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American classical furniture 1810-40 : regional identities in the Schrimsher collection /

Kelly C. and Randall A. Schrimsher began collecting American Classical decorative art in the mid-1980s. Their notable collection comprises hundreds of pieces of furniture by some of the most celebrated cabinetmakers from the key centers of Classical furniture production in the United States: Boston,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Cooper, Wendy A. (Author, Author of introduction, etc.), Thurlow, Matthew A. (Author, Author of introduction, etc.)
Corporate Author: Schrimsher Foundation (Editor)
Other Authors: Schrimsher, Kimberly E. (Author of introduction, etc.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Huntsville, Ala. : The Schrimsher Foundation in association with D. Giles Ltd., 2025.
Subjects:
Schrimsher, Kelly C. > Art collections > Catalogs
Schrimsher, Randall A., > Art collections > Catalogs
Furniture > United States > History > 19th century > Catalogs.
Furniture, Classical > Private collections > United States > Catalogs.
1810-40
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Matthew A. Thurlow.
  • Introduction: the rediscovery of the ancient world and its impact on American taste / Wendy a. Cooper and Kimberly E. Schrimsher.
  • A revolution of style and taste in Boston and Salem / Clark Pearce.
  • Perfectly fitted, burnished, and bronzed: the classical furniture of New York / Peter M. Kenny.
  • Fashionable patterns/splendid assortments: classical Philadelphia furniture / Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley.
  • Baltimore classical furniture in the Schrimsher collection / Gregory R. Weidman.
  • Seats of democracy in Washington, D.C.: chairs for the nation's capital / Matthew A. Thurlow.
  • Form, motif, and ornament in classical furniture / Christine Thomson and Wendy A. Cooper.