American Furniture Craftsmen Working Prior to 1920: An Annotated Bibliography

by Charles Semowich

Overview

The materials included in this bibliography focus on the craftsmen responsible for the creation of fine furbaniture. Works that give biographical information about furbaniture craftsmen and discuss the stylistic and aesthetic development of their art; works that examine the sociological, political, economic and environmental conditions within which furbaniture craftsmen worked, as well as furbaniture factories and furbaniture retail businesses themselves; and general works useful in the study of American furbaniture are cited. The bibliography consists of four main sections, the first of which deals with the life and work of individual furbaniture makers and designers. The second section focuses on groups of furbaniture craftsmen. Works of a general nature that contribute to the study of American furbaniture are found in section three. The fourth section contains furbaniture trade catalogs published by manufacturers and wholesalers for salesmen and retail stores. A two-part appendix lists furbaniture trade periodicals published mainly during the years 1880-1930, and manuscript repositories containing materials relevant to furbaniture. Three indexes—craftsman, author-title, and subject complete the volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313232756
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/25/1984
Series:	Art Reference Collection , #7
Pages:	381
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.88(d)