Drawing principally on original source materials, Nancy Goyne Evans's elegantly written and extensively illustrated Windsor-Chair Making in America presents an authoritative and absorbing historical picture of the vernacular chair shop and industry. Of the book's five chapters, three deal extensively with the craft shop. Evans discusses everything from structure to tools and equipment, from shop personnel to power sources, and from raw materials to ornament, both painted and stenciled. A chapter on marketing explores the booming Windsor-chair trade in the American coastal South and the islands of the Caribbean, furniture distribution to local, overland, and overseas markets, and general methods of doing business. Another section explores consumerism and the use of Windsor furniture in domestic and public settings. Students and interpreters of American material culture and life will find here an abundance of new material organized and presented to provide comprehensive insights into craft life and product distribution in America. Evans's book should have pride of place in the libraries of collectors, curators, practicing and amateur furniture craftsmen, and anyone interested in early American studies trades, folk art, and pre-industrial technology. This book includes an extensive index, detailed maps, an indispensable paint color chart based on more than 1,200 references, a select bibliography, and a wealth of photographic reproductions.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of New England
ISBN-13
9781584654933
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95499239
Product Key Features
Book Title
Windsor-Chair Making in America: from Craft Shop to Consumer
Author
Nancy Goyne Evans
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
305mm
Item Width
229mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Nancy Goyne Evans
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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