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Country Arts in Early American Homes by Nina Fletcher. Wendell Garrett Little (Paperback, 1999)

A delightfully written and handsomely illustrated study of country folk art in early New England homes up to the middle of the nineteenth century.

Content Note
210 Illus. (20 Colour) .
Author Biography
NINA FLETCHER LITTLE spent over sixty years collecting and writing about New England antiques until her death in 1993. Her special contribution was to bridge the worlds of American antiques and folk art, bringing the antiquarian's passion for the past to the study of folk art. She combined a keen appreciation of the aesthetic qualities of an object with a determination to discover everything possible about the historical and social context in which it was created -- who made it, when and where, how it was used and by whom. For her there was no contest between object and context: she honored both. -- Folk Art SPNEA has also reissued her books Neat and Tidy: Boxes and Their Contents Used in Early American Households and Little by Little: Six Decades of Collecting American Decorative Arts.
Format
Paperback
Date of Publication
01/10/1999
Imprint
Society for the Preservation of New England Antiqu
Country of Publication
United States

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