The Furniture of John Shearer, 1790-1820
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The Furniture of John Shearer, 1790-1820

'A True North Britain' in the Southern Backcountry

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eBook - ePub

The Furniture of John Shearer, 1790-1820

'A True North Britain' in the Southern Backcountry

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
AltaMira Press
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9780759119567
Edition
0
Topic
Art

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction
  7. Part I: John Shearer and His Furniture
  8. Chapter 1
  9. Chapter 2
  10. Chapter 3
  11. Part II: Catalog of Known Shearer Furniture
  12. 1 Chest of Drawers
  13. 2 Chest of Drawers
  14. 3 Three-Quarter-High Chest of Drawers
  15. 4 Two-Drawer Chest of Drawers
  16. 5 Salome Kramer Chest of Drawers
  17. 6 Christina Kramer Chest of Drawers
  18. 7 Mrs. Elizabeth Richards Chest of Drawers
  19. 8 Bureau Table
  20. 9 Desk-on-Stand
  21. 10 Desk
  22. 11 Desk
  23. 12 Desk
  24. 13 Desk-and-Bookcase
  25. 14 Desk
  26. 15 Mr. and Mrs. Emely Dixon Desk
  27. 16 Robert McFarland Presentation Desk
  28. 17 Alfred Belt Desk
  29. 18 The Order of the Thistle Desk
  30. 19 Sideboard
  31. 20 Cellaret or Bottle Case
  32. 21 Dressing Glass
  33. 22 Tall Case Clock
  34. 23 Isaac Steere Tall Case Clock
  35. 24 Dining Table, Six-Leg Marlborough
  36. 25 Dining Table, Molded Six-Leg Marlborough
  37. 26 Dining Table
  38. 27 Bedroom Table
  39. 28 Pembroke Table
  40. 29 Pembroke Table
  41. 30 Pier Table
  42. 31 One-Drawer Table Stand
  43. 32 Mary Piles Table Stand
  44. Appendix I
  45. Appendix II
  46. Bibliography
  47. Index
  48. About the Author