Hardcover
1950 · New York
by Andrews, Edward Deming and Faith Andrews
New York: Dover Publications, 1950. Hardcover. VG- (overall wear and fading to boards, light age toning to pages, several pencil marks in margins but pages are otherwise clear.). Blue cloth over boards with gilt spine lettering; xi, 133 pp, 48 pp of bw plates, top edge pink tinted. Photographs by William F. Winter. The definitive work on a distinctive American furniture style by two of the world's leading authorities on the Shakers. Contents include: Shaker craftsmanship : its cultural background -- Shaker furniture : its essential character -- The craftsmen of the sect -- Shaker houses and shops -- Conclusion.
(Inventory #: 181265)