American Furniture 2016 (American Furniture Annual)

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 Contents

Editorial StatementLuke Beckerdite
A Philadelphia-Carved Bust of Benjamin FranklinLuke Beckerdite and Alan Miller
Thomas Johnson, Hercules Courtenay, and the Dissemination of London Rococo DesignLuke Beckerdite
George A. Schastey and Company, Gilded Age CabinetmakersMoira Gallagher
The Early Furniture of North Carolina's Cane Creek SettlementJune Lucas
Stephen Dwight ReconsideredLuke Beckerdite and Margaret K. Hofer
Book Reviews
Oak Furniture: The British Tradition: A History of Early Furniture in the British Isles and New England, Victor Chinneryreview by John Fiske
Mortise 39, Joshua A. Klein, ed.review by Richard Oedel
Now I Sit Me Down: From Klismos to Plastic Chair: A Natural History, Witold Rybczynskireview by Gerald W. R. Ward
Recent Writing on American Furniture: A BibliographyGerald W. R. Ward
Index