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The maker's hand : American studio furniture, 1940-1990
- Title
- The maker's hand : American studio furniture, 1940-1990 / Edward S. Cooke, Jr., Gerald W.R. Ward, and Kelly H. L'Ecuyer ; with the assistance of Pat Warner.
- Author
- Cooke, Edward S., Jr. (Edward Strong), 1954-
- Publication
- Boston : MFA Publications, a division of the Museum of Fine Arts, c2003.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- 168 p. : ill.; 28 cm.
- Subject
- Furniture > United States > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Note
- "Published in conjunction with the exhibition "The Maker's Hand: American Studio Furniture, 1940-1999," organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in collaboration with The Furniture Society, from November 12, 2003, to February 8, 2004"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-163) and index.
- Contents
- Director's foreword -- Foreword by The Furniture Society -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: defining the field -- Woodworkers: the beginnings of the studio furniture movement -- The challenge of freewheeling artist-craftsmen: tradition and innovation in the 1960s -- Technofetishism: technical virtuosity and exotic woods in the 1970s -- The professionalization of studio furniture: the 1980s -- Afterword -- Makers' biographies -- Select schools and programs in furniture making and woodworking -- Select galleries -- Chronology of select exhibitions.
- Call Number
- JQF 04-561
- ISBN
- 0878466622 (hardcover)
- 9780878466627 (hardcover)
- 0878466630 (softcover)
- 9780878466634 (softcover)
- LCCN
- 2003103743
- OCLC
- 53883909
- Author
- Cooke, Edward S., Jr. (Edward Strong), 1954-
- Title
- The maker's hand : American studio furniture, 1940-1990 / Edward S. Cooke, Jr., Gerald W.R. Ward, and Kelly H. L'Ecuyer ; with the assistance of Pat Warner.
- Imprint
- Boston : MFA Publications, a division of the Museum of Fine Arts, c2003.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-163) and index.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Ward, Gerald W. R.L'Ecuyer, Kelly H.Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 04-561