The maker's hand : American studio furniture, 1940-1990 / Edward S. Cooke, Jr., Gerald W.R. Ward, and Kelly H. L'Ecuyer ; with the assistance of Pat Warner.
Cooke, Edward S., Jr. (Edward Strong), 1954-; Ward, Gerald W. R.; L'Ecuyer, Kelly H.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
2003
NK2408 .C66 2003 (Mapit)
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Title The maker's hand : American studio furniture, 1940-1990 / Edward S. Cooke, Jr., Gerald W.R. Ward, and Kelly H. L'Ecuyer ; with the assistance of Pat Warner.
Author Cooke, Edward S., Jr. (Edward Strong), 1954-
ISBN 0878466630 (pbk.)
0878466622
Publication Details Boston : MFA Publications, a division of the Museum of Fine Arts, c2003.
Language English
Description 168 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Call Number NK2408 .C66 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification 684.1009
Note "Published in conjunction with the exhibition "The Maker's Hand: American Studio Furniture, 1940-1999," 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, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-163) and index.
Added Author Ward, Gerald W. R.
L'Ecuyer, Kelly H.
Added Corporate Author Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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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.

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