Acknowledged as the journal of record in its field, American Furniture presents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. Begun in 1993, this award-winning annual provides a comprehensive forum on furniture history, technology, connoisseurship, and conservation by the foremost scholars in the field. It is the only interdisciplinary journal devoted exclusively to furniture made or used in the Americas from the seventeenth century to the present.Table of ContentsEditorial Statement –Luke BeckerditeAmerican Rococo Looking Glasses: From Maker's Hand to Patron's Home –Luke BeckerditeAn Ark of the New Republic –Nicholas R. BellEarly Polychrome Chests from Hadley, Massachusetts: A Technical Investigation of Their Paint and Finish –Susan L. BuckThe Compass Artist of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania –Wendy A. Cooper, Patricia Edmonso, and Lisa M. MinardiPaint-Decorated Furniture from Piedmont North Carolina –June LucasThe "Boston Chairs" of Mid-Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia –Philip D. ZimmermanBOOK REVIEWSGilbert Rohde: Modern Design for Modern Living, Phyllis Rossreview –Christopher LongThe Shape of Time: Remarks on the History of Things, George Kublerreview –David F. WoodTimeless: Masterpiece American Brass Dial Clocks, Morrison H. Heckscher, Martha H. Willoughby, and David F. Woodreview –Philip D. ZimmermanRecent Writings on American Furniture: A Bibliography –Gerald W. R. WardIndex
