Research Catalog

Title

The furniture masterworks of John & Thomas Seymour / by Robert D. Mussey Jr.

Author

Mussey, Robert D.

Publication

Salem, Mass. : Peabody Essex Museum, 2003.

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Additional Authors

Peabody Essex Museum. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no94033211

Description

xiv, 462 pages : illustrations; 30 cm.

Summary

"The Peabody Essex Museum is pleased to present the first major exhibition of the work of John and Thomas Seymour, two English emigres who played a significant role in shaping New England's artistic heritage during one of the most pivotal chapters in American history. During the Federal period, from the 1780s to the 1820s, the Federal government took shape, along with many of the values and ideals that we live with today. It was also an era that adopted the classical style inspired by the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome as suitable for all branches of the creative arts. The style went through several different phases, but its salient features - fine proportion, symmetrical arrangement of parts, and decorative details copied from ancient buildings and furniture - remained constant and continue to be a vital part of America's decorative vocabulary."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Peabody Essex Museum collections for 2002 ; 137

Uniform Title

Peabody Essex Museum ; v. 137.

Alternative Title

Furniture masterworks of John and Thomas Seymour

Subjects

• Cabinetmakers > Massachusetts > Boston
• Peabody Essex Museum Exhibitions
• Seymour family
• Furniture > Massachusetts > Boston
• Seymour, John, 1738-1818
• Seymour, Thomas, 1771-1848

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographic references (p. 447-462)

Contents

Foreword / Dan L. Monroe -- Ch. 1. John Seymour and Family in Dorset and Devon, England -- Ch. 2. John Seymour and Family in Portland, Maine / Laura Fecych Sprague -- Ch. 3. The Seymours in Boston: Tradition and Early Changes -- Ch. 4. Thomas Seymour between 1804 and 1817 -- Ch. 5. Connoisseurship and the Identification of the Works of John and Thomas Seymour -- Ch. 6. Catalogue of Furniture.

ISBN

0883891263

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries