The Windsor style in America : a pictorial study of the history and regional characteristics of the most popular furniture form of the eighteenth century America 1730-1830 / edited by Thomas M. Voss with photographs by Bill Holland.

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Santore, Charles.

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Publication:

Description:

215 pages : illustrations, some color ; 27 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A Portfolio of Drawings / Charles Santore -- Introduction: A History of the Windsor Style -- A Study of Windsor Surfaces -- Comb-Back Chairs -- Low-Back Chairs -- Fan-Back Chairs -- Sack-Back Chairs -- Continuous-Arm Chairs -- Bow-Back Chairs -- Rod-Back Chairs -- Writing-Arm Chairs -- Rocking Chairs -- Settees -- Children's and Scaled-Down Furniture -- Other Forms of Windsor Furniture -- Questions and Answers About Windsor Furniture -- Appendix I: The Construction of Windsor Chairs -- Appendix II: The Re-creation of Thomas Jefferson's Swivel Windsor -- Appendix III: The Brands of Ebenezer Tracy -- Appendix IV: A Checklist of Windsor Makers -- Notes -- Index.

ISBN:

0894711369
9780894711367
0894711377 (lib. bdg.)
9780894711374 (lib. bdg.)
1561380571
9781561380572

Subject:

Furniture United States History 18th century.
Decoration and ornament Windsor style.
Windsor chairs.
Décoration et ornement Style Windsor.
Chaises Windsor.
Furniture.
United States.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 27460
Call No.: 8986; ID:88-B13378
Status: Available

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