18th century
19th century
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A01=David Wheatcroft
A01=Elizabeth V. Warren
A01=John Demos
A01=Jonathan Fielding
A01=Karin Fielding
A01=Robin Jaffee Frank
A01=Stacy C Hollander
A01=Sumpter Priddy
americana
antiques
Author_Christina Nielsen
Author_David Wheatcroft
Author_Elizabeth V. Warren
Author_John Demos
Author_Jonathan Fielding
Author_Karin Fielding
Author_Robin Jaffee Frank
Author_Stacy C Hollander
Author_Sumpter Priddy
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Category=AGA
Category=AGC
Category=WJK
ceramics
early american art
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folk art
furniture
handmade
huntington library
metalwork
new england
portrait
rugs
rustic
shaker antiques
textiles
weathervane
Product details
- ISBN 9780300247565
- Dimensions: 229 x 267mm
- Publication Date: 07 Apr 2020
- Publisher: Yale University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Celebrating two collectors’ passion for Americana and the window it provides into the everyday beauty of the past
Becoming America offers a multifaceted view of one of the foremost collections of 18th- and 19th-century American folk and decorative art from the rural Northeast. Essays by leading specialists discuss the culture of furniture workshops, exuberant painted decoration, techniques of sewing and quilting, and poignant stories about the families depicted in the portraits. The collection itself includes Shaker boxes, a beaded Iroquois hat, embroidered samplers, metalwork, scrimshaw, handwoven rugs, ceramics, and a weather vane. The majority of these works have never before been published. With lively essays and profuse illustrations, this handsome volume brings to life the aesthetic of early Americans living in the countryside and is an essential exploration of the period’s taste and style.
Distributed for The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Becoming America offers a multifaceted view of one of the foremost collections of 18th- and 19th-century American folk and decorative art from the rural Northeast. Essays by leading specialists discuss the culture of furniture workshops, exuberant painted decoration, techniques of sewing and quilting, and poignant stories about the families depicted in the portraits. The collection itself includes Shaker boxes, a beaded Iroquois hat, embroidered samplers, metalwork, scrimshaw, handwoven rugs, ceramics, and a weather vane. The majority of these works have never before been published. With lively essays and profuse illustrations, this handsome volume brings to life the aesthetic of early Americans living in the countryside and is an essential exploration of the period’s taste and style.
Distributed for The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Exhibition Schedule:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA
(October 22, 2016–ongoing)
James Glisson is interim chief curator of American art at The Huntington. Jonathan Fielding is the former director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and Distinguished Professor at UCLA. Karin Fielding is a trustee of the American Folk Art Museum in New York.
