Author: Zea, Philip
Title: Useful Improvements, Innumerable Temptations: Pursuing Refinement in Rural New England 1750-1850
Description: Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, Inc, 1998. Softbound. Color illustrated wraps. 92 pp. profusely illustrated in color. Published to accompany an exhibition that explored what objects of everyday life were typical and unique in rural New England. This is a lovely reference and a relaxing guide to some of the striking and wonderful objects in this museum's collections. Well annotated, and superbly photographed. Uncommon in hardcover format. VG .

Keywords: American Decorative Arts ; Deerfield Collection ; ; Collections - American Decorative Arts


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