05099oam 22007334a 450 991052470680332120210915045528.01-4214-3605-1(CKB)4100000010460971(OCoLC)1128066676(MdBmJHUP)muse78516(EXLCZ)99410000001046097120190926h20191996 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMaking Furniture in Preindustrial AmericaThe Social Economy of Newtown and Woodbury, Connecticut /Edward S. Cooke, JrJohns Hopkins University Press1 online resource (1 online resource (xiii, 295 pages :)illustrations)Studies in industry and society ;10Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program.The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International LicenseOriginally published as Johns Hopkins Press in 19961-4214-3606-X 1-4214-3607-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.List of Tables and Charts -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Need for the Artisanal Voice (starting p. 3) -- 1 The Preindustrial Joiner in Western Connecticut, 1760-1820 (starting p. 13) -- 2 The Social Economy of the Preindustrial Joiner (starting p. 33) -- 3 The Joiners of Newtown and Woodbury (starting p. 49) -- 4 Socioeconomic Structure in Newtown and Woodbury (starting p. 69) -- 5 Consumer Behavior in Newtown and Woodbury (starting p. 91) -- 6 Workmanship of Habit: The Furniture of Newtown (starting p. 118) -- 7 Workmanship of Competition: The Furniture of Woodbury (starting p. 151) -- Conclusion: The Response to Market Capitalism (starting p. 190) -- Appendix A: Biographies of Newtown Joiners, 1760-1820 (starting p. 201) -- Appendix B: Biographies of Woodbury Joiners, 1760-1820 (starting p. 217) -- Notes (starting p. 233) -- Glossary of Furniture Terms (starting p. 273) -- Note on Sources and Methods (starting p. 277) -- Index (starting p. 285)In Making Furniture in Preindustrial America Edward S. Cooke Jr. offers a fresh and appealing cross-disciplinary study of the furnituremakers, social structure, household possessions, and surviving pieces of furniture of two neighboring New England communities. Drawing on both documentary and artifactual sources, Cooke explores the interplay among producer, process, and style in demonstrating why and how the social economies of these two seemingly similar towns differed significantly during the late colonial and early national periods. Throughout the latter half of the eighteenth century, Cooke explains, the yeoman town of Newtown relied on native joiners whose work satisfied the expectations of their fellow townspeople. These traditionalists combined craftwork with farming and made relatively plain, conservative furniture. By contrast, the typical joiner in the neighboring gentry town of Woodbury was the immigrant innovator. Born and raised elsewhere in Connecticut and serving a diverse clientele, these craftsmen were free of the cultural constraints that affected their Newtown contemporaries. Relying almost entirely on furnituremaking for their livelihood, they were free to pay greater attention to stylistically sensitive features than to mere function.Studies in industry and society ;10.M©obeltischlereiswdFurniture industry and tradefast(OCoLC)fst00936544Furniturefast(OCoLC)fst00936488Economic historyfast(OCoLC)fst00901974Furniture industry and tradeConnecticutHistoryFurnitureConnecticutWoodburyHistory19th centuryFurnitureConnecticutWoodburyHistory18th centuryFurnitureConnecticutNewtownHistory19th centuryFurnitureConnecticutNewtownHistory18th centuryNeuenglandswdConnecticutWoodburyfastConnecticutNewtownfastConnecticutfastWoodbury (Conn.)Economic conditionsNewtown (Conn.)Economic conditionsHistory.Electronic books. M©obeltischlerei.Furniture industry and trade.Furniture.Economic history.Furniture industry and tradeHistory.FurnitureHistoryFurnitureHistoryFurnitureHistoryFurnitureHistoryCooke Edward S1138728MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910524706803321Making Furniture in Preindustrial America2784196UNINA