American Antique Furniture Cabinetmakers - Names Bios Dates Locations Etc / Book

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THE CABINETMAKERS OF AMERICA –Their Lives and Works
by Ethel Hall Bjerkoe, Bonanza Books, NY, 1957.
Illustrated in black-and-white, this text reviews the lives and works of approximately 2,500 early American cabinetmakers. Through exhaustive research the author has uncovered facts about these cabinetmakers – personal data, characteristic features of their craft, dates of manufacturing, where they were located, and where their work might be seen today. Alphabetically arranged and carefully documented, these biographies contain a great deal of fresh material and bring together an exhaustive file on these men.
32 full-page black-and-white photo plates with identifying captions supplement an in-depth text which reviews early American cabinet makers. This authoritative reference book traces the history of cabinetmakers in America in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries and provides scholarly biographical sketches of these furniture makers. If you are a collector, dealer, historian or curator of early American furniture, you will find this book to be an invaluable resource reference.
7.4” x 10.4” hardback book with dust cover in very good condition. 246 pages plus photo plates.
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