Acknowledged as the journal of record in its field, American Furniture presents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. Begun in 1993, this award-winning annual provides a comprehensive forum on furniture history, technology, connoisseurship, and conservation by the foremost scholars in the field. It is the only interdisciplinary journal devoted exclusively to furniture made or used in the Americas from the 17th century to the present.Table of ContentsSurvival of the Fittest: The Lloyd Family's Furniture Legacy - Alexandra Alevizatos KirtleyFurniture Fakes from the Chipstone Collection - Luke Beckerdite and Alan MillerPennsylvania Clouded Limestone: Its Quarrying, Processing, and Use in the Stone Cutting, Furniture and Architectural Trades - R. Curt ChinniciManuscripts, Marks, and Material Culture: Sources for Understanding the Joiner's Trade in Seventeenth-Century America - Peter FollansbeeThe Claypoole Family Joiners of Philadelphia: Their Legacy and the Context of Their Work - Andrew BrunkThe Politics of the Caned Chair - Glenn AdamsonThe Quiet Canon: Tradition and Exclusion in American Furniture Scholarship - Jonathan Prown and Katherine Hemple PrownAn Early Cupboard Fragment from the Harvard College Joinery Tradition - Robert F. Trent and Michael PodmaniczkyBOOK REVIEWSThe Furniture of Sam Maloof, Jeremy AdamsonMade in Oakland: The Furniture of Garry Knox Bennett, Ursula Ilse-Neumann, et al. - Glenn AdamsonEncyclopedia of Furniture Materials, Trades and Techniques, Clive EdwardsOne Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw, Witold Rybczynski - Gerald W. R. WardWillard's Patent Time Pieces: A History of the Weight-Driven Banjo Clock, 1800-1900, Paul J. Foley - David Wood and Robert C. CheneyAn American Vision: Henry Francis du Pont's Winterthur Museum, Wendy A. Cooper - Kenneth L. Ames
