homes of our ancestors, as shown in the American wing of the Metropolitan museum of art of New York, from the beginnings of New England through the early days of the republic
Subtitle: exhibiting the development of the arts of interior architecture and house decoration, the arts of cabinetmaking, silversmithing, etc., especial emphasis being laid upon the point that our early craftsmen evolved from the fashions of the old world a style of their own; with an account of the social conditions surrounding the life of the original owners of the various rooms
By: By R. T. H. Halsey and Elizabeth Tower; illustrated with many elegant plates.
Contributors: Tower, Elizabeth.
Publisher: Printed by Doubleday, Doran and company, inc.
Published: 1925
Place of publication: Garden City, L.I
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
Subjects: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). -- American Wing.; Architecture, Domestic -- United States.; Architecture, Colonial.; Interior decoration.; Furniture -- United States.; Art objects -- United States.; United States -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.