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Windsor-chair Making in America
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 536

Windsor-chair Making in America

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2006
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  • Publisher: Upne

The definitive work on the production of Windsor furniture, from one of America's premier authorities.

American Windsor Chairs
  • Language: en

American Windsor Chairs

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1996
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  • Publisher: Unknown

Definitive reference on classic American collectible. 744 pages, 1,000 illustrations, checklist of 2,400 chairmakers, more.

American Windsor Furniture
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 268

American Windsor Furniture

The indispensable companion volume to Hudson Hills Press' phenomenal American Windsor Chairs.

Art & Industry in Early America
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 509

Art & Industry in Early America

This book presents new information on the export trade, patronage, artistic collaboration, and the small-scale shop traditions that defined early Rhode Island craftsmanship. This stunning volume features more than 200 illustrations of beautifully constructed and carved objects—including chairs, high chests, bureau tables, and clocks—that demonstrate the superb workmanship and artistic skill of the state’s furniture makers.

Painted Wood
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 549

Painted Wood

  • Categories: Art

The function of the painted wooden object ranges from the practical to the profound. These objects may perform utilitarian tasks, convey artistic whimsy, connote noble aspirations, and embody the highest spiritual expressions. This volume, illustrated in color throughout, presents the proceedings of a conference organized by the Wooden Artifacts Group of the American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (AIC) and held in November 1994 at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Williamsburg, Virginia. The book includes 40 articles that explore the history and conservation of a wide range of painted wooden objects, from polychrome sculpture and altarpieces to carousel hors...

Lacquer: Technology and Conservation
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 204

Lacquer: Technology and Conservation

This reference tool covers the technology and methods of treatment for both types of lacquer and assesses current practices. It describes production technology and decorative techniques and discusses the materials used in Asian lacquer.

A Quiet Revolution
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 362

A Quiet Revolution

A probing study of the veil's recent return—from one of the world's foremost authorities on Muslim women—that reaches surprising conclusions about contemporary Islam's place in the West todayIn Cairo in the 1940s, Leila Ahmed was raised by a generation of women who never dressed in the veils and headscarves their mothers and grandmothers had worn. To them, these coverings seemed irrelevant to both modern life and Islamic piety. Today, however, the majority of Muslim women throughout the Islamic world again wear the veil. Why, Ahmed asks, did this change take root so swiftly, and what does this shift mean for women, Islam, and the West?When she began her study, Ahmed assumed that the veil...

American Furniture
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 304

American Furniture

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2001
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Merchants of Death
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 340

Merchants of Death

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American Furniture 1999
  • Language: en

American Furniture 1999

Acknowledged as the journal of record in its field, American Furniture presents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. The 1999 volume presents articles devoted to Rhode Island furniture, plus the usual book reviews, bibliography of recent works, and index.