T HE exoticism of the East has long whetted the imagination of Western man. In our early decorative arts, the colonies felt shimmers of the Orient through ceramics, textiles, furniture, and books. Whether these were actual productions of the East or not made little difference. Precision was not a requisite to the eighteenth – century […]
Category: Furniture of the eighteenth century
The Boston Furniture Industry
1720-1740 The Artificers in this Place Exceed Ary upon ye Continent And are here also Most Numerous as Cabinet Makers, Chacc A Coach Makers. „ . ’Watchmakers. Printers, Smiths, &C.1 I N 1750 James Bilker, a traveller from the West Indies, found Boston filled with craftsmen. To him, their number surpasscxl that in any other […]
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
В " O ST О К furniture of the eighteenth century has long inrer- , ested informed collectors and students of furniture history. Yet, no book has been devoted to die subject. While catalogues and scholarly works have appeared on die eighteench-ccntury furniture of New Hampshire, Rhode island, Connecticut, New York, New jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, […]