Art of Family: Genealogical Artifacts in New England
- Author: D Brenton Simons & Peter Benes
- SKU: 7025
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Description:
An indispensable resource illuminating the world of decorative arts and its relationship to family history, The Art of Family: Genealogical Artifacts in New England, edited by D. Brenton Simons and Peter Benes, features fifteen chapters by leading authorities in the fields of both material culture and genealogy.
The Art of Family is beautifully illustrated with more than 200 black and white illustrations and sixteen color plates, many drawn from the collections or publications of the American Antiquarian Society, the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, the Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife, the New England Historic Genealogical Society, and museums and private collections throughout the United States.
A host of noted authors and scholars are among its many contributors, including John Demos (author of The Unredeemed Captive: A Family Story From Early America), Wendell Garrett (editor-at-large of The Magazine Antiques), Jane C. Nylander (author of Our Own Snug Fireside: Images of the New England Home, 1760-1860), and Laurel Thatcher Ulrich (Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Midwife's Tale). 352 pp, hard cover. 2002.
