Coalescence of styles
Subtitle: the ethnic heritage of St. John River Valley regional furniture, 1763-1851
By: Jane L. Cook.
Series: McGill-Queen's studies in ethnic history
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Montréal; Ithaca
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: Furniture -- Saint John River Valley (Me. and N.B.) -- History -- 18th century; Furniture -- Saint John River Valley (Me. and N.B.) -- History -- 19th century; Material culture -- Saint John River Valley (Me. and N.B.)
Description: "Using an impressively diverse combination of artifacts, artwork, maps, and primary literature from over sixty museum collections and archives. Jane L. Cook addresses the experiences of immigrants and artisans and their influence on cultural boundaries along one of eastern North America's most important rivers. Much more than a mere catalogue of objects.

Coalescence of Styles provides an important comparative analysis of material heritage, showing how regional furniture embodied the lifestyles of diverse groups of settlers."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-264) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 St John River Valley Material Culture: Objects as Indicators of Cultural; title: Regions, 1763-1851 3; title: The Upper St John River Valley: Acadian, French Canadian, and American; title: Influences in the Madawaska Settlements, 1785-1851 23; title: 3 Anglos and Americans in the Lower St John River Valley: Early-Comers,; title: Loyalist Generations, and Purveyors of "Yankee,Clap-Trap Furniture,"; title: 1763-1851 59; title: 4 Scots and Irish in the Lower St John River Valley: Scottish Furniture-; title: Making Traditions and the Impact of Irish Immigrant Artisans,; title: 1815-1851 112; title: 5 Valley Material Culture and the Coalescence of Regional Styles 151; title: Appendices; title: 1 Population of Saint John and the Madawaska Settlements, 1824-1851 173; title: 2 Lists of Artisans, 1851 Census and Earlier 174; title: 3 Household Inventory: The Hon. George Sproule of Fredericton, 1818 177; title: 4 List of Tools Purchased by James Anderson, Jr (New Brunswick) from; title: Alexander Mathieson (Scotland) in 1837 184; title: Notes 187; title: Glossary 233; title: Bibliography 245; title: Credits of Plates and Figures, by Collection 265; title: Index 269.