Chapters: EARLY STARTS (the first attempts at organized education) // NINETEENTH CENTURY IDEALISM (the effort to design and build the perfect school) // THE AMISH ONE-ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE // THE TEACHER // SCHOOL BOOK // TEACHING APPARATUS // DESKS AND CHAIRS // RULES AND REGULATIONS
American migrations, 1765-1799 : the lives, times, and families of colonial Americans who remained loyal to the British Crown before, during, and after the Revolutionary War, as related in their own words and through their correspondence
The rooms described in this book are at the Winterthur Museum.
Contents
Chapters: The SEVENTEENTH CENTURY / the WILLIAM AND MARY PERIOD / theQUEEN ANN PERIOD / the CHIPPENDALE PERIOD / the FEDERAL PERIOD / the EMPIRE STYLE / SPECIAL COLLECTIONS / RURAL PENNSYLVANIA ARTS.
Summary
The interiors of American rooms in the Winterthur Museum are photographed and organized by period, with information on the original rooms. The furniture pieces shown are from the home of Henry Francis Dupont.
