Furniture of John Shearer, 1790-1820 (eBook)

'A True North Britain' in the Southern Backcountry

Elizabeth A. Davison (Autor)

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2011
240 Seiten
Altamira Press (Verlag)
978-0-7591-1956-7 (ISBN)

Infos

A full-color catalog and in-depth examination of the distinctive furniture made by pro-British carpenter and joiner John Shearer, one of the most accomplished furniture makers of the post-Revolutionary period. This publication is co-sponsored by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts at Old Salem, the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, and the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley.

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This book is a full-color catalogue raisonne interprets the distinctive furniture made by John Shearer, one of the most accomplished and intriguing furniture makers during the post-Revolutionary period. Shearer emigrated from Scotland in the late 18th century and retained loyalist sympathies throughout his life, evidenced by the imagery and inscriptions sympathetic to various British causes_such as the suppression of the Irish rebellion in 1798 and the British victory in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805_that he worked into his furniture. Davison provides insight into the furniture's appeal to Anglo-American patrons, not secret loyalists, but men still culturally tied to Great Britain. Shearer's pieces are scattered among various collections, and many of them have been identified only in the last 25 years. This catalog is the only work in which all of Shearer's known pieces of furniture are presented in a single volume.

Autor

Elizabeth A. Davison is an independent scholar who wrote her masters thesis on John Shearer while pursuing graduate studies in the Smithsonian/Parsons The New School of Design program in the History of Decorative Arts and Design. She speaks on Shearer's message-laden furniture and continues her search for new pieces that might finally reveal this enigmatic craftsman.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 ForewordChapter 2 Preface: John Shearer: Lost and FoundChapter 3 AcknowledgmentsPart 4 Part I. John Shearer and His FurnitureChapter 5 IntroductionChapter 6 Chapter 1. Who Was John Shearer?Chapter 7 Chapter 2. Inlay and Inscriptions-Reflections of Loyalism, Heritage and StyleChapter 8 Chapter 3. Observations on John Shearer's WorkPart 9 Part II. Catalog of Known Shearer FurnitureChapter 10 Note to the ReaderChapter 11 1. Chest of Drawers, 1801Chapter 12 2. Chest of Drawers, January 27, 1803Chapter 13 3. Three-Quarter-High Chest of Drawers, 1803Chapter 14 4. Two-Drawer Chest of Drawers, May 2, 1804 with Van Meter Two-Drawer Chest of Drawers, 1800Chapter 15 5. Salome Kramer Chest of Drawers, September, 1809Chapter 16 6. Christina Kramer Chest of Drawers, November, 1809Chapter 17 7. Mrs. Elizabeth Richards Chest of Drawers, circa 1808-1814Chapter 18 8. Bureau Table, January, 1804Chapter 19 9. Desk-on-Stand, circa. 1790-1801Chapter 20 10. Desk, circa 1790-1803Chapter 21 11. Desk, 1798Chapter 22 12. Desk, circa 1801-1808Chapter 23 13. Desk-and-Bookcase, 1801 and 1806Chapter 24 14. Desk, circa 1790-1805Chapter 25 15. Mr. and Mrs. Emely Dixon Desk, circa 1808-1810Chapter 26 16. Robert McFarland Presentation Desk, circa 1808-1810 with Samuel Luckett Desk, 1810Chapter 27 17. Alfred Belt Desk, 1817 with British Burned Desk, 1815Chapter 28 18. The Order of the Thistle Desk, 1818Chapter 29 19. Sideboard, circa 1806-1817Chapter 30 20. Cellaret, 1801Chapter 31 21. Dressing Glass, circa 1790-1818Chapter 32 22. Tall Case Clock, 1805 with Tall Case Clock, 1802Chapter 33 23. Isaac Steere Tall Case Clock, 1814Chapter 34 24. Dining Table, Six-Leg Marlborough, circa 1790-1808Chapter 35 25. Dining Table, Molded Six-Leg Marlborough, circa 1790-1808Chapter 36 26. Dining Table, Compass Design, circa 1790-1818 with Dining Table, circa 1790-1818Chapter 37 27. Bedroom Table, July 27, 1798Chapter 38 28. Pembroke Table, circa 1790-1801Chapter 39 29. Pembroke Table, circa 1790-1818Chapter 40 30. Pier Table, circa 1802-1810 with Miss Elizabeth Filler Pier Table, circa 1804-1806Chapter 41 31. One-Drawer Table Stand, circa 1790-1808Chapter 42 32. Mary Piles Table Stand, 1818 with Table Stands, circa 1790-1818Part 43 AppendicesChapter 44 Appendix I: Shear Madness: The Shearer Collectors by Oscar P. FitzgeraldChapter 45 Appendix II: John Shearer's Tool Kit, circa 1800-1806 by Brian CoeChapter 46 BibliographyChapter 47 Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.1.2011
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Antiquitäten
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Sammeln / Sammlerkataloge
• ISBN-10: 0-7591-1956-2 / 0759119562
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7591-1956-7 / 9780759119567