Author: Kane, Patricia E.
Title: 300 Years of American Seating Furniture: Chairs and Beds from the Mabel Brady Garvane and Other Collections at Yale University
Description: Boston, New York Graphic Society, 1976. Hardcover. Black cloth. 319 pp. 18 color and 400 bw plates. 298-entry catalogue, each chair extensively annotated, lots of fascinating illustrations. From the robust mid-17th-century wainscot chair that has been associated with the university for 275 years to the technologically sophisticated chairs of Charles Eames of the 1970s, the (Yale) collection includes not only some of the finest examples of individual types ever made in American but also representative simpler pieces, even factory-made furniture of the 19th century that made inventuve use of new mass-production methods." Includes 298 chairs, stools, sofas, and beds. VG-, hinge loose, shelf wear/rubbing on boards and edges, interior clean .

Keywords: American; Chairs; Beds; More Chairs; More Beds; Even More Chairs; Even More Beds ; American Furniture ; Chairs ; Beds Furniture - American


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