Classical splendor : painted furniture for a grand Philadelphia house /
Kirtley, Alexandra Alevizatos,author.
Olley, Peggy A.,author.
Cohen, Jeffrey A.,writer of supplementary textual content.
Philadelphia Museum of Art,host institution.
Philadelphia : Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press,
2016.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art September 3, 2016-January 2, 2017.
Includes bibliographical references (page 159) and index.
Introduction -- Place, Time, and Architecture: Materialized Memory and the Moment of Latrobe's Waln House / Jeffrey A. Cohen -- Social Theater: Latrobe and the Walns Set the Stage -- Executing the Design: Cabinetmaker John Aitken, Decorator George Bridport, and Upholsterer John Rea -- The Vanguard of Classical Splendor: Impact and Epilogue -- Catalogue of Furniture for the House of William and Mary Wilcocks Waln: In the Collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art -- Notes -- Checklist of the Exhibition -- Chronology -- Appendixes: The Insurance Surveys of 1824 and 1845; Inventory of the Personal Estate of George Bridport -- Selected Bibliography -- Index of Architects, Designers, Makers, and Artists.
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820.
Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820.
Painted furniture
Furniture
Furniture.
Painted furniture.