Masterpieces of American furniture from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute
By: Anna Tobin D'Ambrosio, editor ; John Bigelow Taylor, principal photographer.
Contributors: D'Ambrosio, Anna Tobin.; Cincinnati Art Museum.
Publisher: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute; Distributed by Syracuse University Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Utica, N.Y; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
Subjects: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute -- Exhibitions.; Furniture -- United States -- History -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.; Furniture -- New York (State) -- Utica -- Exhibitions.; Cabinetmakers -- United States -- Biography.
Description: Masterpieces of American Furniture, edited by Anna Tobin D'Ambrosio, the Curator of Decorative Arts since 1989 at Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute Museum of Art, offers concise, engaging text accompanied by exquisite photography.

Essays on more than 65 finely crafted examples of American furniture encompass nearly every nineteenth-century style and explore the careers of America's preeminent cabinetmakers and shops including Charles Baudouine, Hugh and John Finlay, Edward Hutchings, John Henry Belter, Herter Brothers, R. J. Horner & Co., Kimbel and Cabus, Kilian Brothers, J. and J. W. Meeks, Anthony Quervelle, and M. & H. Schrenkeisen Mfg. Co.

Each footnoted essay offers perceptive new research into historical antecedents, stylistic preferences, manufacturing techniques, and the complex nature of the nineteenth-century furniture trade.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-165) and index.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, New York, May 2-Oct. 31, 1999 and at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Cinnati, Ohio, Feb. 18-May 28, 2000.