Connecticut Valley Furniture: Eliphalet Chapin and His Contemporaries, 1750-1800
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Connecticut Valley Furniture: Eliphalet Chapin and His Contemporaries, 1750-1800
Explore Connecticut Valley Furniture in digital format, available as an instant download. This PDF edition is provided for online reading with appropriate Kindle apps and other reading apps.
Covering the period from the decades before and after the American Revolution, this volume presents an overview and an extensive catalog of case furniture. It includes nearly 200 catalog entries with 450 photographs and line drawings.
Instant access means you can begin reviewing the framework for classification and the regional style centers right away.
Book Overview
Connecticut Valley Furniture showcases the design and craftsmanship produced in the Connecticut valley region in the decades before and after the American Revolution. The book presents nearly 200 catalog entries with 450 photographs and line drawings, with over half of the illustrations described as unpublished or little-known examples.
The work offers a systematic framework for classifying Connecticut valley case furniture, including high chests, dressing tables, desks, desks and bookcases, bureaus, and chests-on-chests. It defines four major local style centers connected to Wethersfield, East Windsor, and Colchester, Connecticut, and to the Springfield-Northampton region of Massachusetts.
The volume is edited by Susan P. Schoelwer and associated with the Connecticut Historical Society Museum, with distribution listed by University Press of New England and publication in conjunction with an exhibition by the Connecticut Historical Society Museum.
What You’ll Discover Inside
- A catalog presentation with nearly 200 entries, supported by 450 photographs and line drawings.
- A classification framework for Connecticut valley case furniture forms.
- Four major local style centers linked to towns in Connecticut and the Springfield-Northampton region of Massachusetts.
- Regional chapters organized by style centers and related shop groupings.
- Maps, a glossary, and cabinetmaker biographies included with the contents.
- Material focused on Eliphalet Chapin and his role in eighteenth-century Connecticut furniture, as referenced in the table of contents.
Why This Book Matters
For readers interested in American furniture study, the book is presented as a reference work for identifying design and construction features. It also supports scholarship by combining a systematic framework with catalog entries and supporting essays.
The Connecticut Historical Society Museum role is included in the front matter, and the contents draw from a field study of over 500 examples, as described in the provided text.
Book Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | |
| File Size | 101.0 MB |
| File Size (Bytes) | 105879694 |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 569 |
| ASIN | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-881264-08-4 |
| ISBN-13 | |
| LCCN | 20041115663 |
| Publisher | Connecticut Historical Society Museum |
| Imprint / Distributed by | University Press of New England |
| Imprint Location | Hartford; Hanover and London |
| Publication Date | 2005 |
| Edited by | Susan P. Schoelwer |
| Foreword by | Patricia E. Kane |
| Essays by | Susan P. Schoelwer; Robert F. Trent; Philip D. Zimmerman |
| Project Collaboration (described) | Thomas P. Kugelman and Alice K. Kugelman; Robert Lionetti; Connecticut Historical Society Museum |
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If you’re comparing case furniture forms by region and shop traditions, this edition provides a structured catalog and supporting materials. Download the PDF and review the contents at your own pace.
Verified Bibliographic Details
| Title variant (as listed) | Connecticut Valley Furniture: Eliphalet Chap in and His Contemporaries, 1750-1800 |
|---|---|
| Editors | Edited by Susan P. Schoelwer |
| With | with Robert Lionetti |
| Foreword | Foreword by Patricia E. Kane |
| Essays | Essays by Susan P. Schoelwer; Robert F. Trent; Philip D. Zimmerman |
| Distributed by (locations) | Hanover and London |
| Publication note | Published in conjunction with the exhibition Connecticut Valley Furniture by Eliphalet Chapin and His Contemporaries, 1750-1800 organized by the Connecticut Historical Society Museum |
| Exhibition (Concord Museum dates as listed) | Concord Museum, Concord, Massachusetts, January 28-June 5, 2005 |
| Exhibition (CHS Museum dates as listed) | Connecticut Historical Society Museum, Hartford, June 23, 2005-January 15, 2006 |
| Copyright year | © 2005 by Connecticut Historical Society Museum, Hartford, Connecticut. |
| Book focus (from provided text) | First-ever systematic framework for classifying Connecticut valley case furniture; four major local style centers connected to towns of Wethersfield, East Windsor, and Colchester, Connecticut, and the Springfield-Northampton region of Massachusetts |
| Catalog scope (from provided text) | Nearly 200 catalog entries with 450 photographs and line drawings |
| Field study (from provided text) | Detailed research including systematic examinations of over five hundred regional examples |
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