Colonial Furniture And Decorations

Author : American Art Association
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266918172
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (181 download)

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Download or read book Colonial Furniture and Decorations written by American Art Association and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-29 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Colonial Furniture and Decorations: Important Pieces of Furniture Chiefly in Mahogany, Hooked Rugs, Early American and English Georgian Silver, Lowestoft, Staffordshire and Lustre Ware, Pewter and Brass A group of over seventy selected hooked rugs includes two largeearly hooked carpets from Maine [nos. 83 and the second of which, dating from about 1820-30, and 10 feet square, is said to be the finest of its kind in the market, and has an appraised value of several thousand dollars. An array of Georgian silver and Sheffield plate boasts many Irish pieces, including a rare two-handled silver cup of the reign of James II, tankards, cake-baskets, etc. The American silver comes mainly from the collection of Mrs. Anderson of Portland, Me., and was on loan until the beginning of the present year to the Longfellow Memorial of that city. We may make mention of an important tankard [no. 280] attributed to Paul Revere and originally presented to the old First Parish Church of Charlestown, Mass. In 1793. The rest of the collection includes Staffordshire and lustre ware, etc., Stiegel, Sandwich and Irish glass [the last from the Lawton collee tion], brass, pewter and the smaller decorative objects, of which we may refer to a rare set of Washington andirons [no. Two banjo clocks, and a pair of Bilboa mirrors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.