EARLY AMERICAN FURNITURE George Linda Kaufman Coll. FEDERAL COLONIAL EMPIRE Book

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EARLY AMERICAN FURNITURE George Linda Kaufman Coll. FEDERAL COLONIAL EMPIRE Book:
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Description: Title: American Furniture from the KaufmanCollection

Author: J. Michael Flanigan, with essays by Wendy Cooper, Morrison Heckscher, and GregoryWeidman

Publisher: National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. and Harry Abrams Inc., New York
Copyright Date and Edition: 1986, no edition stated, likely first printing
ISBN: 0810918641, 9780810918641
Exhibition: National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., October 1986 - April 1987
Pages: 263 pages
Format, Size: Hardcover with dust jacket, 10 1/4\" by 12 1/4\"
Language: Furniture Style in the Colonial Period (essay)
Furniture from the Colonial Period
The Neoclassical Style in New England and New York, 1785-1840 (essay)
The Neoclassical Style in Philadelphia and the South, 1785-1840 (essay)Furniture from the Federal and Empire Periods
Bibliography and Abbreviated Titles
Comparative 150 full-color plates and 28 black-and-white photographs and illustrations

\"This volume presents more than 100 of the finest examples of American craftsmanship, from thecolonial period, in the William and Mary, Queen Anne, and Chippendale styles, and from the neoclassicalperiod, in the Federal and Empire styles. Each piece of furniture has been individuallyphotographed and is shown to full advantage in an oversize color plate. Included are works by suchrenowned craftsmen as John Townsend, John and Thomas Seymour, Duncan Phyfe, and the partnership ofMills and Deming.\"

\"The George M. and Linda H. Kaufman Collection has been amassed over the past twenty-five years, andnow stands unparalleled among private collections of American furniture in range and quality. Itincludes rare and unusual pieces from the pre-Revolutionary period to the mid-nineteenth century andfocuses on major regional centers - Boston, Newport, Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore, and Charleston.Extensive commentary (including provenance, construction and condition, literature, and exhibition) byJ. Michael Flanigan accompanies the photographs, while introductory essays by various scholars providesimportant background information. An illustrated glossary and list of comparative details make this anideal reference for scholars, collectors, and dealers.\"

This book won an Award of Distinction in the 1987 American Association of Museums include:
mahogany, white pine, chestnut, and yellow pine chest of drawers, Goddard-Townsend families, 1765-85
mahogany and poplar tea table by John Townsend, 1755-65
walnut side chair with white cedar slip seat, Philadelphia, 1735-60
mahogany and white pine desk and bookcase, Abraham Watson, 1760-90
soft maple side chair, Salem, 1790-1800
walnut, and cherry Grecian couch, John and/or Hugh Finlay, 1810-40
mahogany Pembroke table, attributed to Levin Tarr group, 1795-1810
mahogany and cherry wood card table, attributed to Holmes Weaver, 1798-1810
mahogany and white pine Tambour desk, John and Thomas Seymour, 1795-1810
mahogany and white pine secretaire a abattant, Philadelphia, 1815-1830
white pine looking glass (mirror), New York, 1790-1810
girandole clock with mahogany veneers and white pine, works by Lemuel Curtis, 1811-21

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