American Furniture 2007 (American Furniture Annual)

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This volume includes articles that explore the relationship between japanned decoration and seafaring narratives; assess the careers and work of Philadelphia cabinetmakers Benjamin Randolph and George G. Wright; contextualize marks labels and signatures used by American furniture makers during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries; illustrate all of the known American turned chairs with board seats along with British and Continental antecedents; and provide source material for understanding period repairs and alterations. Table of Contents Editorial Statement Luke Beckerdite Benjamin Randolph Revisited Andrew Brunk American Board-Seated Turned Chairs 1640-1740 Robert F. Trent and John D. Alexander From Apprentice to Master: The Life and Career of Philadelphia Cabinetmaker George G. Wright Clark Pearce Catherine Ebert and Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley Early American Furniture Makers Marks Philip D. Zimmerman Reading Japanned Furniture Ethan W. Lasser The Written Evidence of Furniture Repairs and Alterations: How Original Is "All Original"? Nancy Goyne Evans BOOK REVIEWS Recent Writing on American Furniture: A Bibliography Gerald W. R. Ward Index