| Description |
xii, 225 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 32 cm |
| Note |
Catalog published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 6-Sept. 25, 2005. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-220) and index. |
| Contents |
Newport furniture: a view over time -- Newport: its place in the history of American furniture -- Eighteenth-century Newport -- The Townsend family in Newport -- Observations on John Townsend's cabinetwork -- John Townsend: a selective catalogue -- Cabriole furniture (cat. nos. 1-15) -- Case furniture: block and shall and flat front (cat. nos. 16-31) -- Stop-fluted furniture (cat. nos. 32-37) -- Federal furniture (cat. nos. 38-48) -- Pictorial parallels: the furniture of John Townsend and his contemporaries -- The Townsend family joiners -- Christopher Townsend's will (1773), Codicil (1768), and inventory (1786) -- John Townsend's will (1805) and inventory (1806) -- John Townsend family furniture. |
| Subject |
Townsend, John, 1733-1809 -- Exhibitions.
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Furniture -- Rhode Island -- Newport -- History -- 18th century -- Exhibitions.
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| Added Author |
Zabar, Lori.
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Townsend, John, 1733-1809.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
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| ISBN |
1588391450 The Metropolitan Museum of Art hardcover |
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030010717X Yale University Press |
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