The Spring 2003 edition of the Tennessee Historical Quarterly is a special issue dedicated to Tennessee Furniture. Written by Tennessee State Museum Curator, Michael Bell, the issue features 30 pieces of furniture in the collection of the Tennessee State Museum.
Limited copies are available for purchase through the Tennessee Historical Society Office. The cost of the issue is $15.00 plus 1.39 Tennessee state sales tax and $1.42 shipping for a total of $17.81.
Members of the Tennessee Historical Society receive a discount on all publications of the THS. The member price for the Spring 2003 furniture issue is $10.00 plus $0.93 Tennessee state sales tax and $1.42 shipping for a total of $12.35.
To place an order, send an email to tnhissoc@tennesseehistory.org or call the Tennessee Historical Society office at 615-741-8934. To place an order by mail, please send a check or money order for the amount of $17.81 to: Furniture Issue, Tennessee Historical Society, Ground Floor, War Memorial Building, Nashville, TN 37243.
Table of Contents
Editor's Introduction by Dr. Carroll Van West
"First Rate & Fashionable": Handmade Nineteenth Century Furniture at the Tennessee State Museum by Michael Bell
Figures 1-30 and Color plates 1-30 with accompanying text.
Apprenticeship: An Example from Rural Massachusetts
Identifying Early Furniture
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Below: Cover of Spring 2003 Tennessee Historical Quarterly featuring secretary made and signed by John Erhart Rose, Knoxville, 1833.
