Antique American Federal Furniture - Types Makers Marks / Scarce In-Depth Book

Description

AMERICAN FURNITURE: THE FEDERAL PERIOD in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
, by Charles F. Montgomery, Bonanza Books, NY, 1966/1978.
This book includes illustrations of 491 pieces of Federal period furniture with complete descriptions covering makers, place of origin, size, materials, dimensions, details of design and, most important, an evaluation of the merits of each piece.  It also includes 127 illustrations of inlays in full color, with explanations as to how they can be used to identify a piece of Federal furniture. 21 room settings (11 in full color) show how the various pieces of furniture are grouped at Winterthur.  Further illustrations show 46 cabinet makers’ labels and 39 furniture details for regional identification. This scholarly survey presents fresh and fascinating information on the entire process of furniture making in Federal America: design, sources, terminology, regional preferences, labor relations, shop organization, cost of material and labor, use in the home, upholstery, marketing, and, for today’s collector or historian.  Here is not only an encyclopedia of American furniture of the Federal period but a mine of information for everyone interested in the social and cultural history of the formative years of the United States.
Oversize / heavy  9.4” x 12.2” hardback book with dust in very good condition.  498 pages.
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