The maker's hand : American studio furniture, 1940-1990

Additional Details

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition "The Maker's Hand: American Studio Furniture, 1940-1999," organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in collaboration with The Furniture Society, from November 12, 2003, to February 8, 2004"--T.p. verso.

Director's foreword -- Foreword by The Furniture Society -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: defining the field -- Woodworkers: the beginnings of the studio furniture movement -- The challenge of freewheeling artist-craftsmen: tradition and innovation in the 1960s -- Technofetishism: technical virtuosity and exotic woods in the 1970s -- The professionalization of studio furniture: the 1980s -- Afterword -- Makers' biographies -- Select schools and programs in furniture making and woodworking -- Select galleries -- Chronology of select exhibitions.

Reviews & Summaries

• CHOICE Review
• Summary / Annotation
• Author Notes

Community Reviews

No reviews have been written yet. You could be the first!

Login to write a review of your own.