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- The homes of our ancestors, as shown in the American wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, from the beginnings of New England through the early days of the republic; exhibiting the development of the arts of interior architecture and house decoration, the arts of cabinetmaking, silversmithing, etc., especial emphasis being laid upon the point that our early craftsmen evolved from the fashions of the Old World a style of their own; with an account of the social conditions surrounding the life of the original owners of the various rooms. By R.T.H. Halsey and Elizabeth Tower; illustrated with many elegant plates
The homes of our ancestors, as shown in the American wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, from the beginnings of New England through the early days of the republic; exhibiting the development of the arts of interior architecture and house decoration, the arts of cabinetmaking, silversmithing, etc., especial emphasis being laid upon the point that our early craftsmen evolved from the fashions of the Old World a style of their own; with an account of the social conditions surrounding the life of the original owners of the various rooms. By R.T.H. Halsey and Elizabeth Tower; illustrated with many elegant plates
Object Details
- Notes
- "This edition is limited to two hundred and one copies." This copy is not numbered.
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Date
- 1925
- To 1775
- Call number
- N611.A6H3X
- Author
- Halsey, R. T. Haines (Richard Townley Haines) 1865-1942
- Tower, Elizabeth
- Subject
- Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) American Wing
- Type
- Books
- Physical description
- 4 p. l., vii-xxvi p., 1 l., 302 p. mounted col. front., illus., plates (part mounted col.) ports., map, facsims. 26 cm
- Place
- United States
- Topic
- Architecture, Domestic
- Architecture, Colonial
- Interior decoration
- Furniture
- Art objects
- Social life and customs
- Record ID
- siris_sil_183345
- Usage
- CC0
