[Rarebooks] FS: Seven American Furniture Exhibition Catalogs

Wed May 1 09:50:35 EDT 2019

Seven American Furniture Exhibition Catalogs- $75 net.

“Simple Forms and Vivid Colors: An Exhibition of Maine Painted 
Furniture, 1800-1850” By Edwin A. Churchill.  Published in Augusta by 
the Friends of the Maine State Museum in 1997. A reprinting of the 
original 1983 catalog to an important loan exhibition of regional 
"country" painted furniture. In addition to the fine color photographs 
and descriptions of the 32 pieces of furniture in the exhibition, the 
text catalog features a foreword by Dean Fales, Jr., brief biographies 
of known furniture decorators, an essay on 19th century grain-painting 
techniques by Stephen Weston, an essay on bronze stenciling by Kenneth 
Jewitt, and a bibliography. Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 117 pages, many color 
and several black & white illustrations, dust jacket. Minor soil, name 
on endpaper, jacket slight rubbed.

“Classical America 1815-1845” By Berry B. Tracy & William H. Gerdts.  
Published by the Newark Museum in 1963.
Edition limited to 1500 hardcover and 1500 softcover copies. The catalog 
to a pioneering exhibition which was among the first to explore the 
hitherto largely-neglected field of the Empire, or Grecian, style in the 
first decades of the 19th century. Although there is much material here 
on furniture, there are also sections devoted to silver, ceramics, 
glass, wallpaper & textiles, and lamps, stoves & clocks; another 
section, by William Gerdts, focuses on the fine arts. Many of the 
objects illustrated and described were from private collections. The 
publisher's blurb explained- "Classical America: 1815-1845 - An 
exhibition at the Newark (NJ) Museum of classical designed home 
furnishings and art of the early 19th century, inspired by the 
discoveries of Roman structures and of artifacts that had been recently 
unearthed in Rome and Pompeii. These influenced the development of 
decorative and fine arts which were shown in this large exhibition 
assembled from numerous museum and private collections." Softcover bound 
into pebbled cloth. 8.5"x10.5", 212 pages, black & white illustrations.  
The white covers have some soil, former owner's stamp on the endpaper, 
other wise clean.

"Plain and Fancy. New England Painted Furniture" By Brian Cullity.  
Published in Sandwich by Heritage Plantation in 1987. A loan exhibition 
of painted New England furniture and related items, such as boxes, a 
yarn winder, a churn... but mostly furniture. There is also an 
interesting essay on the development of painted furniture in America and 
biographies of some furniture painters. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 84 pages, 
profusely illustrated in black & white and color. Light wear.

“Furniture by New York Cabinetmakers, 1650-1860” By V. Isabelle Miller.  
Published by the Museum of the City of New York in 1956. An interesting 
catalog of a major loan exhibition, with 41 of the 144 exhibited pieces 
illustrated. "Record(s) many documented examples in both public and 
private collection" (Ames & Ward). Semowich 1038. Softcover. 6"x9", 84 
pages, 43 black & white illustrations.  Minor soil, but otherwise clean 
and nice, with a tight binding.

“Plain & Elegant, Rich & Common. Documented New Hampshire Furniture, 
1750-1850” By Donna-Belle Garvin, James L. Garvin & John F. Page.  
Published in Concord by the New Hampshire Historical Society in 1978. 
The catalog to a loan exhibition which explored the regional 
characteristics of New Hampshire furniture as they related to other 
cabinetmaking centers in Maine and Massachusetts. The documented pieces 
of furniture often include labels or advertisements, and the catalog 
includes interesting biographical information on the cabinetmakers. 
Although the period covered is technically 1750 to 1850, the majority of 
the furniture dates between 1800 and 1850. Semowich 980. Ames & Ward. 
Softcover. 7.5"x11", 153 pages, black & white illustrations.  Covers 
worn, slight water wrinkle to the first few pages, some soil.

“Plain and Ornamental: Delaware Furniture 1740-1890” By Deborah 
Dependahl Waters.  Published in Wilmington by The Historical Society of 
Delaware in 1984. Published in conjunction with a loan exhibition which 
drew examples from many public and private collections (some of the 
private collectors chose to remain anonymous). The catalog includes an 
Introduction by Charles G. Dorman, and an essay and checklist by Deborah 
Dependahl Waters. The preparation for this exhibition took six years, 
including two years of extensive archival research on the cabinetmakers 
by Ms. Waters. Softcover. 8.5"x11", 60 pages, black & white 
illustrations.  Minor soil, but otherwise clean and nice, with a tight 
binding.

“Baltimore Painted Furniture 1800-1840” By William Voss Elder III.  
Published by the Baltimore Museum of Art in 1972. The catalog to an 
important loan exhibition which drew on both private and public 
collections. "Baltimore painted furniture of the period 1800-1840 is a 
unique contribution to American cabinetmaking and was unparalleled in 
its own time by products of other major East coast cabinetmaking 
centers. Although in mahogany and other hardwood furniture Baltimore 
chairmakers and cabinetmakers followed the same sequence of style and 
decoration in the early 19th century as Philadelphia and New York, they 
continued to produce painted furniture on a scale not attained or 
perhaps not desired other American cabinetmaking centers where painted 
furniture simply did not exist in the quantity or quality of Baltimore". 
William Voss Elder contributes the introductory essay, and there is a 
checklist of cabinetmakers working in Baltimore in this period. Semowich 
882. Softcover. 11"x9", 132 pages, black & white illustrations.  The 
cover has some rubbing and wear (please see the photos, above and 
below). Otherwise clean and nice, with a tight binding.

The seven catalogs- $75 net.

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