Author: Kirtley, Alexandra Alevizatos.
Title: The 1772 Philadelphia furniture price book. A facsimile with an Introduction and guide [by Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley].
Description: Philadelphia, Philadelphia Museum of Art, [2006]. 2 vols (introd. & facs.). 59 pp. B./w. ills. Softcover. Oblong. 18mo [9.5 x 15.5 cm.] (= introduction booklet). + 36 pages in facsimile. Uniform softcover. Oblong. 18mo [9.5 x 15.5 cm.] (= facsimile). Together in orig. cardboard slipcase. (Primary sources in American art, no. 2).Explains the types of furniture listed and details many of the options available to eighteenth-century patrons of Philadelphia's fine furniture craftsmen. This book contains fifty-six headings for furniture forms, including desks, bookcases, high chests, chairs, sofas, beds, clothes presses, and numerous tables for specialised uses.

Keywords: Furniture America Meubels Amerika