Thread: American Furniture in the MMA

Well I'll be darned, Paul. I bought the hardcover book, back in 1980 or thereabouts. Cost US$45, which would be at least $150 in today's $$s - now it's free! It's a very useful reference if you are interested in American colonial era furniture, they give dimensions & some notes on the construction of the pieces, so if you have a vague idea of what you are doing, it's possible to produce pretty reasonable facsimiles. In those pre-internet days, information was not so easy to come by. These were made largely from the book with some help from other sources: Table rosewood a red.jpg

Chair wing red.jpg Chair wing skel red.jpg

The table is a scaled-down version combining features of a couple of different tables, but the chair is pretty close to one of the examples in the book. I found the pics of the stripped-down chairs very helpful!

Cheers,

Thanks for the tip Paul. I will be spending 4 weeks in NY in a few months, staying with son in Manhattan, and am looking forward to spending quite a bit of time in the Met, including studying the furniture (which I will now be studying before I go).

Cheers
Peter

Originally Posted by pmcgee

Free museum book

Paul

Check your net security Paul.. In my case this download came with a couple of Trojan passengers.
Rgds Dick

Better thank Glen Huey, I think.

Doggie - not sure how you got a message about passengers?
The download should just be a pdf.

Sometimes there can be false positives on virus signatures ... ?

Did you see in the comments ... this search suggested for other possible pdfs ...
Search publication results | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cheers,
Paul

Originally Posted by pmcgee

Did you see in the comments ... this search suggested for other possible pdfs ...
Cheers,
Paul

No comments as above, just that two Trojans had been picked up immediately the download finished. No sweat though the trend micro nabbed them straight away and no after effects detected. Could be a coincidence though as my wife and myself share an account and she does all the emails. I only download stuff like the MOMA book.
Regards Dick

Paul
Loved the original particularly
p 88 chair
the clocks
the desk innards
and thanks for the intro to Met publications ; I could be in a heaven;one of many!
Cheers
Tony

250-ish pages ...


"Honoré Lannuier, Cabinetmaker from Paris: The Life and Work of a French Ébéniste in Federal New York"




Honoré Lannuier, Cabinetmaker from Paris: The Life and Work of a French Ébéniste in Federal New York | The Metropolitan Museum of Art






In Quest of Comfort: The Easy Chair in America
... 17 pages


In Quest of Comfort: The Easy Chair in America | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

John Townsend: Newport Cabinetmaker

John Townsend: Newport Cabinetmaker | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nineteenth-Century America: Furniture and Other Decorative Arts
... awesome stuff ...

Nineteenth-Century America: Furniture and Other Decorative Arts | The Metropolitan Museum of Art