Hardcover
2004 · Columbus, Georgia
by Zimmerman, Philip D., Charles T. Butler, and Catherine E. Hutchins
Columbus, Georgia: The Columbus Museum, 2004. Hardcover. VG/VG-. Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Glossy brown and color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. 143 pp. Color illustrations. "In the years following the American Revolution innovative designs for furniture and other decorative arts swept throughout the young nation. Based on English and European neoclassical interpretations, the new 'federal' style featured colourful veneers and inlays, refined carving, geometrical shapes, and an overall lightness and delicacy that contrasted with preceding styles. Drawing on some 80 pieces of furniture and other decorative arts from the collection of Dr. and Mrs. D. Ronald Watson, this never-before-documented survey represents a comprehensive profile of furniture and decorative arts produced in cabinet-making centres from Boston to Charleston..." -Jacket.
(Inventory #: 170309)