08-11-201208-11-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
August 11, 2012 10:00 AMCalender
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Nine Assorted Reference Books on American Antique Furniture, Decorative Arts, and Folk Art

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$593$500
Auction: American Furniture & Decorative Arts - 2608MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: August 12, 2012 10:00AM

Description:

Nine Assorted Reference Books on American Antique Furniture, Decorative Arts,and Folk Art, five hardcover books including: Spiritually Moving: A Collection of American Folk Art Sculpture, by Thomas H. Geismar, Harvey Kahn, Ralph Sessions, and Dave Hoffman, Harry N. Abrams, publisher, slipcase edition, 1998; Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758, by Jack L. Lindsey, Richard S. Dunn, Edward Carlos Carter, and Richard H. Saunders, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1999; Samuel McIntire: Carving an American Style, by Dean T. Lahikainen, Peabody Essex Museum, publisher, 2007; Connecticut Valley Furniture by Eliphalet Chapin and His Contemporaries, 1750-1800, by Thomas P. Kugelman, Alice K. Kugelman, Robert F. Trent, and Philip D. Zimmerman, Connecticut Historical Society, 2005; Willard's Patent Time Pieces: A history of the weight-driven banjo clock, 1800-1900, by Paul J. Foley, Roxbury Village, publisher, 2002; and four softcover: Lions & Eagles & Bulls: Early American Tavern & Inn Signs from the Connecticut Historical Society, Thomas D. White, Princeton University Press; Old-Town and the Waterside 1635-1835, a catalogue of an exhibition at the Cushing House Museum, Newburyport, Massachusetts, July 20-October 20, 1985; Portsmouth Furniture: Masterworks from the New Hampshire Seacoast, by Brock W. Jobe, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, publisher, 1993; and The Best the Country Affords: Vermont Furniture, 1765-1850, Bennington Museum, publisher.
Estimate $300-500

All in unused, excellent condition (seven shrink-wrapped).

Keywords

Samuel McIntire, Thomas H. Geismar, Harry N. Abrams, Harvey Kahn, Dave Hoffman, Edward Carlos Carter, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Jack L. Lindsey, Richard H. Saunders, Richard S. Dunn, Peabody Essex Museum, Connecticut Historical Society, Alice K. Kugelman, Robert F. Trent, Thomas P. Kugelman, Philip D. Zimmerman, Roxbury Village, Inn Signs, Early American Tavern, Princeton University Press, Princeton University, Old-Town, Newburyport, Cushing House Museum, Massachusetts, Brock W. Jobe, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, Bennington Museum