The Art and Mystery of Tennessee Furniture and Its Makers Through 1850

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This pioneering study has been meticulously assembled through extensive fieldwork all the way through Tennessee. Lifestyles of Tennesseans prior to 1850 ranged from mountain cabins to plantation mansions and the furnishings were designed to deal with either setting. Here is a number of desks, bookcases, and secretaries; sideboards, presses, cupboards, dressers, wardrobes, bureaus and bedsteads; sugar chests and cellarets; candlestands and shaving stands and washstands; cradles, bed steps, chairs, benches, sofas, and tables in dozens of sizes, uses, and names.
Featuring many pieces from private collections never before documented, The Art and Mystery of Tennessee Furniture chronicles the originality of design and decoration, the decisions of woods, and the simplicity and sophistication that signifies “made in Tennessee.” The authors imagine sources of labor, location of shops, volume of production, and marketing techniques. Just as essential, the authors have conducted exhaustive research into the identities of Tennessee artisans and the furniture industry, and the book features a tick list of 1,400 furniture makers working in Tennessee prior to 1850. This would be the definitive study for future years.

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