Pennsylvania Furniture Paintings Ceramics Antiques 1680-1758 Exhibition Catalog

Description

“Worldly Goods. The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758”
By Jack L. Lindsey.
Published by the Philadelphia Museum of Arts in 1999.
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DISCUSSION:
The fine catalog to a wide-ranging exhibition of furniture, silver, metalwares, glass, ceramics, textiles, clothing, paintings, prints, manuscripts, and more. "The more than 500 objects featured here bear witness to the styles and aesthetics of early Pennsylvania and illustrate the rapid advances that took place in the colony during the late 17th and early 18th cent., not only in the arts but also in commerce, technology, scientific inquiry, and philosophy." In addition to the catalog itself, the book contains several essays- Worldly Goods, by Jack Lindsey - Religion, Politics, and Economics: Pennsylvania in the Atlantic World, 1680-1755, by Richard Dunn - A Passionate Avocation: The Foreshadowing of a Philadelphia Scientific Community, 1682-1769, by Edward Carter II - The Development of Painting in Early Pennsylvania, by Richard Saunders - Pondering Balance: The Decorative Arts of the Delaware Valley, by Jack Lindsey.
DESCRIPTION and CONDITION NOTES:
Softcover. 9"x11.5", 266 pages, color and black & white illustrations. Light wear.
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