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Harbor & Home: Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1710-1850 |  | Authors: Brock Jobe, Gary R. Sullivan, Jack O'Brien
Publisher: UPNE
Category: Book
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 672142
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 458
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.8
Dimensions (in): 13.2 x 9.9 x 2.6
ISBN: 0912724684
Dewey Decimal Number: 749.097448074
EAN: 9780912724683
ASIN: 0912724684
Publication Date: March 1, 2009
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Product Description
Through furniture, this exhibition catalogue will explore the cultural identity of a little-studied region of 18th and 19th century New England: southeastern Massachusetts, an area that stretches from just south of Boston to Providence, east to the tip of Cap Cod, and includes the islands of Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. The era between 1710 and 1850 was marked by enormous changes in the landscape, population, and economy of this area, as well as in the activities of furniture craftsmen and the purchasing patterns of local residents. Three themes are paramount here:
1. Regionalism in the character of furniture made in the area and the forces that shaped that identity.
2. Fashion, changing tastes and the growing affluence of local residents over time.
3. Shop practices and the evolving craft practices of furniture makers through the recreation of two shops, the rural handcraft tradition of Samuel Wing of Sandwich in 1800 and the mechanized operation of a New Bedford or Fall River chair factory in 1850.
The exhibition will include approximately 75 pieces of furniture from private and institutional collections, tools and equipment from the Samuel Wing cabinet shop (now owned by Sturbridge Village), and selected household furnishings depicting interiors in southeastern Massachusetts during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Harbor and Home: Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts, 1710-1850 February 13, 2009
D. A. Mauch (Norwell, MA United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
This book represents a significant body of research with respect to eighteenth/nineteenth century American furniture. It is superbly produced both for its photography and written content and contains a meticulously chosen collection of the finest examples of early American craftsmanship. This is a "must have," for those who appreciate history, fine American antiquities, and desire an incomparable addition to one's reference library.
Great Furniture, Great History March 21, 2009
PTL (Bethany, CT USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book combines a wonderful look at the life of people in Cape Cod and Southern Massachusetts with a scholarly look at the furniture created by the local craftsman of the day.
Harbor and Home: Furniture of Southeastern Massachusetts April 27, 2009
Harold Thomas
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
A very well researched book on a topic that has not received much attention. It was interesting to read how furniture style from larger markets such as Boston and Newport affected other areas. The section on the influence of the John Bailey family of Hanover in clockmaking shows how they trained one third of the area clockmakers of that period. I would hope that this book will spark an interest in further research of local furniture makers of the period.
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