American furniture from the Kaufman collection
By: J. Michael Flanigan ; introductory essays, Wendy A. Cooper, Morrison H. Heckscher, Gregory R. Weidman.
Contributors: Cooper, Wendy A.; Heckscher, Morrison H.; Weidman, Gregory R., 1950-; National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Publisher: National Gallery of Art
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Kaufman, George M. -- Art collections -- Exhibitions; Kaufman, Linda -- Art collections -- Exhibitions; Furniture, Colonial -- United States -- Exhibitions; Furniture -- United States -- History -- 18th century -- Exhibitions; Furniture -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions; Furniture -- Private collections -- United States -- Exhibitions
Description: American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection presents more than 100 of the finest examples of American craftsmanship from the colonial period, in the William and Mary, Queen Anne, and Chippendale styles, and from the neoclassical period, in the Federal and Empire styles. Each piece of furniture has been individually photographed and is shown to full advantage in an oversize color-plate. Included are works by such renowned craftsmen as John Townsend, John and Thomas Seymour, Duncan Phyfe, and the partnership of Mills and Demming.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 244-248.
Includes indexes.