Editorial Statement
Luke Beckerdite
Preface
Allen M. Taylor
Introduction
Luke Beckerdite
Regional Furniture/Regional Life
William N. Hosley
Furniture as Social History: Gender, Property, and Memory in the Decorative Arts
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Diversity and Regionalism in Rural New England
Philip Zea
The Social Economy of the Preindustrial Joiner in Western Connecticut, 1750–1800
Edward S. Cooke Jr.
Regions and the Study of Material Culture: Explorations along the Connecticut River
Kevin M. Sweeney
Definition and Diaspora of Regional Style: The Worcester County Model
Donna K. Baron
Definition and Diaspora of Regional Style: The Worcester County Model
Donna K. Baron
Hidden in Plain Sight: Disappearance and Material Life in Colonial New York
Neil D. Kamil
Book Reviews
Tools: Working Wood in Eighteenth–Century America
Review by Barbara Mclean Ward
Herter Brothers: Furniture and Interiors for a Gilded Age
Review by Edward S Cooke Jr.
Drama in Design: The Life and Craft of Charles Rohlfs.
Review by Anna Tobin D’Ambrosio
Living in Style: Fine Furniture in Victorian Quebec |
Review by Kenneth L. Ames
The Complete Book of Shaker Furniture
Review by Robert P. Emlen
The Dunlap Cabinetmakers: A Tradition in Craftsmanship
Review by Philip D. Zimmerman