American furniture with related decorative arts, 1660-1830
By: the Milwaukee Art Museum and the Layton Art Collection ; Brock W. Jobe ... [et al.] ; edited by Gerald W. R. Ward.
Contributors: Jobe, Brock.; Ward, Gerald W. R.; Milwaukee Art Museum.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hudson Hills Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: Layton Art Collection -- Catalogs.; Furniture -- United States -- Catalogs.; Furniture -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- Catalogs.; Decorative arts -- United States -- Catalogs.; Decorative arts -- Wisconsin -- Milwaukee -- Catalogs.
Description: A catalog of the Layton Art Collection. The book includes essays on American furniture in the 17th century, the William and Mary style, the Queen Anne style, American Chippendale and the Federal style. Two appendices discuss identification of woods in old furniture and using ethafoam in restoring old furniture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]- 297) and index.
Catalogue of the Layton Art Collection's holdings.