by Walter A. Dyer ... being a series of sketches of the lives of the more important personalities in the early development of the industrial arts in America, together with sundry facts and photographs of interest and value to the collector of Americana.
Search and Re-Search: The Documented Object -- Form and Fabric: The Art of the Upholstered Object -- American Patronage: Special Commissions -- Craftsmen and Ornament: Economics in Fashion and workmanship -- Regionalism: Old and New Approaches -- Design with a Difference: Production Outside of Major Style Centers -- The Classical Impulse: Early Nineteenth-Century Style in America.
LCHS copy includes "It's in the cards; an exhibit of 19th century Cumberland County Jacquard Coverlets June 29 - September 15, 1978, Todd Memorial Room, Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 61).
Summary
Discusses the history of chairs in the U.S. and particularly in Pennsylvania, primarily in the 19th century.
