Making furniture in preindustrial America : the social economy of Newtown and Woodbury, Connecticut

著者

• Cooke, Edward S.

書誌事項

Making furniture in preindustrial America : the social economy of Newtown and Woodbury, Connecticut

Edward S. Cooke, Jr

（Studies in industry and society, 10）

Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

A study of the furniture-makers, social structure, household possessions and surviving pieces of furniture of two neighbouring New England communities. Drawing on documentary and artifactual sources, the author explores the interplay among producer, process and style in demonstrating why and how the social economies of these two seemingly similar towns differed significantly during the late colonial and early national periods. Throughout the latter half of the 18th century, Cooke explains, the yeoman town of Newtown relied on native joiners whose work satisfied the expectations of their fellow townspeople. These traditionalists combined craftwork with farming and made relatively plain, conservative furniture. By contrast, the typical joiner in the neighbouring gentry town of Woodbury was the immigrant innovator. Born and raised elsewhere in Connecticut and serving a diverse clientele, these craftsmen were free of cultural constraints that affected their Newtown contemporaries. Relying almost entirely on furniture-making for their livelihood, they were free to pay greater attention to stylistically sensitive features than to mere function.

目次

List of Tables and Charts Acknowledgments Introduction. The Need for the Artis anal Voice Chapter 1. The Preindustrial Joiner in Western Connecticut, 1760-GBP820 Chapter 2. The Social Economy of the Preindustrial Joiner Chapter 3. The Joiners of Newtown and Woodbury Chapter 4. SocioeconomiSc tructure in Newtown and Woodbury Chapter 5. Consumer Behavior in Newtown and Woodbury Chapter 6. Workmanship of Habit: The Furniture of Newtown Chapter 7. Workmanship of Competition: The Furniture of Woodbury Conclusion. The Response to Market Capitalism Appendix A. Biographies of Newtown Joiners, 1760-GBP820 Appendix B. Biographies of Woodbury Joiners, I 760-r 820 Notes Glossary of Furniture Terms Note on Sources and Methods Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA31107625
• ISBN:
  • 0801852536
• LCCN: 95052689
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Baltimore
• ページ数/冊数: xiii, 295 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : TT194
  • DC20 : 338.4/76841/009746109033
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Furniture making -- Connecticut -- Newtown -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Furniture making -- Connecticut -- Newtown -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Furniture making -- Connecticut -- Woodbury -- History -- 18th century
  • LCSH : Furniture making -- Connecticut -- Woodbury -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Newtown (Conn.) -- Economic conditions
  • LCSH : Woodbury (Conn.) -- Economic conditions
• 親書誌ID:
  • BA00301667