Describes and illustrates the work of craftsmen and artisans in Colonial America. Shows types of work done in town shops and manufacturies, as well as, in homes, village shops, and country forges.
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.
