The maker's hand : American studio furniture, 1940-1990 / Edward S. Cooke, Jr., Gerald W. R. Ward, Kelly H. L'Ecuyer ; with the assistance of Pat Warner
Published
Boston, MA : MFA Publications ; New York, NY : Distributed by D.A.P., Distributed Art Publishers, [2003]
168 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 28 cm
Contents
Director's foreword -- Foreword by The Furniture Society -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: defining the field -- Woodworkers: the beginnings of the studio furniture movement -- The challenge of freewheeling artist-craftsmen: tradition and innovation in the 1960s -- Technofetishism: technical virtuosity and exotic woods in the 1970s -- The professionalization of studio furniture: the 1980s -- Afterword -- Makers' biographies -- Select schools and programs in furniture making and woodworking -- Select galleries -- Chronology of select exhibitions
Notes
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition "The Maker's Hand : American Studio Furniture, 1940-1990," organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in collaboration with The Furniture Society, from November 12, 2003 to February 8, 2004" -- t. p. verso
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-163) and index
