.
Interior decoration.
Manners and customs.
United States Social life and customs.
États-Unis Mœurs et coutumes.
United States.

Added entries:

Allen, Frederick Lewis, 1890-1954.
Kettell, Russell Hawes.
Pforzheimer, Carl H. (Carl Howard), 1879-1957, former owner.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 136423
Call No.: 695; ID:86-B8874
Status: Available