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Notebook, 1993-

DECORATIVE ARTS AND ANTIQUES

FURNITURE - Glossary - A List of Museums and Galleries

American - Chinese and Japanese - English - European Lacquer Furniture - French - Italian

Furniture

American Cabinet Makers and Craftsmen


Affleck, Thomas [b. in Scotland. Learned trade in London. Commissioned 1763 Resident cabinet maker Philadelphia. d. 1795]
Allison, Michael [fl. 1800-20] [New York]
Appleton, Nathaniel [Early 19th c.] [Salem, MA]
Ash, Gilbert [1717-85] [New York]
Burling, Thomas [fl. 1772, d. 1800] [New York]
Chapin, Eliphalet [1741-1807] [Connecticut]
Claggett, William H. [1716-49?] [Newport, Rhode Island]
Cogswell, John [fl. 1769, d. 1818] [Boston]
Disbrowe, NIcholas [1612/13-83] [Hartford, CT]
Dunlap, Samuel [11] [1751-1830] [New Hampshire]
Edgerton, Matthew [fl. 1742, d. 1787] [New Brunswick, NJ]
Elfe, T omas [fl. 1751-71] [Charleston, SC]
Elliot, John [fl. 1756, d. 1791] [Philadelphia]
Folwell, John [fl. 1775] [Philadelphia]
Frothingham, Benjamin [fl. 1756, d. 1809] [Charlestown, MA]
Gaines, John [fl. 1724, d. 1743] [Ipswich, MA; earlier Portsmouth, NH]
Gillingham, James [1735-91] [Philadelphia]
Goddard, John [1723/4-85] [Rhode Island]
Gostelowe, Jonathan [1744-1806] [Philadelphia]
Harland, Thomas [fl. 1773, c. 1807] [Connecticut Clockmaker]
Hopkins, Gerrard [fl. 1767-93] [Baltimore, MD]
Hosmer, Jospeh [fl. 1775] [Concord, MA]
Lanuier, Charles, Honor* [fl. 1780-1819] [New York]
Lemon, WIlliam [fl. 1796] [Salem, MA]
McIntire, Samuel [1757-1811] [Salem, MA.] [Architect, woodwork designer, and carver]
Moore, Robert [fl. 1769] [Baltimore. With brothers Thomas and William.]
Nash, Thomas [fl. 1638-58] [New Haven, CT] [Earliest recorded clock-maker in America. He was a gunsmith of New Haven, CT.]
Phyfe, Duncan [1768-1854] [New York]
Pimm, John [fl. 1735, d. 1773] [Boston/Queen Anne Style]
Prince, Samuel [d. 1778] [New York]
Randolph, Benjamin [fl. 1762, d. 1792] [Philadelphia Chippendale school]
Rittenhouse, David [1732-96] [Philadelphia astronomer, surveyor, inventor and clockmaker]
Sanderson, Elijah [1751-1825] [Salem, MA]
Savery, Wiliam [1721-87] [Philadelphia]
Seymour, John [fl. 1790-1820] [Boston]
Shaw, John [fl. latte 18th c.] [Annapolis, MD]
Terry, Eli [1772-1852] [Connecticut clockmaker]
Thomas, Seth [1785-1859] [Connecticut clockmaker]
Townsend, John [b. 1733] [Newport, RI - Norwich and Middletown, CT]
Rufft, Thomas [fl. 1765, d. 1793] [Philadelphia Chippendale school.]
Weaver, Holmes [1769-1848] [Newport, RI]
Willard, Simon [1753-1848] [Massachusettes Clockmaker] [Father, Benjamin and three brothers: Benjamin, Ephraim & Aaron]

[L. G. G. Ramsey, F.S.A., ed. The Complete Color Encyclopedia of Antiques. Preface by Bevis Hillier, Editor of The Connoisseur. Compiled by The Connoisseur, London. New York: Hawthorn Books, Inc. 1962. Revised and Expanded Edition.]




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