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Author(s):	Morrison H. Heckscher

Date:	2013	Format:	PDF	Language:	English	ISBN/ASIN:	1588391450
Pages:	1	OCR:		Quality:		ISBN13:
Uploader:	comet	Upload Date:	1/18/2019 3:45:21 AM

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John Townsend (17331809) is one of the most revered cabinetmakers of Colonial America. He spent his life in Newport, Rhode Island, leaving a uniquely large body of documented work. This handsome and generously illustrated bookthe first publication ever devoted to Townsendlooks at the life and legacy of this extraordinary cabinetmaker.

The book opens with an overview of Newport and a discussion of other important cabinetmakers, including Job and Christopher Townsend, Johns father and uncle. John worked as an apprentice to his father before establishing his own shop when he was twenty-one. The catalogue section of this volume presents new color reproductions, including details of carving and construction and inscriptions and labels, of all thirty-five documented pieces by John Townsend. Comparative works by Christopher, Job, Job Jr., and Edmund Townsend as well as by John Goddard, another significant Newport cabinetmaker of the time, are also featured. Other documentation includes: a genealogical chart of the Townsend and Goddard families  wills and inventories of Christopher and John Townsend  a list of Townsend family furniture  names of John Townsends clients  and a list of all documented Newport furniture.

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