The American craftsman and the European tradition, 1620-1820 / edited by Francis J. Puig and Michael Conforti.

Title & Author:

The American craftsman and the European tradition, 1620-1820 / edited by Francis J. Puig and Michael Conforti.

Publication:

Description:

xxi, 295 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Produced in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, September 23-December 31, 1989, and the Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, April 14-June 10, 1990.
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : the transfer and adaptation of European culture in North America / Michael Conforti -- A historical perspective on early American artisans / Gary B. Nash -- The European tradition and the shaping of the American artisan / Barbara McLean Ward -- The Symonds shops of Essex County, Massachusetts / Robert F. Trent -- The Anthony Hay shop and the English tradition / Wallace B. Gusler -- The Edwards family and the silversmithing trade in Boston, 1692-1762 / Barbara McLean Ward -- Philadelphia furniture, 1760-90 : native-born and London-trained craftsmen / Morrison H. Heckscher -- The Colchester School of Cabinetmaking, 1750-1800 / Robert F. Trent -- The Dutch and English traditions in American silver : Cornelius Kierstede / Gerald W.R. Ward -- The early furniture of the Mississippi River Valley, 1760-1820 / Francis J. Puig -- New Mexican furniture and its Spanish and Mexican prototypes / Donna L. Pierce.
"To the good of the province and country" : Henry William Stiegel and American Flint Glass / Arlene Palmer -- The American China / Graham Hood -- Baltimore Federal Furniture : in the English tradition / Gregory R. Weidman.

ISBN:

0912964383 (cloth)
9780912964386 (cloth)
0912964375 (paper)
9780912964379 (paper)

Subject:

Decorative arts United States European influences Exhibitions.
Decorative arts, Colonial United States Exhibitions.
Decorative arts United States History 18th century Exhibitions.
Decorative arts United States History 19th century Exhibitions.
Decorative arts United States.
Arts décoratifs États-Unis.
Arts décoratifs États-Unis Influence européenne Expositions.
Arts décoratifs coloniaux États-Unis Expositions.
Arts décoratifs États-Unis Histoire 18e siècle Expositions.
Arts décoratifs États-Unis Histoire 19e siècle Expositions.
Decorative arts
Decorative arts, Colonial
Decorative arts European influences
United States

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogs.
History

Added entries:

Puig, Francis J.
Conforti, Michael.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Carnegie Institute.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 218160
Call No.: NK806 .A4 1989
Status: Available

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