Tracing household furniture in America from the English and Dutch pieces of the first colonists to the mahogany of the nineteenth century, Morse takes each form in turn: chests and cupboards, chairs, sofas, tables, beds, desks, clocks and mirrors. She describes surviving pieces in detail, with the joiners and cabinet-makers who made them.
A standard early guide for collectors of American antiques and anyone restoring an old house. Download the free EPUB.