John Townsend : : Newport Cabinetmaker
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Catalog published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 6-Sept. 25, 2005.
Newport furniture: a view over time -- Newport: its place in the history of American furniture -- Eighteenth-century Newport -- The Townsend family in Newport -- Observations on John Townsend's cabinetwork -- John Townsend: a selective catalogue -- Cabriole furniture (cat. nos. 1-15) -- Case furniture: block and shall and flat front (cat. nos. 16-31) -- Stop-fluted furniture (cat. nos. 32-37) -- Federal furniture (cat. nos. 38-48) -- Pictorial parallels: the furniture of John Townsend and his contemporaries -- The Townsend family joiners -- Christopher Townsend's will (1773), Codicil (1768), and inventory (1786) -- John Townsend's will (1805) and inventory (1806) -- John Townsend family furniture.
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SERIES
Ladies Library collection.
PUBLISHED
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2005?]
Year Published: 2005
Description: xii, 225 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 32 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1588391450 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art : hardcover)
030010717X (Yale University Press)
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Zabar, Lori.
Townsend, John, 1733-1809.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
SUBJECTS
Townsend, John, -- 1733-1809 -- Exhibitions.
Furniture -- Newport -- History -- 18th century -- Exhibitions.