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Article: American Furniture of the 18th Century: History, Technique, Structure.
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- October 1, 1998
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American Furniture of the 18th Century: History, Technique, Structure
by Jeffrey P Greene Newtown, CT: Taunton Press 312 pages, many illustrations, 18 in color, $45.
Beginning with the pioneering studies back in the '20s by Wallace Nutting and others, there has been an ample supply of books about American antique furniture, but this new one tells us more than most. The first of its three sections gives a history of 18th-century styles, beginning with Jacobean precedents. The second explains techniques of ...