的 Cabinetmaker and the Carver

的 Cabinetmaker & the Carver: 波士顿 Furniture from Private og体育官网

By 杰拉尔德·W. R. 病房. Foreword by Dennis Fiori.

For centuries, 波士顿 has been one of the most important furniture-making centers in America. Soon after the town’s founding in 1630, 波士顿’s joiners and 体操运动员 were the first craftsmen to make furniture in British North America. 的 city’s cabinetmakers contributed to the art and craft of furniture making throughout the elegant colonial and federal periods, when 波士顿 was a major center for furniture in the baroque, 洛可可, and neoclassical styles. Its factories and designers were also a source of fine furniture for another century, creating major pieces in the various revival styles of the mid 19th century, as well as in the arts and crafts and colonial revival modes of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

的 Cabinetmaker and the Carver provides an opportunity to see a carefully selected group of significant examples of 波士顿 furniture representing the trajectory of this great tradition. 的se objects illustrate many of the local characteristics that distinguish 波士顿 work from that of other cities; they also open a window on 波士顿ians’ tastes and preferences. Created by many of the city’s most talented cabinetmakers, 雕刻师, 体操运动员, and other craftsmen, nearly all of this furniture is drawn from distinguished local collections, providing a rare public glimpse of these privately held treasures.

Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Massachusetts Historical Society, 10月4日, 2013, through January 17, 2014, 的 Cabinetmaker and the Carver: 波士顿 Furniture from Private og体育官网 是的一部分 Four Centuries of Massachusetts Furniture, a collaborative project of the Massachusetts Historical Society and 10 other institutions.

杰拉尔德·W. R. 病房 is the Senior Consulting Curator and 的 Katharine Lane Weems Senior Curator of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture Emeritus at the Museum of Fine Arts, 波士顿.

64 pages, 80 color illustrations
Distributed by the University of Virginia Press

$30 Paperback (2013) ISBN: 978-1-936520-06-0