The Cabinetmaker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg by Johannes Heuvel

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57211.html.images 111 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57211.epub3.images 1.5 MB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57211.epub.images 1.5 MB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57211.epub.noimages 100 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57211.kf8.images 1.5 MB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57211.kindle.images 1.5 MB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/57211.txt.utf-8 84 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/57211/pg57211-h.zip 1.4 MB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Heuvel, Johannes
Contributor Brown, Mills
Editor Ford, Thomas K.
Title The Cabinetmaker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg
Giving Attention to the City's Chief Craftsmen in the Furniture Way; And to Their Tools & Methods of Working
Alternate Title The Cabinetmaker in 18th-Century Williamsburg
Series Title Williamsburg craft series
Credits Produced by Stephen Hutcheson and the Online Distributed
Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary "The Cabinetmaker in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg" by Johannes Heuvel is a historical account published in the late 20th century. This book delves into the intricacies of furniture making in colonial Williamsburg, shedding light on the skilled craftsmen who contributed to this art form during the 18th century. It discusses the tools and methods they employed, as well as the styles and materials that defined the cabinetmaking trade of that era. The book explores the lives and works of prominent cabinetmakers in Williamsburg, such as Peter Scott, Anthony Hay, and Edmund Dickinson, detailing their craftsmanship and the types of furniture they produced. Heuvel emphasizes the unique blend of American and English influences in the furniture of the time, highlighting both the use of local woods and the adoption of popular styles from England. Through archaeological findings, period documents, and craftsmanship analysis, the author provides a rich, detailed narrative of colonial life and the significant role that cabinetmakers played in shaping the aesthetic and functional aspects of early American homes. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament
Subject Furniture, Colonial -- Virginia -- Williamsburg
Subject Furniture workers -- Virginia -- Williamsburg
Subject Furniture making
Category Text
EBook-No. 57211
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 190 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!