Somehow that note got twisted into the review's flat statement that they were wrong and Zogry right. Probably not true. The only reason for any equivocating on the issue comes from the fact that Robinson gives Zogry's Vermont Furniture Research file at the Bennington Museum as a source for his Loomis information. If it is correct, then so is Ketchum. The limitations of Ketchum's volume in this regard are apparent in examining, for example, its scant coverage of three of New Hampshire's major Federal-era cabinetmakers, Langley Boardman and the partnership of Judkins and Senter, both of Portsmouth, and Porter Blanchard of Concord.
Similar limitations prevail for other geographical areas.
Connecticut cabinetmakers Aaron Chapin of Hartford and Silas Cheney of Litchfield are absent from Ketchum despite the existence of fully documented sideboards discussed and illustrated in Bjerkoe and elsewhere. While author Ketchum cannot, of course, be faulted for his failure to do what he did not set out to do, there are also significant omissions that fall within his prescribed criteria. All of which is not to say that the shortcomings of American Cabinetmakers outweigh its virtues. Chief among the latter are the book's abundant illustrations of both furniture and marks. While it is not the last word on the subject, its publication represents a significant milestone in American furniture studies.