My copy of Luke Beckerdite's American Furniture, 2009 arrived late last week. Surprised, but please to see the annual has gone to a hardcover edition, although 2009 seems a bit "thin" at under 200 pages. Quality usually wins out over quantity, at the American Furniture articles are always excellent. Articles include American Rococo Looking Glasses: From Maker's Hand to Patron's Home by Luke Beckerdite, An Ark of the New Republic by Nicholas R. Bell, Early Polychrome Chests from Hadley, Mass, A technical Investigation of their Paint and Finish by Susan Buck, The Compass Artist of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, by Wendy Cooper, et al, Paint Decorated Furniture from Piedmont North Carolin by June Lucas, The "Boston Chairs" of Mid Eighteenth Century Philadeophia by Philip Zimmerman and several book reviews.
I highly recommend the annual for the American antique furniture appraiser.
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