Rather elegant than showy : the classical furniture of Isaac Vose

Rather elegant than showy : the classical furniture of Isaac Vose / Robert D. Mussey Jr., Clark Pearce.

"Isaac Vose was well known in his day among style-conscious Bostonians, his name synonymous with furniture of the highest quality and advanced design. His shop, the "first on Boston Neck," was in a prominent location and served as a familiar landmark in his South End neighborhood. Thr...

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Main Authors: Mussey, Robert D. (Author), Pearce, Clark (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Jaffrey, New Hampshire : Massachusetts Historical Society in association with David R. Godine, Publisher, 2018.
Subjects:
Vose, Isaac, > 1767-1823 > Exhibitions.
Isaac Vose & Son > Exhibitions.
Furniture, Neoclassical > Massachusetts > Boston > Exhibitions.
Cabinetmakers > Massachusetts > Boston > Exhibitions.
Exhibition catalogs.
Holy Cross Note:Contains a reproduction of: Candelabra , 19th century, artist unknown, p. 88 and 97. Art original: bronze; 53.3 cm (21 in.), in the Worcester Art Museum, 1907.244.1.
Contains a reproduction of: Stephen Salisbury I, 1823-24, Gilbert Stuart, p. 95. Art original: oil on canvas; canvas: 71.1 x 58.4 cm (28 x 23 in.), in the Worcester Art Museum, 1901.32.
Contains a reproduction of: Elizabeth Tuckerman Salisbury, 1810-11, Gilbert Stuart, p. 95. Art original: oil on panel; panel: 81.3 × 66 cm (32 × 26 in.), in the Worcester Art Museum, 1901.29.
Contains a reproduction of: card table, about 1820, attributed to Isaac Vose and Son, p. 98. Art original: mahogany with mahogany veneer; 76.2 x 93.3 x 91.4 cm (30 x 36 3/4 x 36 in.), in the Worcester Art Museum, 1917.177.
Contains a reproduction of: cellarette or wine cooler, about 1820, attributed to Isaac Vose and Son, p. 108. Art original: mahogany with mahogany veneer; 59 x 52.7 x 88.3 cm (23 1/4 x 20 3/4 x 34 3/4 in.), in the Worcester Art Museum, 1899.18.
Contains a reproduction of: Armchair (one of a pair), 1810-1820, p. 108. Art original: mahogany, horsehair upholstery; 85.1 x 54 x 55.9 cm (33 1/2 x 21 1/4 x 22 in.), in the Worcester Art Museum, 1907.11.
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Summary:"Isaac Vose was well known in his day among style-conscious Bostonians, his name synonymous with furniture of the highest quality and advanced design. His shop, the "first on Boston Neck," was in a prominent location and served as a familiar landmark in his South End neighborhood. Throughout the 1820s, 1830s, and as late as 1843, some nineteen years after Vose's death, auction advertisements explicitly cited his name as the maker of select furniture, with the association connoting quality and calculated to increase its sale price. This book gathers in one volume the known works of Vose as well as those attributed to him, and it is gorgeously illustrated throughout. The authors hope that Isaac Vose's work will gain recognition for its outstanding contributions to an American vision of classicism, albeit in Boston's more conservative, less "dashy" style."--Publisher.
Item Description:"This volume was created to accompany the exhibition 'Entrepreneurship and classical design in Boston's south end: the furniture of Isaac Vose and Thomas Seymour, 1815 to 1825' opened at the Massachusetts Historical Society in May 2018."--Title page verso.
Physical Description:x, 293 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 x 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781567926194
1567926193

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