Book by Kirtley Alexandra Alevizatos
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In 1772, a group of Philadelphia craftsmen published "Prices of Cabinet and Chair Work", a thirty-six-page book listing the furniture forms they made along with suggested retail prices and the rates master furniture makers should pay journeymen for particular items. While some standardisation of prices within the craft had occurred in both Europe and America prior to 1772, the Philadelphia publication is the first furniture price book known to have been printed. This single surviving copy, now in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, contains fifty-six headings for furniture forms, including desks, bookcases, high chests, chairs, sofas, beds, clothes presses, and numerous tables for specialised uses. Listed below each heading are choices for variations in the design and styling, with three columns to the right giving, respectively, the price to be charged for each option in mahogany or walnut as the primary wood and the amount that should be paid to the journeymen who produced the components. In her introductory essay, Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley explains how this seemingly simple book of lists provides an extraordinary view into the world of furniture making in Philadelphia in the latter part of the eighteenth century. By quantifying what was valued in design and style, based on the extra amount the patron was willing to pay for embellishments, the 1772 Philadelphia price book unveils the "art and mystery" of Philadelphia furniture making. In her guide to the price book, Kirtley explains the types of furniture listed and details many of the options available to eighteenth-century patrons of Philadelphia's fine furniture craftsmen.
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Paperback. Condición: VG. Small, oblong 2-volume set in slipcase. Introduction and Guide: brown wraps with white title block; 59 pp; 12 BW figures. 2nd book: brown marbled wraps; 36 pp. Brown marbled slipcase with white title block. The first book in this set contains the essay The 1772 Price Book: The Art and Economy of Furniture Making in Pre-Revolutionary Philadelphia by Kirtley. The second book in this set is a representation of "Prices of Cabinet and Chair Work" published originally in 1772. Primary Sources in American Art, No. 2. "In 1772, a group of Philadelphia craftsmen published Prices of Cabinet and Chair Work, a 36-page booklet listing furniture forms, retail prices, and journeymen's wages. Rediscovered in 2003, the single sruviving copy of this remarkable publication, produced here in a facsimile edition with an introduction and illustrated guide, provides an extraordinary view in the wrold of Philadelphia's 18th-century furniture makers." -- back cover of slipcase. Nº de ref. del artículo: 168938
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Paperback. Condición: VG. Missing slipcase. Small, oblong 2-volume set. Introduction and Guide: brown wraps with white title block; 59 pp; 12 BW figures. 2nd book: brown marbled wraps; 36 pp. The first book in this set contains the essay The 1772 Price Book: The Art and Economy of Furniture Making in Pre-Revolutionary Philadelphia by Kirtley. The second book in this set is a representation of "Prices of Cabinet and Chair Work" published originally in 1772. Primary Sources in American Art, No. 2. "In 1772, a group of Philadelphia craftsmen published Prices of Cabinet and Chair Work, a 36-page booklet listing furniture forms, retail prices, and journeymen's wages. Rediscovered in 2003, the single sruviving copy of this remarkable publication, produced here in a facsimile edition with an introduction and illustrated guide, provides an extraordinary view in the wrold of Philadelphia's 18th-century furniture makers." -- back cover of slipcase. Nº de ref. del artículo: 168940
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Paperback. Condición: New in shrinkwrap. Small, oblong 2-volume set in slipcase. Introduction and Guide: brown wraps with white title block; 59 pp; 12 BW figures. 2nd book: brown marbled wraps; 36 pp. Brown marbled slipcase with white title block. The first book in this set contains the essay The 1772 Price Book: The Art and Economy of Furniture Making in Pre-Revolutionary Philadelphia by Kirtley. The second book in this set is a representation of "Prices of Cabinet and Chair Work" published originally in 1772. Primary Sources in American Art, No. 2. "In 1772, a group of Philadelphia craftsmen published Prices of Cabinet and Chair Work, a 36-page booklet listing furniture forms, retail prices, and journeymen's wages. Rediscovered in 2003, the single sruviving copy of this remarkable publication, produced here in a facsimile edition with an introduction and illustrated guide, provides an extraordinary view in the wrold of Philadelphia's 18th-century furniture makers." -- back cover of slipcase. Nº de ref. del artículo: 168939
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