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Samuel McIntire : carving an American style
- Title
- Samuel McIntire : carving an American style / Dean T. Lahikainen.
- Author
- Lahikainen, Dean T., 1951-
- Publication
- Salem, Mass. : Peabody Essex Museum ; Hanover ; London : Distributed by University Press of New England, [2007], ©2007.
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- Peabody Essex Museum.
- Description
- 300 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 31 cm
- Summary
- "Samuel McIntire: Carving an American Style is the first book to examine the range of Samuel McIntire's carving career and to put it into a broader perspective in terms of the work of this contemporaries and other decorative traditions of the Federal period. Lahikainen presents a critical analysis of McIntire's carving style and questions some long-held attributions that shed new light on his role as a furniture maker and designer."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Note
- "Published by the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem Massachusetts, in conjunction with the exhibition Samuel McIntire: carving an American style, October 13, 2007-February 24, 2008"--T.p. verso.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 284-286) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Discovering an American original -- 2. Who was Samuel McIntire? -- 3. The art of carving -- 4. McIntire's carved ornaments -- 5. Patrons and the coordinated interior -- App. A. Inventory of Samuel McIntire's estate -- App. B. Carving documents.
- ISBN
- 0875772099 (cloth)
- 9780875772097 (cloth)
- 0875772102 (paper)
- 9780875772103 (paper)
- LCCN
- 2006937485
- OCLC
- ocn154804535
- 154804535
- SCSB-5370359
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- Columbia University Libraries