Explore tips, opinions, and features on American Cabinetmakers Marked sold at 25.34 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
The first book to catalog and illustrate American furniture that bears the signature label brand impression or ink stamp of its maker An essential reference for all serious collectors antiques dealers auctioneers and researchers Iillustrations
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Texas Furniture Volume Two The, priced at 89.97 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
The art of furniture making flourished in Texas during the midnineteenth century To document this rich heritage of locally made furniture Miss Ima Hogg the wellknown philanthropist and collector of American decorative arts enlisted Lonn Taylor and David B Warren to research early Texas furniture and its makers After more than a decade of investigation they published Texas Furniture in 1975 and it quickly became the authoritative reference on this subject An updated edition Texas Furniture Volume One was issued in the spring of 2012Texas Furniture Volume Two presents over 150 additional pieces of furniture that were not included in Volume One each superbly photographed in color and accompanied by detailed descriptions of the pieces maker date materials measurements history and owner as well as an analysis by the authors Taylor and Warren have also written a new introduction for this volume in which they amplify the story of early Texas furniture In particular they compare and contrast the two important traditions of cabinetmaking in Texas AngloAmerican and German and identify previously unknown artisans The authors also discuss nineteenthcentury Texans desire for refinement and gentility in furniture noncommercial furniture making and marquetry work And they pay tribute to the twentiethcentury collectors who first recognized the value of locally made Texas furniture and worked to preserve it A checklist of Texas cabinetmakers which contains biographical information on approximately nine hundred men who made furniture in Texas completes the volume
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Master of Mahogany Tom Day sold at 61.37 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
Examines the life and work of master cabinetmaker Tom Day a free literate AfricanAmerican craftsman whose distinctive furniture was much prized in antebellum North Carolina
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Includes plays by Black American authors Laurie Carlos Thulani Davis Anna Deavere Smith and others
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Marked Unmarked Remembered A Geography sold at 26.22 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
From Wounded Knee to the Edmund Pettus Bridge and from the Upper Big Branch mine disaster to the Trail of Tears Marked Unmarked Remembered presents photographs of significant sites from US history posing unsettling questions about the contested memory of traumatic episodes from the nations past Focusing especially on landscapes related to African American Native American and labor history Marked Unmarked Remembered reveals new vistas of officially commemorated sites sites that are neglected or obscured and sites that serve as a gathering place for active rituals of organized memory These powerful photographs by awardwinning photojournalist Andrew Lichtenstein are interspersed with short essays by some of the leading historians of the United States The book is introduced with substantive meditations on meaning and landscape by Alex Lichtenstein editor of the American Historical Review and Edward T Linenthal former editor of the Journal of American History Individually these images convey American history in new and sometimes startling ways Taken as a whole the volume amounts to a starkly visual reckoning with the challenges of commemorating a violent and conflictual history of subjugation and resistance that we forget at our peril nbsp
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on Texas Furniture Volume Two Vol sold at 64.57 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
The art of furniture making flourished in Texas during the midnineteenth century To document this rich heritage of locally made furniture Miss Ima Hogg the wellknown philanthropist and collector of American decorative arts enlisted Lonn Taylor and David B Warren to research early Texas furniture and its makers After more than a decade of investigation they published Texas Furniture in 1975 and it quickly became the authoritative reference on this subject An updated edition Texas Furniture Volume One was issued in the spring of 2012Texas Furniture Volume Two presents over 150 additional pieces of furniture that were not included in Volume One each superbly photographed in color and accompanied by detailed descriptions of the pieces maker date materials measurements history and owner as well as an analysis by the authors Taylor and Warren have also written a new introduction for this volume in which they amplify the story of early Texas furniture In particular they compare and contrast the two important traditions of cabinetmaking in Texas AngloAmerican and German and identify previously unknown artisans The authors also discuss nineteenthcentury Texans desire for refinement and gentility in furniture noncommercial furniture making and marquetry work And they pay tribute to the twentiethcentury collectors who first recognized the value of locally made Texas furniture and worked to preserve it A checklist of Texas cabinetmakers which contains biographical information on approximately nine hundred men who made furniture in Texas completes the volume
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What we know of the marked body in nineteenthcentury American literature and culture often begins with The Scarlet Letters Hester Prynne and ends with Moby Dicks Queequeg This study looks at the presence of marked men and women in a more challenging array of canonical and lesserknown works including exploration narratives romances and frontier novels Jennifer Putzi shows how tattoos scars and brands can function both as stigma and as emblem of healing and survival thus blurring the borderline between the biological and social the corporeal and spiritualExamining such texts as Typee Uncle Toms Cabin Captivity of the Oatman Girls The Morgesons Iola Leroy and Contending Forces Putzi relates the representation of the marked body to significant events beliefs or cultural shifts including tattooing and captivity romantic love the patriarchal family and abolition and slavery Her particular focus is on both men and women of color as well as white womenin other words bodies that did not signify personhood in the nineteenth century and thus by their very nature were grotesque Complicating the discourse on agency power and identity these texts reveal a surprisingly complex array of representations of and responses to the marked bodysome that are a product of essentialist thinking about race and gender identities and some that complicate critique or even rebel against conventional thought
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African American painter Sunday Owens returns home to resolve longstanding differences with her sister Delta and to help solve the mystery surrounding the revelation that their father whom they thought had committed suicide before Sundays brith has actually only recently died
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What we know of the marked body in nineteenthcentury American literature and culture often begins with The Scarlet Letters Hester Prynne and ends with Moby Dicks Queequeg This study looks at the presence of marked men and women in a more challenging array of canonical and lesserknown works including exploration narratives romances and frontier novels Jennifer Putzi shows how tattoos scars and brands can function both as stigma and as emblem of healing and survival thus blurring the borderline between the biological and social the corporeal and spiritualExamining such texts as Typee Uncle Toms Cabin Captivity of the Oatman Girls The Morgesons Iola Leroy and Contending Forces Putzi relates the representation of the marked body to significant events beliefs or cultural shifts including tattooing and captivity romantic love the patriarchal family and abolition and slavery Her particular focus is on both men and women of color as well as white womenin other words bodies that did not signify personhood in the nineteenth century and thus by their very nature were grotesque Complicating the discourse on agency power and identity these texts reveal a surprisingly complex array of representations of and responses to the marked bodysome that are a product of essentialist thinking about race and gender identities and some that complicate critique or even rebel against conventional thought
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Find tips, reviews, and features on Marked Man sold for 23.95 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product belongs to and is sold by Abebooks.com.
To the casual observer Mark LaFarge has it going on Hes got a beautiful wife cute kids a McMansion in the South Bay the guy is the living embodiment of the American dream But nothing is ever as it seems LaFarge is a career criminal whos never done an honest days work in his life and that life of crime completely separate from the life he presents to the world is about to catch up with him And there will be blood a great deal of blood Collects Marked Man stories from Dark Horse Presents 18 Allnew adult intrigue from the creator of American Flagg and Black Kiss From the pages of Dark Horse Presents
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Discover information, advice, and prices for American Woodcrafters Providence Antique White, priced at 837.99 $ : it belongs to the Bedroom Furniture category; this product is sold by Cymax.com and made by American Woodcrafters.
American Woodcrafters Headboards 1910960 The Providence Bedroom Collection presents a rustic vibe combined with a stately and eloquent feel The distressed antique white finish features rub through giving the pieces that well worn look The gracious headboard is marked by its framed panels and elegantly shaped moldings Available in King or Queen and will attach to most standard bed frames Your purchase includes the panel headboard onlyAntiqued White Finish Crafted from Mahogany solids with MDF Veneers Stately headboard with framed panels and shaped molding Headboard will attach to most standard metal bed frames Heavily distressed finish Features rub through for a worn wellloved heirloom look SpecificationsProduct Dimensions 80W x 563D x 58H Product Weight 631 lbs
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American Woodcrafters Beds 191050PAN The Providence Bedroom Collection presents a rustic vibe combined with a stately and eloquent feel The distressed antique white finish features rub through giving the pieces that well worn look The gracious panel bed is marked by its framed panels and elegantly shaped moldings Available in King or Queen Your purchase includes the panel headboard footboard and side rails Bed requires the use of both mattress and box spring not includedAntiqued White Finish Crafted from Mahogany solids with MDF Veneers Stately headboard with framed panels and shaped molding Footboard with framed panel and stately cap rail Bed requires the use of a mattress and box spring not included SpecificationsProduct Dimensions 64W x 90D x 58H Product Weight 126 lbs
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Discover information, advice, and prices for American Woodcrafters Providence Antique White, priced at 624.99 $ : it belongs to the Bedroom Furniture category; this product is sold by Cymax.com and made by American Woodcrafters.
American Woodcrafters Headboards 1910950 The Providence Bedroom Collection presents a rustic vibe combined with a stately and eloquent feel The distressed antique white finish features rub through giving the pieces that well worn look The gracious headboard is marked by its framed panels and elegantly shaped moldings Available in King or Queen and will attach to most standard bed frames Your purchase includes the panel headboard onlyAntiqued White Finish Crafted from Mahogany solids with MDF Veneers Stately headboard with framed panels and shaped molding Headboard will attach to most standard metal bed frames SpecificationsProduct Dimensions 64W x 563D x 58H Product Weight 593 lbs
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Find tips, reviews, and features on American Woodcrafters Providence Antique White sold for 1380.99 $ , available in the Bedroom Furniture category; this product belongs to American Woodcrafters and is sold by Cymax.com.
American Woodcrafters Beds 191066PAN The Providence Bedroom Collection presents a rustic vibe combined with a stately and eloquent feel The distressed antique white finish features rub through giving the pieces that well worn look The gracious panel bed is marked by its framed panels and elegantly shaped moldings Elegant crown moldings accent both the head and footboard Perfect for your rustic farmhouse or casual style decor Available in King or Queen Your purchase includes the panel headboard footboard and side rails Bed requires the use of both mattress and box spring not includedAntiqued White Finish Crafted from Mahogany solids with MDF Veneers Stately headboard with framed panels and shaped molding Footboard with framed panel and stately cap rail Bed requires the use of a mattress and box spring not included Elegant crown moldings on head and footboard Works perfectly with farmhouse or rustic casual decor styles SpecificationsProduct Dimensions 80W x 90D x 58H Product Weight 145 lbs
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on American Richard Hoyt Miller cello sold at 30075 $ ; this product is listed in the Musical Instrument Accessories category, produced by American, and sold by Reverb.com.
Description The back is formed from two pieces of quartercut maple marked by narrow flame slanting downward slightly toward the sides The wood
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Young Americans, priced at 25.29 $ : it belongs to the Music category; this product is sold by Deepdiscount.com and made by .
Limited vinyl LP pressing Digitally remastered edition Young Americans is the ninth studio album by rock icon David Bowie released on 7 March 1975 by RCA Records The album marked a departure from the glam rock style of Bowies previous albums instead showcasing his mid1970s interest in AfricanAmerican soul and RB music Initial recording sessions for Young Americans took place in Philadelphia with producer Tony Visconti and a variety of musicians including guitarist Carlos Alomar to be
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on American Furniture 2007 sold at 20 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
This volume includes articles that explore the relationship between japanned decoration and seafaring narratives assess the careers and work of Philadelphia cabinetmakers Benjamin Randolph and George G Wright contextualize marks labels and signatures used by American furniture makers during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries illustrate all of the known American turned chairs with board seats along with British and Continental antecedents and provide source material for understanding period repairs and alterationsTable of ContentsEditorial Statement Luke BeckerditeBenjamin Randolph Revisited Andrew BrunkAmerican BoardSeated Turned Chairs 16401740 Robert F Trent and John D AlexanderFrom Apprentice to Master The Life and Career of Philadelphia Cabinetmaker George G Wright Clark Pearce Catherine Ebert and Alexandra Alevizatos KirtleyEarly American Furniture Makers Marks Philip D ZimmermanReading Japanned Furniture Ethan W LasserThe Written Evidence of Furniture Repairs and Alterations How Original Is All Original Nancy Goyne EvansBOOK REVIEWSRecent Writing on American Furniture A Bibliography Gerald W R WardIndex
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Discover information, advice, and prices for American Furniture 2007, priced at 32.7 $ : it belongs to the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
This volume includes articles that explore the relationship between japanned decoration and seafaring narratives assess the careers and work of Philadelphia cabinetmakers Benjamin Randolph and George G Wright contextualize marks labels and signatures used by American furniture makers during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries illustrate all of the known American turned chairs with board seats along with British and Continental antecedents and provide source material for understanding period repairs and alterationsTable of ContentsEditorial Statement Luke BeckerditeBenjamin Randolph Revisited Andrew BrunkAmerican BoardSeated Turned Chairs 16401740 Robert F Trent and John D AlexanderFrom Apprentice to Master The Life and Career of Philadelphia Cabinetmaker George G Wright Clark Pearce Catherine Ebert and Alexandra Alevizatos KirtleyEarly American Furniture Makers Marks Philip D ZimmermanReading Japanned Furniture Ethan W LasserThe Written Evidence of Furniture Repairs and Alterations How Original Is All Original Nancy Goyne EvansBOOK REVIEWSRecent Writing on American Furniture A Bibliography Gerald W R WardIndex
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Explore tips, opinions, and features on American Furniture Queen Anne and sold at 62.91 $ ; this product is listed in the Books & Magazines category, produced by , and sold by Abebooks.com.
From among the worldrenowned treasures at the Winterthur Museum the author selected 400 outstanding examples of American furniture from the Queen Anne and Chippendale periods representing the era when the cabinetmakers of New England New York Philadelphia and the South were at the height of their achievement Each illustration is accompanied by information about the pieces place of origin date of construction dimensions special features and qualities and the maker and original owner when known A special section presents the furniture in its proper environment including ten rooms in full color There is technical information for the serious collector and a highly readable history for those interested in the earlyAmerican way of life
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Discover information, advice, and prices for Crafting Lives African American Artisans sold for 20 $ , available in the Books & Magazines category; this product is sold by Abebooks.com and made by .
From the colonial period onward black artisans in southern citiesthousands of free and enslaved carpenters coopers dressmakers blacksmiths saddlers shoemakers bricklayers shipwrights cabinetmakers tailors and othersplayed vital roles in their communities Yet only a very few black craftspeople have gained popular and scholarly attention Catherine W Bishir remedies this oversight by offering an indepth portrayal of urban African American artisans in the small but important port city of New Bern In so doing she highlights the communitys often unrecognized importance in the history of nineteenthcentury black life Drawing upon myriad sources Bishir brings to life men and women who employed their trade skills sense of purpose and community relationships to work for liberty and selfsufficiency to establish and protect their families and to assume leadership in churches and associations and in New Berns dynamic political life during and after the Civil War Focusing on their words and actions Crafting Lives provides a new understanding of urban southern black artisans unique place in the larger picture of American artisan identity
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