Research Catalog

Title

Furnishing Louisiana : Creole and Acadian furniture, 1735-1835 / Jack D. Holden, H. Parrott Bacot, Cybèle T. Gontar ; with Brian J. Costello and Francis J. Puig.

Author

Holden, Jack D., 1937-

Publication

New Orleans, La. : Historic New Orleans Collection, 2010.

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Additional Authors

• Bacot, H. Parrott.
• Gontar, Cybèle T.
• Costello, Brian J.
• Puig, Francis J.
• Dorman, Jessica.
• Doerries, Sarah R.
• Zietz, Jim.

Description

xiii, 537 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.); 32 cm.

Summary

"A thorough study of Louisiana's early Creole and Acadian furniture (1735-1835) featuring a full-color catalogue of furniture forms made in the upper and lower Mississippi River valley, along with contextual essays on the history of the region, woods, inlay, hardware, cabinetmakers, interiors, and the import trade"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• Furniture > Louisiana > History > 18th century
• Furniture > Louisiana > History > 19th century

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Edited by Jessica Dorman & Sarah R. Doerries.
• Photography by Jim Zietz.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The cabinet woods of Louisiana -- Ebenisterie in Louisiana / by Cybèle T. Gontar and Jack D. Holden -- Louisiana furniture hardware -- The early cabinetmakers of Louisiana -- Inside the early Louisiana home / by Brian Costello -- Furniture importation at the port of New Orleans / by Cybèle T. Gontar -- Catalogue. The Louisiana armoire -- Melange: case pieces, desks, and clocks -- The Louisiana table -- The Louisiana chair -- The Campeche chair in Louisiana / by Cybèle T. Gontar -- The Louisiana bedstead -- Utilitarian objects -- Creole furniture from the upper valley of colonial Louisiana / by Francis J. Puig.

ISBN

• 9780917860560 (alk. paper)
• 091786056X (alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2010037590

OCLC

663102422

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library