Bookcase One: A-C

Adams, E. Bryding, et al. Made in Alabama. A State Legacy. Birmingham Museum of Art: 1995. A large catalog to a groundbreaking loan exhibition. Included are furniture, ceramics, textiles and quilts, and silver. The coverage of 19th century furniture is especially fine. Softcover. 9"x12", 392 pages, b/w and color illustrations.

(Adirondack furniture) The Lincraft Book of Fences and Furniture Burlington: New Jersey Fence Co, nd (1920s). 6"x9", 43 pages, b&w illustrations, softcover.

Adlmann, J.E., et al. Vienna Moderne: 1898-1918. An Early Encounter between Taste and Utility. Houston; Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery: 1979. A very fine loan exhibition, featuring glass, silver, ceramics and furniture, as well as some graphics and many old photographs. There are appendices featuring statements by such leading lights as Adolf Loos, Walter Gropius and Josef Hoffman, as well as a selection of artists' marks and monograms. Softcover. 7.5"x11", 96 pages, b/w and color illustrations.

Albers, Marjorie K. The Amana People and Their Furniture. Ames, Iowa State University Press: 1990. "The distinctive furniture made in Amana, Iowa is the product of craftsmen of seven south-central Iowa villages, the Amana Colonies, founded in 1855 by members of the Community of True Inspiration, later known as the Amana Society". Albers had written a book solely devoted to Amana furniture in 1970, and a small amount of material from that book is included here. Hardcover. 6"x8.5", 221 pages, b/w illustrations, dj.

Albers, Marjorie K. Old Amana Furniture. Shenandoah; Locust House: 1970. A study of the distinctive furniture made in Amana, Iowa, the product of craftsmen of seven south-central Iowa villages, the Amana Colonies, founded in 1855. In 1990 Albers wrote another book about the Amana people and their furniture which incorpo rates a small amount of this material. Semowich 11. Softcover. 4.5"x7.5", 85 pages, b/w illustrations.

Albers, Vernon M. Advanced Furniture Construction. South Brunswick; A. S. Barnes:1972. An interesting book showing how everything goes together. 5.5"x8.5", 110 pages, b&w illustrations, dj.

Aldrich, Megan. Gothic Revival. London; Phaidon Press Ltd.: 1994. A richly illustrated survey of the full sweep of the Gothic Revivalist tradition in the arts and architecture. Most people think of the Gothic Revival as having been a Victorian phenomenon, and it did in fact reach its full heights in that era, but the first stirrings of the movement took place in the late 18th century. Aldrich explores all the various themes which intertwined as the Gothic style made its appearance and gradually gained popularity, and examines the work of the famous designers such as Pugin, Violet-le-Duc and Wyatt, as well as numerous lesser-known designers. The volume is profusely illustrated with both modern and period illustrations. Hardcover. 10"x12", 240 pages, loaded with color and b/w illustrations, dj.

Alevizatos, Alexandra A. "Procured in the Best and Most Fashionable Materials:" The Furniture and Furnishings of the Lloyd Family of Maryland, 1750-1850. Alexandra A. Alevizatos: 1999 / Ann Arbor; UMI Reprints. A dissertation submitted to the University of Delaware Winterthur Program. Through the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, the Lloyds were among the most powerful families in Maryland. Comb-bound. 8.5"x11", 449 pages; very poor b/w reproductions of photographs; a reprint from the original microfilm.

American Furniture. Saint Louis Museum of Art Bulletin: Summer, 1980. The first published collection of selected examples from the Saint Louis Museum of Art collection. The pieces range from the 17th century to the Arts & Crafts era. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 48 pages, b/w and several color illustrations.

Ames, Kenneth L & Gerald W.R. Ward (eds.). Decorative Arts and Household Furnishings in America 1650-1920. An Annotated Bibliography. Winterthur; Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum: 1989. Ames & Ward is one of the most useful of the modern decorative arts bibliographies, covering architecture, furniture, glass, ceramics, metals, textiles, timepieces, artisans & culture, and "household activities and systems" (plumbing, heating, etc). Each section was written by an expert in the field, and all the entries are extensively annotated; as you may have noticed, we quote extensively from this book ourselves. Among the contributors were the two editors, as well as David Schuyler, Ellen Paul Denker, Kirk Nelson, Rodris Roth, Susan Burrows Swan, Thomas S. Mitchie, Edward S. Cooke, Jr., and Neville Thompson. The entries are cross-indexed by author and title. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 392 pages.

Ames, Kenneth L. (ed.). Victorian Furniture. Essays from a Victorian Society Autumn Symposium. The Victorian Society: 1982. What this does not discuss about Victorian furniture may not be worth knowing. Contributors included Nancy A. Smith, Donald L. Fennimore, Page Talbott, Rodris Roth, Christopher Monkhouse, and David H. Hanks. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 254 pages, hundreds of b/w illustrations.

Andersen, Timothy J., (et al, eds.) California Design 1910. Santa Barbara; Peregrine Smith: 1980. 3rd revised ed. A revised edition of the 1974 catalog to an important loan exhibition. When the Arts & Crafts Movement hit the West Coast it underwent a subtle but profound change as the warm California sun shone down upon it and made it blossom in new and distinctive ways. This catalog covers pottery, painting, furniture, architecture, presswork, metalwork, and designers including the Mathews, the Greenes, George Harris, Irving Gill, Harold Doolittle, Louis Easton, and more. You can almost hear the soft California breezes rustling through the poppies... Hardcover. 9"x12", 144 pages, b/w illustrations, dj.

Anderson, Mark J., et al. Cadwalader Study. Winterthur; Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum: 1995. The results of a landmark project to examine, compare and document every single piece of furniture that could be found that was made for General John Cadwalader and his wife Elizabeth, of Philadelphia. But you knew that already. The co-authors were Gregory J. Landrey and Philip D. Zimmerman. Softcover. 8.5"x11", about 125 pages, b/w and several color illustrations.

Andrews Manufacturing Company. A selection of illustrated promotional items. New York: ca.1891. Including- a fantastic folding poster illustrating Andrews' Eastlake style oak desks, tables and chairs for school and office use, 22"x17" when unfolded, in fine condition; two 6"x9.5" flyers also picturing desks and blackboards for school use, also in fine condition; two handwritten letters on Andrews' letterhead regarding a furniture order. All contained in 2 letter-size mailing envlopes, both postmarked July, 1891. Presumably this material has been kept in the envelopes for the last 100+ years.

Andrews, Edward D. & Faith. Religion in Wood, A Book of Shaker Furniture. Bloomington; Indiana University Press:1966. The photographs are the usual Andrews material -clear, austere, elegant and darkly beautiful. 7.5"x11", 106 pages, b&w illustrations, dj.

Andrews, Edward D. & Faith. Work and Worship. The Economic Order of the Shakers. Greenwich; New York Graphic Society: 1974. A study of the Shaker industries including furniture making, basket making, etc., and how they were developed and run. Hardcover. 7.5"x10", 224 pages, b/w illustrations, dj.

Andrews, Edward Deming & Faith. Shaker Furniture. The Craftsmanship of an American Communal Sect. New Haven; Yale University Press: 1939. 2nd ptg. Although there had been some scholarly examination of Shaker community life before the Andrews' book, Shaker furniture had been largely unappreciated. The Andrews, who gained access to many East Coast Shaker communities and were welcomed by the remaining members, were the first to focus not only on how Shaker furniture reflected the inherent tenets of Shaker society, but on Shaker furniture as an important art form worth examination in its own right. They integrated their study of the two aspects, showing how the tenets fed the art, and vice-versa. "The eventual result of this penetration of religion into the workshop", Andrews writes, "was the discarding of all values in design which attach to surface decoration in favor of the values inherent in form, in the harmonious relationship of parts and the perfected unity of the whole. Under such conditions, if the design was well conceived, an effort of rare charm was achieved... The ideal of purity, broadly conceived as it was, furnished sufficient justification for such a theory of workmanship... A natural frankness characterized the finished Shaker product... One's primary impression, on seeing an assemblage of Shaker pieces, is that of brightness and lightness more expressive of serene happiness than somber monasticism". This book is also noted for the stark yet beautiful on-site photographs taken by William F. Winter. Walpole Society member and Magazine Antiques editor Homer Eaton Keyes wrote the Preface. Softcover. 8.5"x11.5", 133 pages, plus 48 b/w plates.

Andrews, Edward Deming & Faith. Shaker Furniture. The Craftsmanship of an American Communal Sect. New York; Dover Publications: 1970s. A reprinting of the 1950 edition of this classic, first published in 1937. Softcover. 8"x11", 133 pages, b/w illustrations.

Art Treasures Exhibition, presented by the New York Antique and Art Dealers Association. New York; Parke-Bernet Galleries: June 16-30th,1955. A benefit for the NY City Cancer Society. The exhibition featured furniture, silver, art, ceramics and other items from private and public collections as well as the stock of NYAADA members. Dealers included Chait, Kennedy Galleries, C.T. Loo, Frank Partridge, Israel Sack, John Walton, and many other noted names, and the private collectors and institutions also read like a who's-who of the tippy-top of the collecting world. Hardcover. 7"x10.5", about 200 pages, b/w illustrations.

Art de l'Ornemaniste, du Stucateur, du Carreleur en Paves de Mosaique, et du Decoratuer en Divers Genres. Paris; Audot: 1828. This guidebook from the 'Encyclopedie Populaire' includes chapters on casting and molding ornaments of all sorts; architectural ornament in mosaic; decorating furniture; cleaning of furniture and objects. Uncommon in the marketplace. Softcover. 3.75"x5.75", 120 pages plus an engraved folding plate, plus a 12-page publisher's catalog.

Aslin, Elizabeth. The Aesthetic Movement. Prelude to Art Nouveau. New York; Frederick A. Praeger:1969. Peacocks, sunflowers, Oscar Wilde and palm fronds... The Aesthetic Movement, which began around 1855 and petered out about 30 years later, rocked the block in Victorian England and America, claiming adherents including Charles Eastlake, E.W. Godwin, and Arthur Lasenby Liberty, and detractors like George du Maurier who mocked them all in Punch. Furniture, screens, tiles, greeting cards, china, wallpapers and silver tea sets were decorated with Japanese motifs, swans, lilies and other stylized flowers, butterflies and eucalyptus leaves. This well illustrated and interesting study chronicles and documents the ups and downs, fads and fancies of this important decorative movement. 9"x11", 192 pages, packed with b&w and color illustrations, dj.

Aslin, Elizabeth. Nineteenth Century English Furniture. New York; Thomas Yoseloff: 1962. Whatever else one may say about the profusion of styles that characterized 19th century English furniture, you cannot call them boring. From the more fanciful, overwrought children of Pugin to the reforms of Eastlake, Ashbee and Gimson, and through the Gothic, Japanese and Orientalist revivals, there was always something interesting afoot. This is a sweeping, scholarly, well illustrated examination of the development of Revival styles, Victorian, Arts & Crafts, Art Nouveau, and other furniture in 19th century England. It also contains a short guide to some of the cabinetmaking firms and a short but helpful bibliography which includes a list of some period exhibition catalogs. Hardcover. 7"x10", 93 pages of text plus 4 color and 135 b/w illustrations, dj.

Atkinson, Tracy, et al. The Great River. Art & Society of the Connecticut Valley, 1635-1820. Hartford; Wadsworth Athenaeum: 1985. A monumental undertaking, covering architecture, furniture, paintings, metalwares, clocks and instruments, textiles, clothing & needlework, ceramics and glass, books and prints, and gravestones. An exceedingly fine and important catalog featuring essays by William Hosley, Jr., Philip Zea, Barbara M. Ward, Jane Nylander, Kevin Sweeney, Robert Blair St. George, and others. Softcover. 9"x12", 524 pages, some color and hundreds of b/w illustrations.

Atmore, M.G. Cape Furniture. Cape Town; Howard Timmins: 1965. An important study of antique South African furniture. The author examined 1,500 examples in public and private collections while preparing the text. The book's chapters cover chairs, seating furniture, table & sideboards, cupboards, armoires & wardrobes, cabinets & cupboards, bureaus & desks, chests & kists, and beds and bedroom furniture. There is also a chapter dealing with metalwork, including nails & screws, locks, hinges, handles and escutcheon plates. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 244 pages, 103 b/w plates of examples and 31 b/w plates of details and hardware.

Atterbury, Paul (ed.). A.W.N. Pugin. Master of Gothic Revival. New York; Published for the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts by Yale University Press: 1995. First edition. A.W.N. Pugin was one of the most influential designers and architects in the 19th century. As a collector and scholar he pioneered a new appreciation for Medieval art and architecture; as an architect he created cathedrals, churches, colleges and a wide variety of buildings whose design profoundly influenced architectural design in the Victorian era; as a designer he established Gothic as the Official Style of Great Britain and one of the most popular decorative forms to emerge in the nineteenth century. This massive catalog, which accompanied an equally massive loan exhibition, is packed with illustrations and features essays by Megan Aldrich, Paul Atterbury, and many others. Hardcover. 9.5"x12.5", 415 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj.

Atterbury, Paul, & Dan Klein. Aspects of the Aesthetic Movement including books, ceramics, furniture, glass, textiles. London; Dan Klein Ltd.: 1978. A small exhibition catalog with an erudite and interesting introduction by Paul Atterbury. Ceramics make up the vast bulk of the material, with additional portions of metalwork and furniture, and minuscule amounts of glass, textiles and books. Softcover. 6"x8", 48 pages, several color and many b/w illustrations.

Auslander, Leora. Taste and Power - Furnishing Modern France. Berkeley; University Of California Press: 1996. The author explores the changes in French furniture tastes, fads and fancies, and the role furniture has played in France between the mid seventeenth century and the present day. More than in some other Western nations, the dramatic political and social changes which took place in France were mirrored in French styles and uses of that most basic element of the home -the furniture. Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", xv + 495 pages, b/w illustrations, dj.

Aziz, Abdul. Thrones, Tents and Furniture used by the Indian Mughuls. Lahore: published by the author, nd (1947?). 5"x7.5", 145 pages.

Baarsen, Reinier, et al. Courts and Colonies. The William and Mary Style in Holland, England and America. New York; Cooper-Hewitt Museum: 1988. The magnificent catalog to this important loan exhibition of furniture, silver, metalwares, ceramics and other decorative arts. Includes essays by Baarsen, Gervase Jackson-Stops, Phillip M. Johnson, and Elaine Evans Dee. Softcover. 8"x11", 249 pages, b/w and color illustrations.

Backofen, Walter A. Some Queen Anne Furniture from New Hampshire's Federal Period. Identified with Help from Peter Bartlett (1788-1838), M.D., of Salisbury. East Plainfield; Lord Timothy Dexter Press: 1988. Higher mathematics used in service if furniture connoisseurship. An extremely technical mathematical analysis of details of 18th century joinery. Not for the fainthearted or easily distracted. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 118 pages, b/w illustrations.

Baker, Hollis S. Furniture in the Ancient World, Origins and Evolution 3100-475 B.C. London; Giniger, in association with The Macmillan Company: 1966. The first modern study to consider ancient furniture as a whole, and to compare the various types and styles that evolved in the ancient world. A comprehensive reference, with hundreds of illustrations. Astound your friends with your arcane knowledge during "I Claudius" or "Gladiator" marathons... Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 351 pages, 16 color plates and 474 b/w and line illustrations, dj.

Baldus, Eduoard. Oeuvre de Jacques Androuet dit du Cerceau. Meubles. Paris; Edouard Baldus: c.1880. A very scarce collection of facsimiles of design plates for furniture, metalwork, and mantels by the great 16th century designer Jacques Androuet Du Cerceau. Du Cerceau was an important designer of architecture, ornament, furniture, metalwork and other decorative designs, and was an important and influential proponent of Renaissance designs. A Huguenot who set up his business in Orleans, early in his career he designed the triumphal arches there for the arrival of Henri II. Religious warfare caused him to flee the city in 1562, but, along with other prominent Huguenots, was given shelter by the Duchess of Ferrara, daughter of Louis XII, at her chateaux in Montargis, where he stayed until about 1575. His later collections of designs were published in Paris, so Jervis speculates that he spent the latter part of his career there, which seems reasonable. His greatest works, 'Les Plus Excellents Bastiments de France', published in 1576 and 1579, were both dedicated to Catherine de Medici. The first section of this book consists of 51 plates of furniture, metalwork and ornament; the second portion contains 20 plates of designs for mantelpieces. Jervis ("Printed Furniture Design Before 1650") notes that "while students of eighteenth and nineteenth century furniture have been well served by reprints, there has been an almost total neglect of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the only exception, apart from isolated illustrations, being Baldus's Du Cerceau edition of about 1880, now itself a rarity". Hardcover. 12.5"x17.5", decorative engraved title page, printed title page, + 51 + 20 engraved plates by Baldus.

Balkind, Alvin, et al. Chairs. A serious, comic, metaphysical, insane, feet-on-the-ground examination of the burning issue of chairness. Art Gallery of Ontario:1975. An exhibition deeply rooted in the 1970s. The chairs range from antiques to ethnic to classic modern to plexiglass rocks to one made of yarn. Great fun for the chair buff. 9"x12", 85 pages, color and b&w illustrations, softcover.

Baltimore Museum of Art. Baltimore Furniture 1760-1810. The Work of Baltimore and Annapolis Cabinetmakers from 1760 to 1810. Baltimore Museum of Art: 1947. First edition. Although much of the material in this important catalog has been updated by other authors, it remains as the publications which first focused the attention of collectors and scholars on Maryland furniture. The 125 objects illustrated were selected for the exhibition by Joseph Downs and Henry Francis du Pont. Ames & Ward. Semowich 881. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 195 pages, b/w illustrations.

Baraitser, Michael & Anton Obholzer. Cape Country Furniture. A Pictorial Survey of Regional Styles, Materials and Techniques in the Cape Provinces of South Africa. Cape Town; C. Struik: 1978. 2nd, revised edition. The best edition of this classic reference, with notes on timbers, the V.O.C. stamp, regional variations, and more. Hardcover. 8.5"x11.5", 368 pages, 1,247 b/w illustrations, dj.

Barany-Oberschall, Magda. Hungarian Furniture. Budapest; Officina Press:1939. A picture book of highly carved and painted furniture of the 17th and 18th centuries. 5"x7", 29 pages plus 32 b&w plates.

[Barbour Collection] Koda, Paul. Frederick K. and Margaret R. Barbour's Furniture Collection. Hartford; The Connecticut Historical Society: 1963. The Barbour's were discriminating collectors from the second generation of American furniture collecting, specializing in Connecticut furniture. Judging from this catalog, they were also involved in a contest to see how many highboys you could stuff into a house... Semowich 825. Hardcover. 7.5"x10", 71 pages, b/w illustrations.

[Barbour, Frederick K. Frederick K. and Margaret R. Barbour's Furniture Collection -A Supplement. Hartford; The Connecticut Historical Society: 1970. The Barbour's were discriminating collectors from the second generation of American furniture collecting, specializing in Connecticut furniture. This Supplement features fourteen additional pieces purchased after the first catalog was issued in 1963. Includes several more highboys and chests-on-chests. My God, what were they storing? Hardcover. 7.5"x10", 31 pages, b/w illustrations.

Barbour, Frederick K. The Stature of Fine Connecticut Furniture. Hartford; privately printed for the author in an edition of 200 copies: 1959. A personal testament by a leading Connecticut collector. Not a scholarly treatise, but an enthusiatic one. 8"x10.5", 5 pages of text plus a color frontispiece and 21 b&w plates; slipcased.

Barfield, Rodney, et al. Thomas Day, Cabinetmaker. An Exhibition... Raleigh; North Carolina Museum of History: 1975. A loan exhibition devoted to the work of this ante-bellum free African-American cabinetmaker in North Carolina. The text attempts to separate the legend from documented facts, and the catalog portion illustrates and describes the many pieces, most of them still in the possession of the families of the original purchasers. Semowich 140. Softcover. 9"x12", 75 pages, many b/w illustrations.

Barnard, Toby. Making the Grand Figure. Lives and Possessions in Ireland, 1641-1770. New Haven; Yale University Press: 2004. "In this pioneering study of the material culture of Stuart and Hanoverian Ireland, Toby Barnard reveals a hitherto unsuspected richness and diversity of lifestyle, habitat and mentality. The compass of the book is impressively wide, from the governing elite of Dublin Castle to provincial towns and the countryside beyond. Looking yet further, it follows the Irish overseas to Britain and the continent of Europe. Through such everyday articles as linen shirts, wigs, silver teaspoons, pottery plates and engravings, Barnard evokes a striking variety of lives and attitudes. Possessions, he shows, highlighted and widened divisions, not only between the rich and poor, women and men, but also between Irish Catholics and the Protestant settlers." There are chapters focusing on the house, interiors, goods, pictures, the park & garden, sport, dress, Dublin, going abroad, and Society. Hardcover. 8"x9.5", xxii + 497 pages, b/w and some color illustrations, dj.

Barnes, Jairus B. & Moselle Taylor Meals. American Furniture in the Western Reserve 1680-1830. Cleveland; Western Reserve Historical Society: 1972. The catalog to a loan exhibition of American Colonial and Federal furniture from New England, New York, Pennsylvania and Baltimore, lent from private Cleveland-area collections. 135 of the 160 items are illustrated and described. Semowich 1073. Softcover. 8"x9", 133 pages, b/w illustrations.

Barquist, David & Ethan W. Lasser. Curule. Ancient Design in American Federal Furniture. New Haven; Yale University Art Gallery: 2003. A wonderful study of a single aspect of American Classical Revival furniture of the Federal period- the S-curved legs of the sella curulis style. The catalog documents how the style was transmitted and traces the meanings attributed to it over the centuries and in various contexts. Focuses on American Federal furniture, with reference to coins, drawings and furniture design books. Softcover. 8"x10", 48 pages, color and b/w illustrations.

Barquist, David L.. American Tables and Looking Glasses in the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University. New Haven; Yale University Art Gallery: 1992. The fourth and final volume in the series of catalogues of Yale University's collection of American furniture. In addition to detailed entries on 140 tables, 25 related objects and 47 looking glasses, there are two interpretive essays by Elisabeth Donaghy Garrett and Gerald W.R. Ward, and a special section devoted to 43 fake, altered or misidentified objects. Hardcover. 10"x10.5", 423 pages, packed with color and b/w illustrations, dj.

Bartlett, Lu (ed.). A Bit of Vanity. Furniture of Eighteenth Century Boston. An Exhibition Sponsored by the Department of American Decorative Arts, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Colonial Society of Massachusetts. Boston; Museum of Fine Arts: 1972. An interesting little exhibition catalog, with pieces drawn from the museum's collection. The Foreword was written by Jonathan Fairbanks and the catalog entries were contributed by students of the Boston University Spring Seminar on American Decorative Arts, including Anne Farnham. Looking at this short catalog, alongside the Met's small catalog of the same year devoted to 17th century American joined furniture, leaves one imagining what a different production such exhibitions and catalogs would be today! Semowich 936. Softcover. 4.5"x7.25", 30 pages, 6 b/w illustrations.

Bayer, Patricia (ed.). The Fine Art of the Furniture Maker. Rochester; Memorial Art Gallery: 1981. First edition. "Conversations with Wendell Castle, Artist, and Penelope Hunter-Stiebel, Curator, about selected works from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. An interesting concept. The curator and furniture maker discuss 18th, 19th and 20th century examples from the West and East. A furniture-lover's catalog. Softcover. 8.5"x10", 119 pages, b/w illustrations.

Bealer, Alex W. Old Ways of Working Wood. The Techniques and Tools of a Time-Honored Craft. Barre Publishing, 1980. revised edition. 6.5"x9", 255 pages, line illus.

Beckerdite, Luke (ed.). American Furniture 1993. Chipstone Foundation: 1993. The first annual issue of this scholarly journal; includes "Origins of the Rococo Style in New York Furniture" by Beckerdite; "Scandinavian Modern Furniture of the Arts and Crafts Period" by Edward S. Cooke, Jr.; "American or English Furniture? Some Choices in the 1760s" by Graham Hood, "Roman Gusto in New England: An Eighteenth-Century Boston Furniture Designer and His Shop" by Miller; "Mid-Atlantic Easy Chairs, 1770-1820: Old Questions and New Evidence" by Trent; "A Catalogue of American Easy Chairs" by Trent and Anderson; "The Wendell Family Furniture at Strawbery Banke Museum" by Ward & Cullity", and more. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 298 pages, b/w and some color illustrations.

Beckerdite, Luke. American Furniture 1994. Chipstone Foundation: 1994. The 1994 edition of this scholarly journal includes "Identifying and Understanding Repairs and Structural Problems in Windsor Furniture" by Nancy Goyne Evans; "Architect-Designed Furniture in Eighteenth Century Virgina" by Beckerdite; as well as essays on Boston Bombe furniture, New York baroque oval tables and Jean Berger's design book. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 264 pages, b/w and some color illustrations.

Beckerdite, Luke. American Furniture 1995. Chipstone Foundation: 1995. The 1995 edition of this scholarly journal includes many essays on regional and social influence on American furniture by authors including William Hosley, Phillip Zea, Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, Edward S. Cooke, Jr., Kevin M. Sweeney, Donna K. Baron, and Neil D.Kamil. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 298 pages, b/w and some color illustrations.

Beckerdite, Luke. American Furniture 1996. Chipstone Foundation: 1996. The 1996 edition of this scholarly journal includes "Boston and New York Leather Chairs -A Reappraisal" by Roger Gonzales and Daniel Putnam Brown Jr.; "The Benjamin Bucktrout Masonic Master's Chair" by F. Carey Howlett; "Immigrant Carvers and the Development of the Rococo Style in New York, 1750-1770" by Luke Beckerdite; and "Boston Georgian Chairs: Their Export and Their Influence" by Leigh Keno, Joan Barzilay Freund and Alan Miller. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 344 pages, b/w and some color illustrations.

Beckerdite, Luke (ed.). American Furniture 1997. Chipstone Foundation: 1997. Articles presented at 'A Region of Regions: Cultural Diversity and the Furniture Trade in the Early South'. "Articles on pineapple motif in southern furniture, the Dutch trade and its influence on seventeenth-century Chesapeake furniture, Charleston neoclassical case furniture, the Holmes-Edwards library bookcase and the origins of the German School in pre-revolutionary Charleston, eighteenth-century furniture from western Maryland, Irish influences on the cabinet trade of Virginia's Rappahannock River basin, the Huguenot furniture-makers in South Carolina, Winchester, Virginia furniture, conserving Virginia upholstered seating furniture, the transfer of furniture styles from Philadelphia to Winchester to Tennessee, the importation of London household furnishings into Charleston during the 1780s, plus book reviews and a bibliography." Softcover. 8.5"x11", 407 pages, color and b/w illustrations.

Beckerdite, Luke (ed.). American Furniture 2004. Chipstone Foundation: 2004. Features articles on: 'A Table's Tale: Craft, Art and Opportunity in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia' by Beckerdite & Alan Miller; 'The Account Book of Benjamin Baker' by Dennis Andrew Carr; 'High Craft Along the Mohawk: Early Woodwork from the Albany Area of New York' by Trent, Miller, Adamson & Truax; 'John Singleton Copley's Furniture and the Art of Invention' by Jonathan Prown; 'Southern Sophistication on the Early Frontier: The Inlaid Furniture of Washington County, Ohio, 1788-1825' by Andrew Richmond; 'Opulence Abroad: Honore Lannuier's Gilded Furniture in Trindad de Cuba' by Peter Kenny; also book reviews. Card covers. 8.5"x11", 299 pages, color and b/w illustrations.

Beckerdite, Luke (ed.). American Furniture 2005. Chipstone Foundation: 2005. Features articles on: 'Early Rhode Island Turning' by Erik Kyle Gronning & Dennis Andrew Carr; 'Mannerism in Early American Furniture: Connoisseurship, Intention and Theatricality' by Glenn Adamson; 'Structure, Style, and Evolution: The Sack-Back Windsor Armchair' by David R. Pesuit; 'New York Card Tables, 1800-1825' by Philip D. Zimmerman; 'Fashioning Furniture and Framing Community: Woodworkers and the Rise of a Connecticut River Valley Town' by Joshua W. Lane & Donald P. White III; plus book reviews. Card covers. 8.5"x11", 282 pages, color and b/w illustrations.

Beckerdite, Luke. City Meets the Country: the Work of Peter Eddleman, Cabinetmaker. [in] the Journal of Early Southern Decorative Arts, Vol.VI, No.1. Winston; Salem; MESDA: May, 1980. Also contains "Andrew and Robert McKim, Windsor Chair Makers" by Giles Cromwell and "The Mount Sheppherd Pottery" by L. McKay Whately. Softcover. 6"x9", pp.58-73 (article); 74 pages (total), b/w illustrations.

Belknap, Henry W. Artists and Craftsmen of Essex County, Massachusetts. Salem; The Essex Institute: 1927. One of the first studies to gather together period newspaper notices, advertisements and other data on cabinetmakers, carvers, turners, glass makers, silversmiths, potters, engravers, paper cutters, silhouette artists, etc. Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", 127 pages, b/w illustrations.

Belknap, Henry W. Trades and Tradesmen of Essex County, Massachusetts, Chiefly of the Seventeenth Century. Salem; The Essex Institute: 1929. One of the pioneering studies of Colonial-era crafts and tradesmen. Includes bakers, blacksmiths, carpenters, curriers, a hatter, locksmith, paver, and many more. Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", 96 pages, plus 12 b/w illustrations.

Belknap, Henry Wyckof. Furniture Exported by Cabinet Makers of Salem. With Special Reference to the Sandersons. [contained in] The Essex Institute Historical Collections: October, 1949. An article based on Belknap's notes, making use of original documents. Mainly concerned with the Sandersons. Semowich 552. Softcover. 6.5"x9.5", pp. 335-359 (article); b/w illustrations.

Bemrose, William Jr. Manual of Buhl-Work and Marquetry with practical instructions for learners, and ninety colored designs. London; Bemrose and Sons:nd (1872). One of the most beautiful and stunning Victorian instructional books, with 12 chromolithographed plates of great beauty. These plates illustrate a variety of fancy Victorian designs, incorporating geometrics, scrolls, animals, flowers, and many other motifs. 9"x11", 36 pages of text with b&w illustrations, chromolithographed title page plus 12 chromolithographed plates, 3 of them double-page plates, and one lithographed plate.

Bemrose, William. Jr. Manual of Wood Carving with Practical Instructions for learners of the art, and original and selected designs. London; Bemrose & Sons: nd (ca. 1900). 17th edition. An engaging Victorian manual illustrating fancy carved furniture in Victorian revivalist styles. There are plates of woodworking tools, mouldings, and design details. It also includes directions for setting up to carve these ornate designs. Hardcover. 7"x9.5", 49 pages, 14 lithographed plates.

Benes, Peter (ed.). The Bay and the River: 1600-1900. Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife, Annual Proceedings, 1981. Boston University: 1982. Includes articles on regionalism in 17th century New England joinery by Trent; Concord case furniture by Kaye; Jedediah and Jabez Baldwin (1790-1820), clockmakers by Zea, and more. Softcover. 6"x9", 144 pages, b/w illustrations.

Benes, Peter. Two Towns, Concord & Wethersfield. A Comparative Exhibition of Regional Culture, 1635-1850. Volume 1: Catalogue of the Exhibition. Concord Antiquarian Museum: 1982. The only volume published. An interesting exhibition of furniture, metalware, lighting devices, textiles, and a variety of everyday utilitarian objects. Softcover. 8.5"x10.5", 176 pages, b/w and color illustrations.

[Benkard / Powell Collections] American Furniture including Historic Heirlooms... New York; American Art Association: February 21st, 1931. Sale 3890. Property from the collections of Col. Philip Benkard, William R. Powell, G.W.F. Blanchfield, Elisha W. McGuire, and the Comtesse d'Hautpoul. An auction with some very fine early American furniture. The heirlooms include fine furniture that belonged to Jonathan Trumbull. Softcover. 7.25"x10.5", 76 pages, 243 lots, b/w illustrations.

[Besancon] Ordonnances Reglemens et Statuts des Arts et Metiers de la Cite Royale de Besancon. Besancon; Louis Rigoine: 1689. A good source of information on trade regulations and practices in 17th century France. This compilation of rules, regulations and laws concerning the crafts and trades was published in the important eastern city of Besancon in 1689, just 11 years after it had formally been ceded to France as part of the peace of Nijmwegen. The first section includes general information and regulations, followed by sections for masons, carpenters, roofers, launderers, metalsmiths, farriers, pavers, gold & silversmiths, pewterers, cabinetmakers, hatmakers, tailors, shoemakers, weavers, tanners, saddlers, harness-makers, apothecaries, surgeons, bakers & pastry makers, and butchers. Each section runs five or six pages and touches on the details of apprenticeships, trade regulations, succession at the death of the master, and other nuts and bolts aspects of the trades and professions in a 17th century French city. A valuable source of information. Subsequent editions were published in 1698 and 1784. None are common; OCLC locates only 4 copies of this edition. Hardcover. 7"x10", 146 pages, [2] leaves, woodcut device on the title page, woodcut head and tailpieces and initial letters.

Beurdeley, Michel. Chinese Furniture. Toyko: Kodansha International, 1979. 10"x11", 199 pages, 237 color & b&w illus, dj.

Biddle, James. American Art from American Collections. Decorative Arts, Paintings and Prints of the Colonial and Federal Periods, from Private Collections, in an Exhibition Sponsored by The Friends of the American Wing. New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1963. Deluxe edition, limited to 455 copies. The catalog to the first large loan exhibition of American arts staged by the Met since the flurry of activity surrounding the Girl Scout Loan Exhibition in 1929, the New York State furniture exhibition of 1934 and the Greek Revival exhibition of 1943. This exhibition was predominately devoted to furniture, with a good amount of silver as well as selections of prints, paintings, miniatures, glass and textiles. Hardcover. 8"x10.5", 114 pages, b/w illustrations; the Deluxe edition, bound in full dark blue leather with gilt titles.

Biddle, James. American Art from American Collections. Decorative Arts, Paintings and Prints of the Colonial and Federal Periods, from Private Collections, in an Exhibition Sponsored by The Friends of the American Wing. New York; Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1963. The catalog to the first large loan exhibition of American arts staged by the Met since the flurry of activity surrounding the Girl Scout Loan Exhibition in 1929, the New York State furniture exhibition of 1934 and the Greek Revival exhibition of 1943. This exhibition was predominately devoted to furniture, with a good amount of silver as well as selections of prints, paintings, miniatures, glass and textiles. Hardcover. 8"x10.5", 114 pages, b/w illustrations.

Bielefeld, Charles Frederick. On the Use of the Improved Papier Mache in Furniture, in the Interior Decoration of Buildings, and in Works of Art. London; Bielefeld Papier Mache Works:nd (1842). The title consists of an account of the improvements Bielefeld has made in papier mache, some press notices of their work, followed by their 1840 catalog- "Ornaments in Every Style of Design, practically applicable to the decoration of the Interior of Domestic and Public Buildings and intended for the assistance of the architect, builder, upholsterer, and decorator; Manufactured in the Improved Papier Mache, by Charles F. Bielefeld, Modeller...". The perfection of cheap, mass-produced papier-mache ornaments to replace costlier and more fragile plaster ornaments was a great boon to 19th century manufacturers and decorators, who were making ornamented furniture, paneling and rooms available to the middle class for the first time. The expanding popularity of Gothic, Renaissance, Elizabethan, and other Revivalist styles was to some extent aided by the availability of these easily-produced, sturdy and relatively cheap ornamental elements. The Bielefeld firm was an important manufacturer and designer in this field, and pioneered some of the new processes and formulas which made mass-production of papier mache ornaments possible. DeVoe ("English Papier Mache of the Georgian and Victorian Periods") notes that Bielefeld "introduced paper panels that measured six feet by eight feet and were one-half inch thickness...Perhaps Bielefeld's most interesting product was a village of ten pre-fabricated houses, including a nine-room villa..." Bielefeld's catalog includes many different types of scrollwork and other architectural ornaments in many Revivalist styles, although Gothic seems to predominate. There are also several pieces of furniture and many plates of entire walls, ceilings, rooms and even a few halls decorated with Bielsfeld papier-mache ornaments. 11.5"x14.5", with an engraved frontispiece of the interior of the Pantheon in London, decorated with papier-mache ornaments, + title page + 11 pages; 2 pages of press notices; title page + 125 lithographed plates.

[Bigelow Collection] The Francis Hill Bigelow Collection of Early American Furniture, together with Rare Early American and English Silver, property of several owners... New York; American Art Association: February 8th, 1936. Sale 4232. The very fine collection of one of the foremost American collectors of the early 20th century. Softcover. 7.5"x10.5", 95 pages, 252 lots, b/w illustrations.

[Bigelow Collection] Original Photographic Illustrations for (the) Catalogue prepared by the Anderson Galleries, New York, for the sale January 17, 1924 of the "Colonial Furniture -the Superb Collection of Mr. Francis Hill Bigelow of Cambridge, Mass. Part I". New York; Anderson Galleries: 1924. An exceptional scrapbook of original photographs taken for the auction of furniture from the Bigelow Collection. The title of this item is taken from the penned note on the first page. Francis Hill Bigelow was one of the foremost collectors of American colonial silver and furniture of his era, and a founding member of the Walpole Society. His book "Historic Silver of the Colonies and Its Makers" remained a cornerstone work for decades. Hardcover, ribbon-tied scrapbook. 10"x12.5", penned title page plus 47 leaves with 85 b/w prints mounted and several loose prints. Very few are identified in any way.

Binghampton Chair Co. Barnegat Cedar Summer Furniture. Suitable for the Porch, Lawn, Club and Cottage. Binghampton:nd (1920s?). A charming little trade catalog of cedar "rustic" furniture. 3.5"x6.5", 15 pages, line illustrations, softcover.

Bird, Anthony. Early Victorian Furniture. London; Hamish Hamilton: 1964. An engaging essay on the "graces and disgraces of furniture made between the Queen's accession and her Consort's death". In other words, before things got completely out of hand. Hardcover. 8.5"x8", 63 pages, b/w and line illustrations; dj.

Birdwood, George C.M. The Industrial Arts of India. Covent Garden; Chapman and Hall:1880. New edition. A wide-ranging study, based on the collections at the South Kensington (later the V&A) Museum. It includes a detailed survey of the various gods and deities of India, and handwork in silver, gold, brass, copper, tin, enamels, jewelry, arms, furniture, musical instruments, lace, needlework and fabrics, and pottery. The section on furniture is especially extensive and detailed. This single-volume edition should not be compared with the smaller, green cloth "cheap edition" handbooks which were issued in 2 volumes, for although the text is the same this is, physically, a far superior edition. 6"x9", xvi + 344 pages with 37 line illustrations in the text plus 91 b&w and line-illustrated plates and a folding map.

Bishop, Robert. Centuries and Styles of The American Chair, 1640-1970. New York; E.P. Dutton: 1972. The most massive and heavily illustrated survey of the development and history of American seating furniture. Robert Bishop authored several books on American antiques and was Curator of Furniture at the Henry Ford Museum. "This work is most valuable for its numerous illustrations drawn from many different collections" (Ames). Hardcover. 9"x11", 526 pages, 923 b/w illustrations, dj.

Bishop, Robert. Guide to American Antique Furniture. New York; Galahad Books:1973. 7"x10", 224 pages, b&w and color illustrations.

Bissell, Charles S. Antique Furniture in Suffield, Connecticut, 1670-1835. Connecticut Historical Society & Suffield Historical Society: 1956. Edition limited to 750 copies. Located on the Connecticut River north of Hartford, the town of Suffield was founded in 1670 and became the home of many well-to-do farmers and merchants in the 18th century. Such communities tended to attract artisans to serve the needs of the wealthy landowners, and these artisans included many joiners/cabinetmakers. Bissell discusses the works of 72 Suffield-area cabinetmakers, and gives some biographical details. He also includes excerpts from cabinetmaker John Fitch Parsons' account book. Not a scholarly study of the type we see published today, but a valiant mid-century attempt at it by an author who loved his antiquarian subject. You can feel his pain as he discusses the intact 18th century house, with furnishings, that was broken up and sold by the piece because nobody could afford $2500 for it... Semowich 800. Hardcover. 7.5"x11", 128 pages, 60 b/w plates; light wear; red, black & cream patterned boards, in the original glassine wrapper.

Bitmead, Richard. French Polishing and Enamelling. A Practical Work of Instruction... London; The Technical Press: 1947. 13th printing. "Including numerous recipes for making polishes, varnishes, glaze-lacquers, revivers, etc.", and with additional information on imitating various woods using stains, "American" polishing processes, and all sorts of odd and eccentric stuff. And you thought a "French Polish" was... oh, never mind. Hardcover. 5.5"x7.5", 111 pages.

Bittker Gallery. A 400 Year Retrospective of the Chinese Chair commencing with the Ming Dynasty... Birmingham (MI); D & J Bittker Gallery: 1987. A very nicely illustrated dealer catalog. Softcover. 7"x9.5", 28 pages plus 8 color plates.

Bivins, John Jr. & Paula Welshimer. Moravian Decorative Arts in North Carolina. An Introduction to the Old Salem Collection. Winston-Salem; Old Salem Incorporated: 1981. A good, well illustrated survey of furniture, pottery, textiles, metalwork and prints & paintings. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 111 pages, b/w and several color illustrations.

Bivins, John Jr. The Furniture of Coastal North Carolina, 1700-1820. Winston-Salem; MESDA & University of North Carolina Press: 1988. A magnum opus by a well-known scholar of the arts of the South. Bivins spends the first hundred pages outlining the context the furniture was created in -towns and transport, commerce and society and the cabinet trade of the time. He then discusses the furniture itself, by locality and period- The Albemarle- early styles and the Chowan River Basin; The Albemarle -Roanoke River Basin; and the Pamlico and Cape Fear. The appendices provide lists of North Carolina cabinetmakers, and the locations of artisans and cabinetmakers. A large, long, sturdy scholarly study. Hardcover. 9"x11.5", 561 pages, color frontispiece and hundreds of b/w illustrations, dj.

Bivins, John Jr., & Paula Welshimer. Moravian Decorative Arts in North Carolina. An introduction to the Old Salem Collection. Winston-Salem; Old Salem, Incorporated: 1981. 1st edition. This study includes furniture, silver, metalwares, textiles, paintings, folk art and pottery. The Old Salem Collection includes the collection of the Wachovia Historical Society. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 111 pages, b/w and some color illustrations.

Bivins, John and Forsyth Alexander. The Regional Arts of the Early South. A Sampling from the Collection of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. Winston-Salem; MESDA: 1991. A selection of furniture, ceramics, silver, paintings and other decorative arts, drawn from the Museum's collection of Maryland, Virginia, Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky and Tennessee arts made before 1821. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 170 pages, color and b/w illustrations.

Bivins, John. Jr. Wilmington Furniture 1720-1860. Wilmington; St. John's Museum of Art: 1989. An extremely fine loan exhibition catalog with background, technical and stylistic discussion of the pieces, detail shots, etc. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 109 pages, many b/w illustrations.

Blackburn, Roderic H. Cherry Hill. The History and Collections of a Van Rensselaer Family. Historic Cherry Hill: 1976. A catalog of furniture, metals, ceramics, textiles, paintings and prints.Softcover. 8.5"x10.5", 176 pages, packed with b/w illustrations.

Blackburn, Roderic H. & Ruth Piwonka. Remembrance of Patria. Dutch Arts and Culture in Colonial America 1609-1776. Albany Institute of History and Art: 1988. Although England took control of New Netherland in 1640, many aspects of Dutch culture persisted in New York until the Revolutionary War. This exhibition examines this phenomena and the silver, furniture, textiles, portraits, drawings, ceramics and other objects which illustrate the "Remembrance of Patria". Hardcover. 9"x11.5", 318 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj.

Blackie & Son. The Cabinetmaker's Assistant -A Series of Original Designs for Modern Furniture, with Descriptions and Details of Construction. Glasgow:1853. "Blackie" is one of the more important design catalogs which illustrated and encouraged the revival form in Victorian furniture and other decorative arts. A number of the designs illustrated here were featured at the 1851 Crystal Palace Exhibition. 11"x15", lxxx + 123 pages, plus 101 engraved plates.

Blades, Margaret Bleeker. Two Hundred Years of Chairs and Chairmaking. West Chester; Chester County Historical Society: 1988. An Exhibition of Chairs from the Chester County Historical Society. Edited by Ann Barton Brown. Softcover. 11"x8.5", 31 pages, b/w illustrations.

Blagrove, George H. Marble Decoration and terminology of British and foreign marbles. A handbook for students. London; Crosby Lockwood and Son: 1888. A study of mosaic and other stonework in marble, color schemes for marble, care and cleaning of marble, and the use of marble in architecture. This uncommon study also includes a complete glossary of marble types which runs over 60 pages. Hardcover. 5.5"x7.5", 122 pages, 28 line illustrations. Plus a 32 page and a 16 page catalog of other titles.

Bloemink, Barbara, et al. The Sphinx and the Lotus: The Egyptian Movement in American Decorative Arts 1865-1935. Yonkers; The Hudson River Museum: 1990. A well-illustrated catalog, with essays by Kevin Stayton, Bernadette M. Sigler, and Liese Hilgeman. The loan exhibition featured material from a number of private and public collections and includes graphics, furniture, silver, interiors, glass, pottery, and other materials. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 55 pages, many b/w illustrations.

Blouin, Francis X. & Thomas E. Powers. A Furniture Family: The Slighs of Michigan. Ann Arbor; Michigan Historical Collections, Bulletin No. 2; May, 1980. The story of a Michigan furniture manufactory, from its beginnings in 1880 to the 1950s. Based on archival material donated to the University of Michigan. Softcover. 6"x9", 26 pages, b/w illustrations; annotated.

Bly, John. The Confident Collector. How to Recognize an Authentic Antique. New York; Prentice Hall Press: 1986. "Completely fake antiques are few, but items that are not quite genuine abound. There are copies, adaptations and dubious restorations; labels that do not always tell the truth, marriages of commercial convenience...'The Confident Collector explains in fascinating detail exactly how the experts judge authenticity and illustrates through hundreds of examples the tricks, old and new, that can deceive collectors". Chapters on American silver by Brand Inglis, English silver by Peter Waldron, Sheffield Plate by Eric Smith, base metals by Peter Hornsby, Glass by Charles Hajdamach, American furniture by Donald Sack, Continental furniture by Christopher Payne, English furniture by John Bly, ceramics by Gordon Lang, and also decoys, clocks, netsuke, quilts, scientific instruments, scrimshaw, and toys. Hardcover. 7"x10.5", 224 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj.

Bly, John. Discovering English Furniture. Aylesbury; Shire Publications: 1981. A compilation of several of his earlier books; a very handy, jam-packed one-stop guide to antique English furniture in really small type. Softcover. 4.5"x7", 199 pages, b/w and line illustrations.

Bode, Wilhelm von & Hermann Voss. Katalog der Ausstellung Antike Rahmen im Kunstlerhaus, Berlin 23 Mai - 6 June, 1929. Paris; Rotil - Berlin; Pygmalion: 1929. A scarce (if diminutive) catalog of an exhibition of 15th-18th century European frames. There is an extensive introduction (in German; but hey, a picture is worth a thousand words...). Softcover. 5.75"x8", 112 pages, 32 b/w plates illustrating 74 frames.

[Bolles / Smith / Cromwell Collections] Fine Early American Furniture, Including a Small Group Formerly In the Collection of Judge Eugene Bolles, sold by order of the present owner, L. Denis Peterkin; Property of Mrs. J.T. Smith; Also property belonging to the estate of Hermine Cromwell. New York; Parke-Bernet Galleries: April 30th, 1938. Sale 35. Includes 7 outstanding pieces from the collection of Judge Bolles, a founding member of the Walpole Society. Softcover. 6.5"x9.5", 53 pages, 218 lots, b/w illustrations.

Bonaffe, Edmond. Le Meuble en France au XVIe Siecle. Paris; J. Rouam, editeur:1887. A study of formal furniture in 16th century France. Bonafee discusses his subject both by region and by type of furniture. 9"x12.5", 286 pages, many line illustrations.

[Bonniere Collection] Fine XVIII Century French Furniture, Examples of the Louis XV and Louis XVI Periods by Parisian Ebenistes almost entirely from the collection of M. de Bonniere, Paris and Versailles, France... New York; Parke-Bernet Galleries: March 9th, 1940. Sale 180. Softcover. 7"x10", 58 pages, 206 lots, b/w illustrations.

Boots, Edmund R. Rocking Chairs by Ben Franklin. They Soothed a Century. Edmund R. Boots: 1940. A curious short essay on the benefits of rocking chairs to the health and psyche. Boots blames interior decorators for banishing rocking chairs from American homes, much to Americans' detriment. Boots approaches his topic much as Bernard DeVoto might have. Hardcover. 5.5"x7.5", 30 pages plus 9 b/w illustrations.

[Boscobel] Fine English, Continental and American Furniture and Decorations, Rugs and Carpets, Property from the Collection of Boscobel Restoration, Inc. New York; Sotheby Parke Bernet: January 22nd, 1977. Boscobel, one of America's outstanding examples of Federal architecture, was moved and restored in the 1960s, with the type of English, American and Continental furniture and accessories which would have been appropriate to it during the Federal period. When an 1806 inventory of the house was discovered, all the furnishings and decorations were jettisoned in favor of a more keenly authentic restoration, and the suddenly "surplus" antiques were sold at this auction. Softcover. 8.5"x9", 176 lots, 41 pages, 176 lots, b/w illustrations.

[Bowie Collection] The Very Important Collection of Early American and Colonial Furniture and other Rare and Beautiful Contemporary Objects belonging to Mrs. William D. Bowie, of Baltimore. New York; American Art Association: January 17th-20th, 1921. A fine early collection of American furniture. The Bowies had been high-rollers in Maryland history for several centuries, and part of this collection was inherited, part assembled. Horace Townsend writes a ringing introduction to the catalog. Softcover. 7"x10", 754 lots, b/w illustrations.

Bowman, John S. American Furniture. New York; Crescent Books: 1995. Reprint edition. A well illustrated survey of American furniture from Pilgrim days through Uptown New York 1950s. With more than 250 color and b/w illustrations. Hardcover. 9"x11.5", 192 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj.

Bradford, Peter & Barbara Prete (ed.). Chair. The current state of the art, with the who, the why, and the what of it. New York; Thomas Y. Crowell:1978. A very '70s study of chair design, designers, form, functionality, and style. 9.5"x12", 138 pages, b&w illustrations.

Brainard, Newton C. Connecticut Chairs in the Collection of The Connecticut Historical Society. Hartford: 1956. An interesting catalog not only because of the wide variety of Connecticut chairs it illustrates, but also because of the frank and at times brutal commentary. No punches are pulled here, and there is little room accorded for speculation. Hardcover. 7"x9.5", 67 pages, each chair illustrated with a b&w plate.

Brainard, Newton C. George Dudley Seymour's Furniture Collection in the Connecticut Historical Society. Hartford; Connecticut Historical Society: 1958. What makes this catalog especially interesting is the inclusion of comments about each piece from Seymour's carefully kept and sometimes caustically honest notebook. Hardcover. 7"x9.5", 141 pages, b/w illustrations.

Brainard, Newton C. & Houghton Bulkeley & Phyllis Kihn. Connecticut Cabinetmakers. [in the] Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin, October, 1967 & January, 1968. An important research project which identified more than 350 cabinetmakers working before 1820. Semowich 804. Softcover. 2 vols. 6"x9", 48 + 40 pages, b/w illustrations.

Brawer, Nicholas A. Britain's Portable Empire. Campaign Furniture of the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian Periods. Katonah Museum of Art: 2001. One comes away from this exhibition catalog with two firmly fixed ideas- the English, even when in the wilds of the furthest corners of the Earth, liked to be comfortable, and they were ingenious in the ways they managed to do it. Here are chairs, desks, beds, and other furniture that come apart and fold up small enough to, if not fit in your pocket, at least fit in two pockets... Softcover. 10.5"x7", 36 pages, color and b/w illustrations.

Brazer, Clarence W. Early Pennsylvania Craftsmen, Thomas Tufft, Joyner. [contained in] The Magazine Antiques. March, 1928. "A scholarly article -contains contemporary sources" (Semowich). Semowich 719.

Brazer, Esther S. Early American Decoration. A Comprehensive Treatise Revealing the technique involved in the art of early American decoration of furniture, walls, tinware, etc. Springfield; Pond-Eckberg Company: 1950. 3rd printing. Esther Brazer was one of the most influential writers on the subject of tinware decoration of the past fifty years. Her interests lay both in antique and new specimens, and she spends as much time discussing techniques as she does antiques. This classic study covers all aspects of tinware decoration, as well as furniture painting, antique japanning, Colonial woodwork and Colonial wall decorations. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 265 pages, profusely illustrated in b/w and color, dj.

Bridenbaugh, Carl. The Colonial Craftsman. New York University Press: 1950. Although it has been noted that Bridenbaugh tends to idealize the colonial-era craftsman and is sometimes overly-sweeping in his conclusions, this remains an interesting and important study of the artisan and his place in colonial society. Chapters comprise: The Craftsman of the Rural South; The Village Craftsman of the Rural North; The Urban Craftsman; The Craftsman at Work; The Craftsman as a Citizen. The text is fully annotated. Hardcover. 6"x9", 214 pages, 17 b/w illustrations.

Brooke, Iris. Four Walls Adorned. Interior Decoration 1485-1820. London; Methuen & Co. Ltd.: 1952. A much better book than it appears. Brooke breaks her study down into six periods- Early and Late Tudor, Early and Late Stuart, Early Georgian and George III, and proceeds to discuss the major innovations, styles and decorations of each as they apply to woodwork, windows, mantels, and other built-in decor. She suggests that going into the subject too "solidly" will give "mental indigestion", and proceeds to skip along as she might when writing one of her many fashion books, while managing to make all the points that need to be made. A useful and entertaining study. Hardcover. 7.5"x10", 120 pages, many line illustrations and 8 color plates.

Brosio, Valentino. Mobili Italiani dell' Ottocento. Milano; Antonio Vallardi Editore: 1968. A handsomely produced pictorial survey of Italian 18th century furniture.Examples are drawn from numerous private and public collections. Bibliography. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 157 pages, loaded with b/w and some color illustrations, dj.

Brown, Margaret W. The Story of the Declaration of Independence Desk and How it Came to the National Museum. Washington; Smithsonian Institution:1954. An offprint from the Smithsonian Report. The history and description of Thomas Jefferson's portable writing desk (sort of the 18th century version of an IBM laptop). 6"x9", 8 pages plus 5 b&w plates, softcover.

Brown, Michael Kevin. Duncan Phyfe. Michael Kevin Brown: 1978 / Ann Arbor; UMI Reprints: 2005. A dissertation submitted to the University of Delaware Winterthur Program. Although Phyfe was one of the first cabinetmakers whose work became popular with antique collectors, and has been one of the most written-about American furniture makers, there had been no real new material published since Nancy McClelland's landmark 1939 study which was not based on McClelland's work. Brown reevaluated what was thought to be known about Phyfe, reexamining manuscript materials and period records to produce this study of the organization and operation of Phyfe's workshop. Semowich 464. Hardcover. 6.5"x8.5", 86 pages; 1 poor b/w reproduction of a b/w illustration; a reprint from the original microfilm.

Brown, Richard. The Rudiments of Drawing Cabinet and Upholstery Furniture: comprehending Concise and Explicit Instructions for designing and delineating the different articles of those branches Perspectively and Geometrically; thereby producing the effect each piece will have when executed, and also shewing by a scale the real measures for the workmen. Illustrated by Appropriate Diagrams, and Designs Porportioned upon Architectural Principles, After the Manner of the Antique, on Twenty-five Plates, each accompanied with classical remarks. London; printed for the author:1820.
            The scarce first edition (later editions in 1822 and 1835; Joy, in his 'Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design', misses the 1820 edition completely). This is one of the most singular and outspoken cabinetmaking books of the 19th century, and also incidentally the first devoted in large part to the new Greek Revival style in furniture. Brown believed, like others, that true taste could be learned from earlier cultures. He tolerated the Egyptians (whose designs were "more to be admired for their sublimity than true elegance"), despised the Romans ("pompous...covered every part of their works with ornaments in wanton profusion...and render their productions one indistinguishable mass") and admired the Greeks above all others, "who have displayed a taste hitherto unequaled, and that fills the enlightened world with admiration." He introduced several elements which were to become Victorian mainstays, among them the rounded form which became so popular later in the century (Joy).
            An architect and designer in London, Brown was moved to write, like many others both before and since, by a dissatisfaction with what had come before. He neatly dispatches both Chippendale and Sheraton in a single sentence, criticizing their "trivial compositions...taken from the models of the French school of about the middle of the last century" and neatly dispatches Chippendale by commenting that of the two Sheraton "is the only one worthy of notice." He has no use, however, for Sheraton's attempts at delineating a system of geometry for cabinetmakers, noting his 'entangling vanishing points, and crossing the diagrams in a confused and cobweb-like manner..." (he would not be the first, or last, to find fault with Sheraton's geometry). It was on the matter of ornament, however, that Brown truly reached his stride. He laid down the law, stating "All ornaments introduced into furniture should be rich, graceful and consistent, and not of the vulgar kind: the honeysuckle is graceful, the sun-flower vulgar, although we frequently see it introduced, with dolphins, shells, and other incongruous appendages, on the poles of window curtainssss He further advises against use of "serpents and other obnoxious reptiles, to which we have a natural antipathy." His imagination was unlimited (Joy terms it whimsical, approaching absurd): a dressing table should have decorations of plants which produce perfume; sofas need decoration denoting comfort, for instance couch flower and heartsease; for a table for playing cards "perhaps the mask of Comus, the gold of festivals and mirth, will be found to accord." Since Brown comments on a wide variety of tables as well as chests, bookcases, seats, sofas, beds and other pieces, and also several room designs; the pieces are interesting, often very dramatic, and the hand coloring is exquisite. Needless to say, the perspective is perfect. 9"x11.5", xii + 52 pages, plus 25 plates, 16 of which are hand-colored.

Brown, Walter R. The Stuart Legacy. English Art 1603-1714. Birmingham Museum of Art: 1991. A loan exhibition exploring the unprecedented flourishing of the arts in England which took place under the Stuart kings. During this hundred years period English craftsmen, architects and painters gradually shook off European influences and developed striking new and vibrant English styles. This exhibition features furniture, silver, metalwares, ceramics, glass, textiles, and architecture. Softcover. 8.5x11, 176 pages, color and b/w illustrations.

Bulkeley, Houghton. The "Aaron Roberts" Attributions. [in the] Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin, July, 1963. In the 1935 Connecticut Furniture Exhibition catalog, Luke Vincent Lockwood had attributed several pieces to a cabinetmaker named Aaron Roberts, and since then many more pieces had been attributed to him, based only upon several stylistic quirks. Then Houghton Bulkeley began to wonder... Softcover, 6"x9", 14 pages (article), b/w illustrations.

Bulkeley, Houghton. Contributions to Connecticut Cabinetmaking. Hartford; Connecticut Historical Society: 1967. As his friend Frederick K. Barbour writes in the Foreword to this memorial anthology- "In the matter of antique furniture, the average mind likes order, and one is prone to assign dates and localities and attributions of authorship with a precise degree of exactitude. Houghton's reaction to shibboleth was, 'Yes, but is it true?'" This volume reprints all of Bulkeley's articles which had been published in the Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin between 1957 and 1966. Semowich 806. Hardcover. 7"x10", 97 pages, b/w illustrations.

Burdett Chair Mfg. Co. Porch Chairs and Rockers. Keene:nd (1920s). A handsome little catalog, with each chair illustrated one-per-page; these are the sorts of chairs that Calvin Coolidge and all those other old New Englanders sat in on their front porches. 6"x9", 23 pages, b&w illustrations, softcover.

Burke, Doreen B., et al. In Pursuit of Beauty. Americans and the Aesthetic Movement. New York; Rizzoli & The Metropolitan Museum of Art:1987. The massive, scholarly and profusely illustrated catalog of this major exhibition. There are essays touching on a wide variety of subjects by a number of scholars, and a biographical dictionary of leading Aesthetic Movement figures and companies by Katherine Voorsanger. 10"x12.5", 511 pages, profusely illustrated in color and b&w, softcover.

Burr, Grace H. Hispanic Furniture from the Fifteenth through the Eighteenth Century. New York: The Archive Press, 1964. 2nd revised edition. 9"x12", 231 pages, 202 b&w illutrations, dj.

Burroughs, Paul H. Southern Antiques. New York; Bonanza Books: nd (1960s). Originally published in 1931, this pioneering work is still interesting as a collection of photographs of fine southern furniture. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 191 pages plus b/w plates illustrating 118 pieces; 15 line drawings; dj.

Burt Bros. (furniture company) September, 1894 catalog. Philadelphia:1894. A catalog of oak sideboards and bedroom sets; there are also two commode chairs and a pair of side tables. The styles are what I think of as classic golden oak, with scrolls and applied decorations, but not overly-fancy. 12"x7", 24 pages, line illustrations, softcover.

Burton, E. Milby. Charleston Furniture 1700-1825. Charleston; The Charleston Museum: 1953.  "This pioneering book is a landmark in the study of Southern furniture. Burton... examines local products and craftsmen thoroughly, including brief sections on woods, prices of furniture, forms, sources of furniture and other general topics... much space is given over to biographies of local craftsmen. The numerous illustrations provide an unsurpassed survey of high-style Charleston furniture from many different collections" (Ames & Ward). Semowich 1184. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 150 pages, 149 b/w illustrations.

Burton, E. Milby. Thomas Elfe. Charleston Cabinet-maker. Charleston Museum: 1970. 2nd prtg. A short study of this noted 18th century Charleston cabinetmaker, based in large part on period records. Burton was the Director of the Charleston Museum and author of the classic study "Charleston Furniture". Semowich 173. Softcover. 6"x9", 34 pages, b/w and line illustrations.

Busch, Jason T. "Such A Paradise Can Be Made On Earth". Furniture Patronage and Consumption in Antebellum Natchez, Mississippi 1828-1863. Jason T. Busch: 1998 / Ann Arbor; UMI Reprints: 2004. A dissertation submitted to the University of Delaware Winterthur Program. A study of the "patronage and consumption" of fine furniture by the cotton planters and other wealthy citizens of Natchez in the antebellum era. Hardcover. 6.5"x8.5", 264 pages; very poor b/w reproductions of photographs; a reprint from the original microfilm.

Butler, Joseph. Sleepy Hollow Restorations. A Cross-Section of the Collection. Tarrytown; Sleepy Hollow Press: 1983. A well illustrated and written survey of the 18th and 19th century paintings, furniture, ceramics, glass, silver, textiles and other furnishings and decorations. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 310 pages, b/w and color illustrations, dj.

Byne, Arthur & Mildred Stapley. Spanish Interiors and Furniture. New York; Dover: 1969. A facsimile of the original 1921-25 3-volume set. A magnificent collection of photos of furniture and interiors, a collaborative effort between photographer Arthur Byne and historian-artist Mildred Stapley. Softcover. 8.5"x12", xxii pages + 300 b/w plates.

Byrn, M. Lafayette. The Artist and Tradesmen's Companion... Philadelphia; J.B. Lippincott & Co.:1866. A very informative guide to varnishing, glazing, japanning, marbling, house and carriage painting, etc. 4.75"x7", 214 pages, b&w frontispiece.

Caldwell, Desiree. Germanic Influences on Philadelphia Early Georgian Seating Furniture. University of Delaware-Winterthur Program: 1985/Ann Arbor; UMI Reprints. A thesis on the Germanic influences found in Queen Anne Philadelphia seating furniture. Before his death, Benno Forman was the original faculty advisor for this thesis. Comb-bound. 8.5"x11", 162 pages, poor b/w illustrations; bibliography. A reprint from microfilm, with consequent degradation of b/w photos.

Callmann, Ellen. Beyond Nobility. Art for the Private Citizen in the Early Renaissance. Allentown Art Museum: 1981. Ceramics, ivories, silver, furniture, metals, textiles and other arts illustrated and described in this exhibition which was designed top show that not all the fine crafts of the period were ecclesiastical. Softcover. 8.5x11, 126 pages, several color and many b/w illustrations.

Campin, Francis. The Practice of Hand-Turning in Wood, Ivory, Shell, Etc. London; E. & F.N. Spon: 1868. 2nd ed. "With instructions for turning such works in metal as may be required in the practice of turning in wood, ivory, etc., also an appendix on ornamental turning. A book for beginners". It may say it's for beginners, but there is a wealth of hard-core technical detail here about tools, techniques, materials, and more. Hardcover. 5"x7.5", vii + 304 pages, 99 b/w figures in the text.

Cantor, Jay E. Winterthur. The Foremost Museum of American Furniture and Decorative Arts. New York; Harry N. Abrams: 1985. First edition. A marvelous illustrated romp through this preeminent Americana collection. Hardcover. 9.5"x12", 240 pages, loaded with color and b/w illustrations, dj.

Carpenter, Charles & Mary Grace. The Decorative Arts and Crafts of Nantucket. New York; Dodd, Mead & Co.: 1987. First edition. A beautifully produced study of the arts and crafts of this legendary whaling and seaport community. Scrimshaw, basketry, glass, silver, ceramics, furniture, textiles, weathervanes and mariners' tools are all illustrated and described here. The Carpenters also discuss the exotic objects brought back to Nantucket by her world-traveling mariners, from intricately-carved Chinese boxes to dramatic Samoan war clubs. A delightful book, well illustrated and enthusiastically written. Hardcover. 8.5"x10", 257 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj.

Carpenter, Ralph E. The Arts & Crafts of Newport, Rhode Island 1640-1820. Preservation Society of Newport: 1954. The most important reference on Newport furniture and silver, this study was published to document the 1953 loan exhibition at the Nichols-Wanton-Hunter House which drew heavily on a number of private collections. The text describes the 1953 exhibition, includes an essay on "The Newport Cabinet and Chair Makers", along with biographical details on a number of them and a list of identified Newport cabinetmakers; biographical notes on identified Newport silversmiths; and of course, the descriptions of the pieces themselves. There are 79 pieces of furniture, and 26 pieces of 18th century silver by 15 silversmiths. The catalog also includes paintings by artists who spent some time in Newport, including Smibert, Feke, Stuart, Allston, Blackburn and others. A cornerstone reference. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 271 pages, numerous b/w illustrations.

Carpenter, Ralph E. The Arts & Crafts of Newport, Rhode Island 1640-1820. Preservation Society of Newport:1954. Deluxe edition of 125 specially-bound, numbered copies; signed. The most important reference on Newport furniture and silver, this study was published to document a loan exhibition which drew heavily on a number of private collections. There are 26 pieces of 18th century silver by 15 silversmiths; silversmith biographies are included. 8.5"x11", 218 pages, numerous b&w illustrations. Bound in marbled boards with a leather spine, gilt title and raised bands, marbled endpapers, slipcased. .

The Carpenters' Company. The Rules of Work of the Carpenters' Company... Phildelphia: 1786. Reprint: Princeton: 1971 sftcvr.

Carroll, Charles Francis. The Forest Civilization of New England: Timber, Trade, and Society in the Age of Wood: 1600-1688. Brown University: 1970 / University Microfilms. A doctoral dissertation. Microfilm reprint. Softcover. 7.5"x8.5", 645 pages, several poor b/w illustrations and maps.

Carrott, Richard G. The Egyptian Revival. Its Sources, Monuments and Meaning. (1808-1858). Yale University: 1961 / University Microfilms. A doctoral dissertation at Yale. Microfilm reprint. Softcover. 5.5"x8", 215 pages; a fine copy. The illustrations accompanying the dissertation were not authorized for reproduction by the Yale University Library, and therefore could not be published here.

Carson, Marian S. Henry Connelly and Ephraim Haines, Philadelphia Furniture Makers (in the) Philadelphia Museum Bulletin, Spring, 1953. 6.5"x9.5", 13 pages, 12 b&w illustrations, softcover.

[Caspary Collection] The Very Notable Alfred H. Caspary Collection of Queen Anne and Georgian Furniture, Sporting Paintings & Prints, American Furniture, Silver. New York; Parke-Bernet Galleries: April 29-30th,1955. Sale 1595. Caspary, a member of the New York Stock Exchange for some 50 years, was a well-heeled but retiring collector with exquisite taste. This auction included some fine American 18th century furniture and some really extraordinarily fine English 18th century furniture. Caspary was also famous in the philatelic world, where he was a collector of legendary proportions, though usually only known in the press as a "prominent Eastern collector". Softcover. 7"x10", 121 pages, 353 lots, b/w illustrations.

Catalano, Kathleen Matilda. Cabinetmaking in Philadelphia, 1820-1840. Kathleen Catalano: 1972 / Ann Arbor; UMI Reprints: 2005. A dissertation submitted to the University of Delaware Winterthur Program. The first study devoted strictly to Empire-period Philadelphia furniture makers, with an emphasis on the cabinetmakers and their businesses rather than the dovetailing details on their cabinetry. Some of this material was also used in Catalano's essay in Winterthur Portfolio 13. Semowich 1082. Hardcover. 6.5"x8.5", 197+ pages; very poor b/w reproductions of photographs; a reprint from the original microfilm.

Catalogue of Articles shown at the Antique, Art and Curio Exhibition, Putnam, Conn., February 9th to 21st, 1891. Putnam:1891. A fascinating inventory of relics unearthed from the basements and attics of a rural Connecticut town. Pewter, glass, ceramics, indian axes, papers, furniture, a Sandwich island comb, Chinese shoes, an earthen cider jar, a Burmuda finger sponge, a shoe awl, and on and on. 6"x9", 24 pages, several advertisements, softcover.

Cathers, David M. Furniture of the American Arts and Crafts Movement. Stickley and Roycroft Mission Oak. New York; New American Library: 1981.  An important study. The first edition. Hardcover. 7.5"x10", 275 pages, b&w illustrations, dj.

A Century of Chair Making, 1828-1928. The History of Alfred H. Whitney Co. South Ashburnham: 1928. A short promotional history of this chair company which was started in 1828 in a one-room "factory" measuring 14 by 18 feet, where three sizes of Boston rocker were made by hand. A hundred years and four generations later the company made a general line of chairs for the "home, office, hotel, clubrooms and restaurants". Hardcover. 6"x9", 5 page of text plus 7 b/w plates, 2 illustrating the original 1828 shop and the 1928 factory.

Cescinsky, Herbert. The Old-World House, Its Furniture & Decoration. New York; The Macmillan Company:1924. An informative and wonderful 2-volume study of the furniture and interiors of the English house. This includes cabinetmakers, decorations, interior paneling, furniture types, and so on. 2 volumes, 7.5"x10", 678 pages, hundreds of b&w illustrations, djs.

Cescinsky, Herbert & George Leland Hunter. English and American Furniture. Garden City; Garden City Publishing Company: 1929. Cescinsky was well known for his studies of English furniture, so it is interesting to see him comparing English and American work. Dated, certainly, but still an interesting early work with lots of pictures. Semowich 1261. Hardcover. 7"x10", 311 pages, loaded with b/w illustrations.

Cescinsky, Herbert. English Furniture, from Gothic to Sheraton. A concise account of the development of English furniture and woodwork from the gothic of the fifteenth century to the classical revival of the early nineteenth, with the minimum of descriptive text and the maximum of illustrations. Garden City; Garden City Publishing Co.:1937. 2nd U.S. edition. The title says it all. A comprehensive and extensive pictorial resource.9"x12", 406 pages, profusely illustrated in b&w.

Cescinsky, Herbert. English Furniture from Gothic to Sheraton. New York; Dover Publications: 1968. "A concise account of the development of English furniture and woodwork from the Gothic of the fifteenth century to the Classic Revival of the early nineteenth with the minimum of descriptive text and the maximum of illustrations". First published in 1929. One of the classic works by one of England's foremost furniture experts from the earlier part of the 20th century. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 406 pages, profusely illustrated in b/w.

Cescinsky, Herbert. The Gentle Art of Faking Furniture. London; Chapman and Hall: 1931. One of the most influential and best-loved books on fake furniture and its attendant hazards, fakers, detecting alterations, etc. "Literate and entertaining, and even though the remarks are directed at the collector of English furniture, students of American objects can profit by many of the general observations" (Ames & Ward). Hardcover. 8"x10", 167 pages plus 292 b/w plates.

Cescinsky, Herbert. The Gentle Art of Faking Furniture. New York; Dover Publications: 1967. A reprint of the 1931 edition. Softcover. 6.5"x9.5", 168 pages, b/w illustrations.

Chamberlain, Samuel & Narcissa G. Chamberlain. The Chamberlain Selection of New England Rooms 1639-1863. New York; Hastings House: 1972. 1st edition. Samuel Chamberlain's photographs of New England, and especially restored New England antique interiors, are world famous. This is a selection of his best work. Hardcover. 9"x11.5", 192 pages, packed brim-full with b/w illustrations, dj.

Chanaux, Adolphe. Jean-Michel Frank. Paris; Editions du Regard:1980. A lovely visual presentation of the great variety of works and interiors by the noted Art Deco designer. French / English text. 9"x12", 215 pages, color and b&w illustrations, dj.

Cheneviere, Antoine. Russian Furniture: The Golden Age 1780-1840. New York; The Vendome Press: 1988. A massive, beautifully illustrated survey of the Golden Age of Russian cabinetmaking. Hardcover. 11"x12", 312 pages, profusely illustrated in color and b/w, dj.

Christensen, Erwin O. The Index of American Design. Macmillan/National Gallery of Art: 1959. The 'Index of American Design' is a series of some 15,000 watercolors of American antiques, produced as a WPA project in the 1930s and housed in the National Gallery of Art. This survey of the best examples from the collection includes furniture, folk art, textiles, ceramics, glass, and much more. Hardcover. 9"x12", 229 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj.

[Christie Collection] The Lansdell K. Christie Collection of Notable American Furniture. New York; Sotheby Parke Bernet: October 21st, 1972. Sale 3422. An important sale of fine high-style furniture, including work by Goddard-Townsend, Seymour and McIntire. Softcover. 7.5"x11", 152 pages, 92 lots, color and b/w illustrations.

Christie's. The First Sale Catalogue. "A Catalogue of the Genuine Household Furniture...late property of a Noble Personage (Deceased). London; nd (1960s?). A facsimile of the rare catalog for the first Christie's auction, held on December 5th, 1766. 5.5"x8", 20 pages, softcover.

Churchill, Edwin A. Simple Forms and Vivid Colors: An Exhibition of Maine Painted Furniture, 1800-1850. Augusta; Maine State Museum:1983. An important exhibition of regional "country" furniture. The catalog features a foreword by Dean Fales, Jr., brief biographies of known furniture decorators, and a bibliography. 8.5"x11", 117 pages, many color and several b&w illustrations, softcover.

Cima, Giuseppe. L'Addobbatore Moderno... Milan; Giocondo Regazzoni: (1843). A volume illustrating superb Italian high-style cabinetry and woodwork, much of it obviously influenced by Gothic, Regency, Rococo, Empire and Revivalist styles, with a little Chinoiserie thrown in as well. This was originally Part 3 ("C") of a six-volume set illustrating designs for Italian decorators, which included volumes devoted to textiles, furniture; wood-work, including furniture (our volume), metalwork, carriages, and silver & bronze work. Complete sets are rare and even individual volumes are difficult to find; the only other example of any volume of this title I could locate that is now being offered in the trade is a complete set with hand-colored plates, priced slightly over $17,000. This single volume features woodwork, including a selection of elaborate doors and surrounds; plant stands; gothic and other bookshelves; garden furniture; an elaborate garden swing; circular stairs; paneled walls; gates; library furniture and fittings; door and entrance curtains; shop fronts and display windows; desk/bookcase; a pulpit; confessional booth; pipe organ surround; benches; paneled ceilings; a coffeehouse for a park or garden; organ case; predella; wall sconces; pharmacy interior; and more. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", lithographed title page and 50 lithographed plates.

Cincinnati: The Queen City. Bicentennial Edition. Cincinnati Historical Society: 1988. A lavish, well-illustrated survey of Cincinnati history and manufactures which includes much information on her furniture makers. Hardcover. 9.5"x12.5", 272 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj.

Clark, Kenneth. The Gothic Revival. An Essay in the History of Taste. New York; Holt, Rinehart & Winston: 1962. 3rd edition. First published in 1928. One of the first modern books to carefully examine the revival of the Gothic aesthetic between 1720 and 1870, written at a time when English taste still largely condemned this most-English of design movements. Instead of condemning real threats to decency like suet pudding and wine made from parsnips, angry mobs of Englishmen apparently roved London's streets shouting "Down with Pugin!" Well, anyway... The text went through 3 editions over the course of some 40 years, and although it may not be the most thorough, it still bears reading. Hardcover. 6"x9", 236 pages, b/w plates, dj.

Clark, Mary J. Illustrated Glossary of Decorated Antiques from the late 17th century to the early 20th. Rutland; Charles Tuttle: 1990. Revised edition. An interesting Brazer-related stencil and paint-decorated title, published for the Historical Society of Early American Decoration. Information on furniture, toleware, and much more! Hardcover. 6.5"x9", 400 pages, hundreds of line illustrations, dj.

Clark, Robert Judson (ed.). The Arts and Crafts Movement in America 1876-1916. Princeton University Press: 1972. It is impossible to overemphasize the importance of this major exhibition. Conceived in 1970, it was literally THE pioneering exhibition of American Arts & Crafts decorative arts in America. It included essays on the Movement on the Eastern Seaboard by Clark, Chicago and the Midwest by David Hanks, the Pacific Coast (by Clark) and Art Pottery by Martin Eidelberg. The catalog is also a handsome piece of bookmaking -oversized, with large, clear illustrations. 10"x13.5", 190 pages, packed with b&w illustrations.

Clark,. Robert Judson, et al. Design in America. The Cranbrook Vision, 1925-1970. Founders Society Detroit Institute of Arts: 1983. An exhibition of fifty years of decorative arts and design at this leading Art Academy, which attempted to bring the aesthetic tenets of the Arts & Crafts movement into harmony with the demands of industrial design. Includes furniture, textiles, ceramics, silver, and more. Softcover. 9"x11", 352 pages, color and b/w illustrations.

Clemmensen, Tove. Furniture by N.H. Jardin, C.F. Harsdorff and J.C. Lillie and Examples of their Interior Decoration. A Contribution to the History of Neo-Classicism in Denmark from 1755 to 1800. Copenhagen; The National Museum of Denmark:1973. A massive, heavily illustrated Master's thesis, with a 46 page English summary and English picture captions. An enormous amount of material on Danish neo-classic furniture and interior decoration, with a complete bibliography, footnotes, etc. Extensively illustrated. 8.5"x12", 575 pages, 107 b&w illustrations and 154 b&w plates, softcover.

Clouston, Kate W. The Chippendale Period in English Furniture. London; Debenham & Freebody and Edward Arnold: 1897. Although somewhat dated, Clouston's book remains an important early study of the work of Chippendale, Adam, Shearer, Hepplewhite and Sheraton. Clouston's spidery, intricate drawings perfectly mirror the furniture itself. Hardcover. 9"x12", 224 pages, line drawings.

Clouston, Kate W. The Chippendale Period in English Furniture. Weathervane Books: 1975. A facsimile of the 1897 edition. Although somewhat dated, Clouston's book remains an important early study of the work of Chippendale, Adam, Shearer, Hepplewhite and Sheraton. Hardcover. 6"x9", 224 pages, 200 drawings, dj.

Clunie, Margaret Burke, Anne Farman & Robert F. Trent. Furniture at the Essex Institute. Salem; Essex Institute: 1980. A short, informal catalog of this noted collection. Softcover. 8"x8", 64 pages, b/w illustrations.

Clunie, Margaret Burke. Salem Federal Furniture. Margaret Burke Clunie: 1965 / Ann Arbor; UMI Reprints. A dissertation submitted to the University of Delaware Winterthur Program. The first attempt to comprehensively examine Salem's Federal-era cabinetmakers and their work. Clunie had access to the archives at the Essex Institute. Semowich 905. Comb-bound. 8.5"x11", 313 pages; very poor b/w reproductions of photographs; a reprint from the original microfilm.

[Cogan Collection] The Collection of the late Lillian Blankley Cogan, Farmington, Connecticut. New York; Christie's: September 7th, 1992. The on-site auction of the personal collection of this noted dealer in 17th century American furniture and accessories. Softcover. 8"x10.5", 79 pages, 342 lots, color and b/w illustrations.

Colby, Joy Hakanson, et al. Arts & Crafts in Detroit / 1906-1976. The Movement - The Society - The School. Detroit Institute of Arts: 1976. An important loan exhibition which featured pottery, glass, furniture, textiles, silver and other work. Also includes an essay on the Arts & Crafts Movement in Detroit and its important figures. Softcover. 7"x10", 296 pages, many b/w and several color illustrations.

[Coleman Collection] The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Bertram D. Coleman. New York; Christie's: January 16, 1998. A very select collection of American furniture, paintings, Marine art, silver and early lighting. The Coleman's had also owned the famous Million Dollar tea table bought by Eddy Nicholson in 1986. Softcover. 8"x10.5", 151 pages, 292 lots, color illustrations.

Coleridge, Anthony. Chippendale Furniture -The Works of Thomas Chippendale and his Contemporaries in the Rococo Taste. London; Faber and Faber: 1968. This respected and richly illustrated study includes the works of all those other important craftsmen whose work is now lumped under the term "Chippendale". These include Vile, Cobb, Langlois, Channon, Hallet, Ince & Mayhew, Lock, Johnson, and others. The best single book on the Chippendale style in England. Hardcover. 9"x11", 229 pages, plus 4 color plates and 420 b/w illustrations, dj.

Colglazier, Gail Nessell. Springfield Furniture 1700-1850. A Large and Rich Assortment. Springfield; Connecticut Valley Historical Museum: 1990. A fine small catalog to a loan exhibition of Springfield, Massachusetts furniture, with some very nice color illustrations. Softcover. 9"x8.5", 56 pages, b/w and some color illustrations.

Collard, Frances. Regency Furniture. Woodbridge; Antique Collector's Club: 1985. A well-illustrated, beautifully produced book on English furniture of the period 1790-1840. Frances Collard of the Victoria & Albert Museum carefully examines the development and origins of the style and describes many pieces. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 346 pages, color and b/w illustrations, dj.

Colleselli, Franz. Tiroler Bauernmobel. Innsburk; Tyrolia-Verlag: 1974. 4th prtg. A profusely illustrated survey of fantastically painted and carved Tyrolian furniture of the 17th and 18th centuries. Just makes you want to go out and ski. English picture captions. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 204 pages, filled with b/w and color illustrations, dj.

[Colonial Antique Shop/Hanks Collections] Fine American Furniture... comprising the entire collection of The Colonial Antique Shop, Boston, Mass. sold because of the dissolution of the partnership; the Private Collection of Harold S. Hanks, Wellesley, Mass. New York; American Art Association: May 5th-6th, 1938. Sale 4394. An array of antique American furniture and accessories such as one might find in a well-stocked Boston antiques shop in 1938. Softcover. 7.5"x10", 88 pages, 356 lots, b/w illustrations.

Comino, Mary. Gimson and the Barnsley's. "Wonderful furniture of the commonplace kind". London; Evans Brothers Limited: 1980. 1st edition. After training as architects and coming under the influence of William Morris and the Arts & Crafts Movement, Ernest Gimson and the Barnsley brothers gradually evolved their designs into a unique blend that drew on more traditional English historical styles while being true to the arts & crafts ideals and tenets. This well illustrated study explores the lives and works of these important figures in the Arts and Crafts Movement. Hardcover. 8"x10", 224 pages, b/w illustrations, dj.

A Completed Century 1826-1926. The Story of Heywood-Wakefield Company. Boston; Printed for the Company: 1926. A history of the first 100 years of this famous chair and wicker furniture company, published to celebrate its Centennial. Hardcover. 8"x10.5", 112 pages, b/w plates.

Comstock, Helen. American Furniture. Seventeenth, Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Styles. Exton; Schiffer Publishing: 1980s. First published in 1962. "Still considered to be the main textbook for American furniture. Gives a chronological survey of the major types; discusses the major craftsmen" (Semowich). "Remains a useful pictorial introduction to the subject" (Ames & Ward). Semowich 1266. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 336 pages, 700 b/w and several color illustrations, dj.

Comstock, Helen. The Looking Glass in America, 1700-1825. New York; The Viking Press: 1968. A very popular study of William & Mary, Queen Anne, Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Adam and Sheraton-style mirrors in America. Hardcover. 9.5"x6.5", 128 pages, tipped-in color frontispiece and numerous b/w illustrations.

Conger, Clement E., et al. Treasures of State. Fine and Decorative Arts in the Diplomatic Reception Rooms of the U.S. Department of State. New York; Harry N. Abrams: 1991. A sumptuous, vividly illustrated survey of the elegant collections of the Department of State, with essays on the collection itself by Clement Conger and Wendell Garrett; the furniture by Jonathan L. Fairbanks; the ceramics by Ellen Paul Dencker and J. Jefferson Miller II; the metalware by Beatrice B. Garvan; and the fine arts by Wayne Craven. Hardcover. 9.5"x12", 496 pages, loaded with color and b/w illustrations, dj.

(Congoleum Collection) The Congoleum Corporate Collection. New York; Christie's: January 27th, 1987. The Congoleum Collection of fine American furniture, paintings and accessories was assembled when Eddy Nicholson and Byron Radaker moved the corporate headquarters to Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1980. When they sold the company some years later the collection was dispersed. An interesting documentation of a collection assembled by Nicholson, one of the most important modern collectors of American furniture. 8"x10.5", about 125 pages, 281 lots, profusely illustrated in color and b&w; hardcover, dj.

Conner, Robert. The Cabinet Maker's Assistant. Designed and Drawn by R. Conner. New York; Faxon & Read:1842. A rare and important cabinetmaker's guide, the second original guide to be published in the United States, preceded only by Hall in 1840. Conner, and Englishman who studied with George Smith (of Designs for Household Furniture fame), remarks in his dedication "to the cabinet makers of America" that he has worked as a "practical Cabinet Maker" in London and Paris before coming to America. He claims that the 100 designs illustrated here "display...the present style of fashion in those Capitols".
            In addition to being the second native American cabinet pattern book this was the first to introduce the Gothic style to America. Many of Conner's designs seem to have a distinctly French flair, and there is even a hint of the Directoire left over in a small stool in which the seat cushion rests atop a pair of eagles heads. Plate 21 introduces a curious mystery, as the sideboard which is illustrated features a twisting serpent at each corner. They both face left, contrary to symmetric logic which would indicate that they should both face out or in. Closer examination of the curving tails shows that the left serpent's tail tip passes over the body, but the right's passes behind it -therefor the serpents were carved correctly in the original piece, but one was mounted backwards, and the lithographer transferred this error onto his stone.
            Very few copies of this book have been available on the market, and even fewer complete copies, in the original binding. 8.5"x7", decorative lithographed title page; printed title page; dedication page; 3 pages of "Remarks" plus 47 lithographed plates; bound in what appears to be the original pebbled cloth boards with both front and rear endpaper intact, cover label with a decorative printed border.

Cooke, Edward S., Jr. The Boston Furniture Industry in 1880. [in] Old-Time New England; SPNEA: Vol.LXX: 1980. This issue also contains "William Washburn and the Egyptian Revival in Boston" by Rochelle S. Elstein; and several articles on the Shirley-Eustis House. Softcover. 6"x9.5", 17 pages (article), b/w illustrations.

Cooke, Edward S., Jr. Fiddlebacks and Crooked-backs: Elijah Booth and Other Joiners in Newtown and Woodbury 1750-1820. Waterbury; Mattatuck Historical Society: 1982. The catalog to a 1982 exhibition, with a text which identifies and discusses 33 joiners and 41 carpenters, all previously unidentified. "A superb study" (Ames & Ward). Semowich 829. Softcover. 7.5"x10.5", 120 pages, b/w illustrations; annotated.

Cooke, Edward S., Jr. New American Furniture: The Second Generation of Studio Furnituremakers. Boston; Museum of Fine Arts: 1989. An important exhibition, featuring 25 cabinetmakers from the "Second Generation" of studio cabinetmakers, those working from 1970 onward. The artisans selected use classic American forms as starting points for strikingly new designs, from Gerry Knox Bennett, whose work is starkly elegant to John Cederquist, whose work is oddly humorous. Softcover. 10"x10", 131 pages, color and b/w illustrations.

Cooke, Edward S., Jr. Upholstery in America & Europe from the Seventeenth Century to World War I. New York; W.W. Norton & Co.: 1987. First edition. An extremely important book on the subject, superseding almost everything else. If you do not have a copy you are missing out. What more can I say? An essential book. End of story. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 273 pages, many b/w and some color illustrations, dj.

Cooke, Edward Strong, Jr. Rural Artisan Culture: The Preindustrial Joiners of Newtown and Woodbury, Connecticut, 1760-1820. Boston University Graduate School: 1984. A Doctoral Dissertation. Microfilm reprint. Hardcover. 7"x8.25", 342 mimeographed typescript pages.

Cooney, Alice Knotts Bossert. Ornamental Painting in Boston, 1790-1830. University of Delaware (Winterthur): 1978. A Doctoral dissertation about ornamental painting, mainly on clocks and mirrors. Card covers. 8.5"x11", 175 mimeographed typescript pages, some poor b/w illustrations.

Coons, Betty C. Antique By-Lines (Southern Vintage). Guild of the Valentine Museum:1979. A curious piece, the reminiscences of a long-time collector of Southern furniture and antiques, with many photographs of furniture she took over the years. She knew almost everybody who was anybody in the Southern antiques scene. 8.5"x11.5", 63 pages, b&w illustrations.

Cooper, Wendy A. Classical Taste in America 1800-1840. New York; Abbeville Press / Baltimore Museum of Art: 1993. During the first four decades of the 19th century, America was mesmerized by the Classical world. This book explores, more thoroughly than ever before, the ways 19th century Americans used, mis-used, and abused the lessons of antiquity in the arts and decorative arts. Hardcover. 9.5"x12", 308 pages, loaded with color and b/w illustrations, dj; annotated; bibliography.

Cooper, Wendy A. In Praise of America. Masterworks of American Decorative Arts, 1650-1830. Washington; National Gallery of Art: 1980. The small catalog which accompanied the exhibition (Cooper also write a full-length book with the same title). Softcover. 9"x10", 38 pages, several color and many b/w illustrations.

Cooper, Wendy A. In Praise of America. Masterworks of American Decorative Arts, 1650-1830. Fifty Years of Discovery Since the 1929 Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition. New York; Alfred A. Knopf: 1980. A series of essays on topics such as object documentation, upholstery, approaches to regionalism, production outside major style centers, and more. The introduction describes the Girl Scout Exhibition and the state of collecting and scholarship in 1929. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 280 pages, 52 color and 308 b/w illustrations, dj.

Cooper, Wendy Ann. The Furniture and Furnishings of John Brown, Merchant of Providence, 1736-1803. Wendy Ann Cooper: 1971 / Ann Arbor; UMI Reprints. A dissertation submitted to the University of Delaware Winterthur Program. The Rhode Island merchant John Brown has become famous to antique collectors for his good taste in furniture, silver, art and other "decorations". This thesis studies Brown's life and activities, social, commercial, and as a collector of the finest work of the craftsmen of his day. A good complement to Ott's 1965 catalog of the Brown house furniture and silver. Comb-bound. 8.5"x11", 191+ pages; very poor b/w reproductions of photographs; a reprint from the original microfilm.

Core, H.A. & W.A. Cote, & A.C. Day. Wood- Structure and Identification. Syracuse University Press: 1979. 2nd edition. A serious scholarly study, with many micro-photographs of wood structure.Softcover. 7.5"x10", 182 pages, many b/w illustrations.

Corlette, Suzanne, et al. A Royal Province. New Jersey 1738-1776. Trenton; New Jersey State Museum: 1973. A wide-ranging loan exhibition which includes extensive sections on furniture and silver, as well as paintings & prints and printed materials, and a few examples of glass and ceramics. Many of the silver pieces include photos of their marks. Semowich 999. Softcover. 8"x8.5", 133 pages, b/w illustrations.

Cornelius, Charles O. Furniture Masterpieces of Duncan Phyfe. New York; published for the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Doubleday, Page & Co.: 1922. The earliest major exhibition and catalog of Phyfe's work, and an important loan exhibition, although much of the information has since been updated. A handsome and interesting period piece. Semowich 468. Hardcover. 7"x10", 86 pages plus 57 b/w plates and 5 folding line drawings, dj.

Cornelius, Charles O. Furniture Masterpieces of Duncan Phyfe. New York; Dover Publications: 1970. A facsimile of the 1922 edition of this earliest major exhibition and catalog of Phyfe's work, and an important loan exhibition. A handsome and interesting catalog. Softcover. 6"x9", 86 pages plus 57 b/w plates and 5 plates of line drawings.

Cornelsen, R. Modern American Seat Furniture. Eighty Original Designs For all kinds of Modern American Seating Furniture, in the latest and most approved styles, showing the wood structure, by R. Cornelsen. New York; Bruno Hessling: nd (ca. 1897). A very obscure late Victorian/Art Nouveau American furniture pattern book, not listed in any of the major references including Semowich. The Grand Rapids Public Library's "List of Books on Furniture with descriptive notes" (1927) lists a copy of the German edition, published in 1897. The designs are a wild mix of traditional knock-offs, weird Victorian adaptations, golden oak motifs and Art Nouveau/Moderne styles, sometimes a bit too freely intermingled, and occasionally going right off the board... The person who sold me this book described many of the designs as "really wild"; the one furniture person I showed it to before cataloging it described it as "really wild"... 'Nuff said. 9.5"x12.5", card portfolio with string ties holding the title page and 45 loose plates (as called for).

[Court House Club] The Georgian and French Provincial Furnishings of The Court House Club, 206 East 65 Street, New York. New York; Parke-Bernet Galleries: February 2nd, 1943. Sale 429. Apparently the entire furnishings of the club, on the premises, organized by room. An interesting inventory of a 1930s New York "Gentleman's" club. The illustrations include several interior views. Softcover; 6.5"x9.5", 36 pages, 213 lots, b/w illustrations.

Cousins, Frank & Phil M. Riley. The Wood-Carver of Salem. Samuel McIntyre, His Life and Work. Boston; Little, Brown and Company: 1916. Edition limited to 930 numbered copies. "Despite its early date, this is still a valuable book with emphasis on McIntire's architecture and his designs and carving of doorways, mantels, chimney pieces, and interior woodwork." (Karpel). Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", 168 pages plus 127 b/w plates.

Cox, J. Charles. Bench-Ends in English Churches. London; Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press:1916. "In visiting a vast number of the ancient parish churches throughout England and Wales during the past half-century, hardly anything, so far as their interior is concerned, has excited greater interest or attention on the part of the writer than their seating, more especially that of Pre-Reformation days. The exceptional skill of the old craftsmen, displaying rare artistic power in the designing and executing of varied series of bench-ends, was a subject of joy and admiration... no monograph has yet been issued dealing with the subject of seats from the thirteenth century downwards." Certainly the skills of the woodworker were best performed, or at least best preserved in their original, intact form, in the parish churches of England. Geometric forms abound, and sit cheek by jowl with dogs, dragons, bears, bears riding dragons, faces and figures, and other examples of the only slightly warped imaginations of the craftsmen of another place and time whose fantasies were perhaps a bit closer to the surface than our own. But put on public view at the parish church? 6"x9", vii + 208 pages, plus 18 pages of advertisements; many b&w illustrations.

Crawley, W. Is It Genuine? A Guide to the Identification of Eighteenth Century English Furniture. London; Eyre & Spottiswoode: 1971. An exceedingly helpful book which examines the various parts of pieces of furniture and their construction, as well as various types of furniture. Crawley explains what to look for in both genuine and questionable examples. "An eye-opening book that can be ignored only at the reader's peril. ... Rewarding, if sobering, reading" (Ames & Ward). Hardcover. 7.5"x10", 156 pages, 86 b/w illustrations, dj.

Crim Collection. Catalogue of the celebrated Dr. William H. Crim Collection of Genuine Antiques. Baltimore; O.A. Kirkland: April 22nd, 1903. A vast selection of antique furniture, silver and other antiques. The illustrations are mainly of the furniture, and Dr. Crim's taste seems to have run to nice 18th century examples with the occasional Empire example thrown in -his taste in Empire ran toward the dramatic and figural. There are also some interesting (and rather crowded) shots of interiors at Dr. Crim's house, giving the impression of extreme claustrophobia. Although the terse descriptions are unhelpful, this is interesting as a relic of the contents of a major collection in the days when antiques were still curiosities. Hardcover. 7"x9.5", 148 pages, 2,941 lots, 59 b/w plates.

Crispin, Thomas. The English Windsor Chair. Wolfeboro Falls; Alan Sutton: 1992. First U.S. edition. A very well illustrated survey of the history, design and construction of the English windsor chair. Hardcover. 6.5"x9", 191 pages, packed with b/w illustrations, dj.

Crossman, Carl L. The China Trade, Export Paintings, Furniture, Silver and Other Objects. Princeton; Pyne Press: 1973. 2nd ptg. The original edition of this classic and important reference, which contains material not in the revised edition. "By the early 1800s, in the words of Samuel Eliot Morison, 'Boston was the Spain, Salem the Portugal, in the race for Oriental opulence'. The homes of the China Trade families, their friends and relatives along the Eastern Seaboard became the depositories of a wealth of finely crafted lacquerware, intricately carved ivory and horn, Western-style portraits, marine paintings, watercolor sketches and gouaches". This is the definitive study of all these other export arts other than ceramics, with many chapters on furniture, lacquerware, carvings, fans, silver & pewter, household goods, and paintings of various types, including ship & port paintings, portraits, genre, watercolors, paintings on glass, Chinnery, Spoilum, and more. Hardcover. 9.5"x11.5", 275 pages, profusely illustrated in b/w and color, dj.

Crossman, Carl. The Decorative Arts of the China Trade. Woodbridge; Antique Collector's Club: 1991. A massive updating and revision of Crossman's 1972 study, which becomes, in effect, an entirely new book. The products of the China Trade (with the exception of ceramics)- furniture, silver, silk embroideries, lacquerware, clay figures, fans, paintings and wallpaper, are all examined, as is the trade itself. "This is not only a fascinating account of Chinese artists and craftsmen and their techniques, but also of the way of life encountered by Westerners in this most mysterious of trading countries". Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 462 pages, filled with color and b/w illustrations, dj.

[Crowninshield / Choate Collections American Furniture and Decorations 1700-1820. Collection of Edward A. Crowninshield, Stockbridge, Mass., with fine pieces from the Private Collection of Miss Mabel Choate. New York; American Art Association: November 8-10th, 1934. Sale 4126. Edward A. Crowninshield was a distinguished antiquarian and a lineal descendant of the important Crowninshield family of Salem; much of the furniture here was descended directly from the Salem Crowninshields of the late 18th century. Walpole Society member Homer Eaton Keyes wrote the Introduction to this catalog. Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", 124 pages, 612 lots; b/w illustrations.

Cullity, Brian. Arts of the Federal Period, 1785-1825. A Loan Exhibition. Sandwich; Heritage Plantation: 1989. A fine loan exhibition catalog featuring paintings and furniture, with silver, ceramics and other decorative arts as well. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 122 pages, color and b/w illustrations.

Cullity, Brian. Plain and Fancy. New England Painted Furniture. Sandwich; Heritage Plantation: 1987. A loan exhibition of painted New England furniture and related items, such as boxes, a yarn winder, a churn... but mostly furniture. There is also an interesting essay on the development of painted furniture in America and biographies of some furniture painters. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 84 pages, profusely illustrated in b/w and color.

Cummings, Abbott Lowell (ed.). Rural Household Inventories. Establishing the Names, Uses and Furnishings of Rooms in the Colonial New England Home, 1675-1775. Boston; Society for Preservation of New England Antiquities: 1964.A very interesting study of 109 period inventories, and an attempt to "translate" them. "A valuable compilation that has helped to draw attention to the inventory as a way of providing insight into the domestic life of the past" -Ames & Ward. This book has become quite uncommon. Hardcover. 7"x10", 306 pages, some b/w illustrations.

Cummings, Abbott Lowell, et al. Samuel McIntire. A Bicentennial Symposium. Salem; Essex Institute: 1957. A series of papers presented on various aspects of McInitre's life and work, by such notable scholars as Fiske Kimball, Dean Fales, Nina Fletcher Little, and Mabel Swan. Hardcover. 6"x9", 118 pages, b/w illustrations.

Cummings, J.L. Painted Chests from the Connecticut Valley. [contained in] The Magazine Antiques. October, 1938.

Cunningham, Anna K. Schuyler Mansion -A Critical Catalogue of the Furnishings & Decorations. Albany; New York State Education Department: 1955. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 141 pages, 115 b/w illustrations.

[Curtis Collection] The George M. Curtis Collection of Early American Furniture and Silver. New York; Parke-Bernet Galleries: May 14th and 15th, 1948. Sale 971.The sale of the estate of the noted antiquarian, silver collector, and Walpole Society member. Softcover. 7.5"x10.5", 313 lots, 87 pages, b/w illustrations.

Curtis, Dewey Lee, et al. An Exhibition of the Decorative Arts of Ireland, with an Essay by Dewey Lee Curtis. Morrisville [PA]; Pennsbury Manor: 1971. A loan exhibition primarily devoted to furniture and silver, with ceramics, glass and several paintings as well. The catalog entries, though short, do contain some interesting information, especially for the furniture. Some of the photographs are rather dark. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 23 pages, b/w illustrations.

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