Author: Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1436
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House documents
Author: Hugh McNairy
Author: Report of the Librarian of Congress
Author: Library of CongressDuncan Phyfe
Author: Peter M. KennyPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588394425
Category : Cabinetmakers
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
"Duncan Phyfe (1770-1854), known during his lifetime as the "United States Rage," to this day remains America's best-known cabinetmaker. Establishing his reputation as a purveyor of luxury by designing high-quality furniture for New York's moneyed elite, Phyfe would come to count among his clients some of the nation's wealthiest and most storied families. This richly illustrated volume covers the full chronological sweep of the craftsman's distinguished career, from his earliest furniture-- which bears the influence of his 18th-century British predecessors Thomas Sheraton and Thomas Hope--to his late simplified designs in the Grecian Plain. More than sixty works by Phyfe and his workshop are highlighted, including rarely seen pieces from private collections and several newly discovered documented works. Additionally, essays by leading scholars bring to light new information on Phyfe's life, his workshop production, and his roster of illustrious patrons. What unfolds is the story of Phyfe's remarkable transformation from a young immigrant craftsman to an accomplished master cabinetmaker and an American icon."--Publisher's website.
Alumni History of the University of North Carolina
Author: University of North Carolina (1793-1962)Publisher:
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 992
Book Description
Inventing the Feeble Mind
Author: James TrentPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199396205
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
Pity, disgust, fear, cure, and prevention--all are words that Americans have used to make sense of what today we call intellectual disability. Inventing the Feeble Mind explores the history of this disability from its several identifications over the past 200 years: idiocy, imbecility, feeblemindedness, mental defect, mental deficiency, mental retardation, and most recently intellectual disability. Using institutional records, private correspondence, personal memories, and rare photographs, James Trent argues that the economic vulnerability of intellectually disabled people (and often their families), more than the claims made for their intellectual and social limitations, has shaped meaning, services, and policies in United States history.
Good Roads Magazine
Author: A History of Masonry in Indianapolis
Author: William Eastin EnglishPublisher:
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Category : Freemasonry
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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History of Morrison and Todd Counties, Minnesota
Author: Clara K. FullerPublisher:
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Category : Morrison County (Minn.)
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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Western North Carolina
Author: John Preston ArthurPublisher:
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 742
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