Index

Abbott, Samuel, 5

Account books, as source of information, 73–74

Adams, John, 77, 252, 253

Adams National Historic Site, 50

Allen, James, 26, 33

Allen, Jeremy, 34

Altars, baroque, 160

American Revolution, 196

Anglicans, as owners of bombé pieces, 196

Apprenticeship, 11

Apthorp, Charles, 33, 150, 151, 196

Armchairs, xii, fig. 7 (xiii), fig. 28 (38); Queen Anne, 42, fig. 30 (41); at Winterthur, 202, 204, fig. 148 (214); at Yale, 202, 204, fig. 141 (203); at Israel Sack, Inc., 202, 204, fig. 147 (212). See also Chairs; Side chairs

Atkins, Gibbs, 184–186, 196, fig. 129 (183), fig. 130 (185), fig. 131 (187)

Atkinson, James, 57

Attribution, explained, xvi

Badger, Joseph, x

Badlam, Stephen, xiin

Bagnall, Benjamin, 16, 50

Ballard, Daniel, 4

Ballard, Joseph, 4

Baltimore, 112

Baltimore Museum of Art, 51

Banister backs, 42

Baroque style: in silver, 144–145; caudle cup, fig. 99 (146); canns, 145, fig. 100 (147); incorporating bombé, 160

Barrell, Joseph, 191, 196

Barrett, Ann, 178

Barrett, John, 178

Barrett, Samuel, 176, 177, 178, 196

Bartlett, Lu, xiv

Baxter, Joseph, 99

Bayou Bend, 39; high chests at, 54, fig. 39 (58); chairs at, 65, fig. 48 (68); chest at, 195, fig. 137 (193)

Bed bottom makers, 15

Bed curtain, fig. 27 (37)

Beds: camp, 15, fig. 12 (17); cost of, 31–32

Beekman, William, 28

Before (Hogarth), 30, fig. 23 (31)

Berain, Jean, 163–164, fig. 113 (165)

Beverly, Mass., 79, 108

Bills and receipts, as sources of information, 74

Birket, James, 3

Black walnut, 251, 252

Blanchard, Eliza, 65, 68

Blockfront furniture, viii, fig. 4 (ix); characteristics of, 79–80; Boston vs. Newport, 81–90, 108; earliest example of, 90–94, fig. 62 (91); Coit-Davis work, 94–100; Salem types, 121–125

Blocking, 79

Bombé construction: early, 172, fig. 97 (142), fig. 120 (171); later, 172–173, fig. 121 (173)

Bombé furniture, Boston: characteristics of, 137, 172–173; prototypes of, 137–138; popularity of, 138–140; terminology, 140–144; origins and influences on, 144–166; sources of English design, 158–166; typical Boston design, 166; identification of, 167; makers of, 176–195; summary of, 195–196; ownership of, 196. See also Bombé construction

Bond, Matthew, 9

Bonner, John, town of Boston, fig. 8 (6–7), fig. 9 (8), fig. 10 (10)

Bookcases, 18. See also Desks and bookcases

Borland, John, 253

Boston: 18th-century limits of, xvi, fig. 8 (6–7); craftsmen in, 3; area of craftsmen, 9; economy of, 9–11; population of, 12; specialization in, 47; colonial elegance of, 77; carved chairs from, 197–206; Hepplewhite chairs of, 242; woods used by cabinetmakers in, 251–253. See also Boston blockfront chests; Bombé furniture; Chairs; Chests of drawers

Boston blockfront chests: construction of, 81–86; feet of, 86–89, fig. 60, fig. 61 (88); variety of, 90; documented examples of, 90–101; discontinuity between parts of, 108, 111; summary of, 131; source of, 131, 133. See also Chests-on-chests; Chests of drawers

“Boston Furniture of the Eighteenth Century,” conference, vi; questions raised by, xii–xiv

Boston News-Letter, The, 252

Boston Prints and Printmakers 1670–1775, vii

Boston State House, codfish in, 213

Boston University, American and New England Studies Program, xiv, xv

Boulle, André-Charles, 162–163, fig. 112 (164)

Bowdoin, James: desk owned by, fig. 14 (19); desk and bookcase owned by, 57, fig. 46 (66)

Bowen, Nathan, 111, fig. 95 (138)

Bowles, Joshua, 199, 215

Boylston, Nick, 77

Braintree, Mass., 131

Brasses, 226, 248

Brazer, Esther Stevens, 72, 73

Breck, John, 42

Bright, George, 5, 176, fig. 124 (177), fig. 140 (200), 198–199, 223, 238; carving on bookcase by, 197

Brinley, Edward, 196

Bristol City Art Gallery, 108

Brocas, John, 9

Brooke, David, 236

Brookline, Mass., xvi

Brown, Gawen, 51, 54; clocks by, fig. 36 (53)

Bulfinch, William, 15

Burdit, Jacob, 14

Bureau table, xii, fig. 18 (23); by Woodward, 20

Burnaby, Andrew, 13, 77

Bybee, Charles L., 16, 65

Bybee, Mrs. Charles L., 16, 65

Cabinet and Chair-Makers Real Friend and Companion (Manwaring), 210

Cabinet Dictionary, The (Sheraton), 15, 17

Cabinetmakers, 3; preeminence of, 197. See also specific types of furniture by name, as Blockfront furniture, Bombé furniture, etc.

Cabriole style, 226, fig. 156 (228), fig. 158 (230)

Cade, G., 157, fig. 108 (160), fig. 119 (170), fig. 120 (171)

Call, Ebenezer, 5

Cambridge, Mass., xvi

Camlet, 39

Camp bed, fig. 12 (17)

Canns and tankards, 145–146

Card tables, 226, fig. 156 (228), 245

Carvers, 3; Luckis, 9, 215, 221; anonymity of, 199; J. Welch, 213–215; J. Bowles, 215; S. Skillin, Sr., 221; employed by A. Edwards, 221

Carving: on bombé furniture, 196; styles of, 197; impossible to attribute to known workmen, 199; on Cogswell chest, 197–200; on Bright desk, 197, 200–201; third style, 197, 201–206

Cary, Samuel, 33

Cassone, bombé character of, 158

Central America, mahogany from, 252

Chairs: makers of, 3, 9; arranged by type of splats, 208–210. See also Armchairs; Easy chairs; Elbow chairs; Side chairs; Splats

Charleston, S.C., 5, 137; Warham’s success in, 13

Charlestown, Mass., vi, xvi; blockfront pieces made in, 79; follower of Boston pattern, 89; chests-on-chests from, 109; Frothingham of, 109, 223

Charlotte, Queen, 158, 161

Cherry wood, 253

Cherubs, in japanned design, 54

Chests-on-chests, 108–109; by Frothingham, fig. 1 (vi), 241; blockfront, 101, fig. 72 (104); by Treadwell, fig. 74 (106); by Watson, 109–111, fig. 76 (110); from Marblehead, 111, fig. 77 (113); by Bowen and Martin, fig. 95 (139); with hollowed pediment, fig. 96 (141); by Cogswell, 178, fig. 125 (179)

Chests of drawers: blockfront, viii, fig. 4 (ix); by Holmes, 18; Newport, 82, fig. 49 (80); Boston, 82, fig. 50 (81); attributed to Cogswell, 182, fig. 128 (182), fig. 142 (205); Salem, fig. 136 (192), fig. 137 (193); by Frothingham, 238, 240–241

Cheyney, 34

Chimney pieces, baroque, 160, fig. 110 (162)

Chinese fretwork, 173

Chippendale, Thomas, 144, 149, 196, fig. 98 (145), 149, fig. 118 (169); commode press by, 165, fig. 116 (168); tea caddy designed by, fig. 134 (190)

Chippendale style: in bombé construction, 173; example of, 178; two-dimensionality of carving on, 201; American, symmetricality of, 201

Christ Church, Spitalfields, 143

Cincinnati, Society of, 225

Clarke, Mary, 178

Clarke, Sukey (Mrs. Copley), 178

Clocks, with japanned cases, 57. See also Tall case clocks

Clough, Ebenezer, 11

Club of Odd Volumes, xi

Cobb, John, 165, fig. 117 (168)

Coddington, Colonel, 39

Cogswell, John: chests by, xii, 140, 146, 176, fig. 125 (179), 178, 181, fig. 139 (198), fig. 143 (206); desk and bookcase attributed to, fig. 126 (180), fig. 127 (181); characteristics of, 184; carving by, fig. 128 (182), 197, fig. 139 (198), fig. 142 (205); carvers employed by, 199

Coit, Job, 9, 86, 90, 99, 131; blockfront furniture by, 90–94, fig. 62 (91), fig. 63 (92), 95–96, fig. 65 (96)

Coit, Job, Jr., 90, 93

Coit family, 11

Colonial American Furniture (Lockwood), 143

Colonial Society of Massachusetts, vii, xiv

Colonial Williamsburg, 245

Colors: of upholstery, 39; of leather, 39

Commode: and the bombé shape, 143; by Boulle, 162–163, fig. 112 (164); from Berain, fig. 113 (165); “French,” 165, fig. 114 (166); English, fig. 115 (167); by Cobb, 165, fig. 117 (168)

Commode press, by Chippendale, fig. 166 (168)

Commode table, plate by Chippendale, 144, fig. 118 (169)

Compass boxes, japanning of, 74

Concealed well, in desk, 16

Concord, Mass., 79; follower of Boston pattern, 89; blockfront furniture of, 125–126

Conifer timbers, 254–255

Connecticut, 89, 131

Cookson, Elizabeth, 26

Copley, John Singleton, x, 75, 178; portrait of Mrs. Ezekiel Goldthwait, fig. 6 (xi); portrait of Josiah Quincy, 128, fig. 92 (134)

Cornelius, Charles Over, 143

Corser, John, 9

Coysevox, Antoine, 163

Croom, Stephens, 241

Croom, Mrs. Stephens, 241

Currier Gallery of Art, 236

Cushing, Thomas, Jr., 95

Danforth, Abiel, 26

Danforth, Rev. Samuel, 26

Dating of furniture, xvi, 225

Davis, Caleb, 176, 178

Davis, Joseph, 98–100, 131; lack of sophistication in, 101

Davis, Robert, 11, 51, 72, fig. 35 (52); inventory of, 73

Deland, Mary, 225

Delaware, 89, 131

Derby, Elias Hasket, 145, 178, 179, 196

Derby family, 140

Desk interiors: Boston, 115; Newport, 116, fig. 82 (118)

Desks, 16, fig. 14 (19); by Holmes and employees, 18; blockfront, 112, 114–115, fig. 80 (116), fig. 81 (117); by Frothingham, 112, fig. 78 (114), 235–240, fig. 163 (237), fig. 164 (238), fig. 165 (239), fig. 166 (239), fig. 167 (240), fig. 168 (242), fig. 170 (244); by Rust, fig. 81 (121), 122; English, fig. 107 (159); Salem, fig. 138 (194); of G. Cade, 157, fig. 108 (160)

Desks and bookcases: English, fig. 46 (66), fig. 47 (67), fig. 73 (105); fig. 93 (135), fig. 102 (151), fig. 105 (155); early blockfront, 90, fig. 62 (91), fig. 63 (92), fig. 70 (102), fig. 71 (103); Boston and Newport, 116, fig. 83 (119); Salem type, 122, fig. 86 (123), fig. 87 (124), fig. 88 (127); for Josiah Quincy, 126, 128, 131, fig. 91 (132); by Frothingham and Sprage, 140, fig. 97 (143), fig. 162 (234); by McMillian, fig. 101 (148), 149; Netherlands, 152, fig. 103 (153); of Hancock family, fig. 106 (156); by G. Bright, 176, fig. 124 (177); by Cogswell, 178, fig. 126 (180); by Atkins, 185, fig. 129 (183), fig. 130 (185), fig. 131 (187); of Wm. Greenleaf, fig. 132 (188), fig. 133 (189); of Jos. Barrell, fig. 135 (191); by Frothingham, 226, fig. 159 (231), fig. 160 (232), fig. 161 (233)

Detroit Institute of Art, 57

DeWolf family, 219

Dietrich Brothers Americana Corporation, xiv

Dining table, by Frothingham, 266, fig. 158 (230)

Documents, bearing on japanners, 73–75

Dorchester, Mass., xiin, xvi

Douglass, William, 252, 253

Downs, Joseph, 204

Drawers: of desks, 16–17; pillared, 18, fig. 15 (20); of Newport vs. Boston chests, 86, figs. 58, 59 (87); of bombé furniture, 172–173, 182–183

Dressing glasses, 173, fig. 122 (174), fig. 123 (175)

Dressing tables: slate-top, fig. 2 (viii); japanned, 57, fig. 41 (60), fig. 43 (62); possibly by Coit, 95, fig. 65 (96); with flat blocking, fig. 67 (97); by Davis, fig. 68 (98); by Frothingham, fig. 155 (227)

Dupee, Isaac, 213

DuPont, William, xiv

Earls, William T., 228

Early American Furniture (Cornelius), 143

East, John, 28

Easy chair, fig. 25 (35)

Economy based on barter, 9, 11

Edwards, Alexander, 199, 223; carvers employed by, 221

Edwards, Benjamin, 221

Egg and dart molding, 178

Elbow chair, 40, fig. 28 (38)

Emerson, William, 80, 125

England: blockfront furniture from, fig. 73 (105), 108; use of recessed blocking in, 133, fig. 93 (135); prototypes of bombé pieces from, 137, 146–150, fig. 102 (151), 157, fig. 105 (155), fig. 107 (159); popularity of bombé style in, 157–158; sources of bombé furniture from, 158–164; development of bombé commode in, 164–165, 195–196

Erwin, Col., 247

Essex Institute, 39

Exports from Boston, 4–5

Fairbanks, Jonathan, vii

Fales, Dean, x, 49–69

Fales, Martha Gandy, 74

Faneuil, Peter, 33

Faulkner, Edward, 57

Feet: on Boston vs. Newport chests, 86–89, figs. 60, 61 (88); on Cogswell casepieces, 199, fig. 139 (198), fig. 128 (182), fig. 142 (205); on Bright casepieces, 200, fig. 140 (200); “plain,” 225; ogee bracket, 235–236; on desk by Frothingham, 237–238, fig. 169 (243)

Feke, Robert, x

Figuring, 39

Finials, 15

Fisk, Samuel, xiin, xiii, 251

Fitch, Thomas, 24; career of, 26, 27–32; as importer, 27, 32; leather used by, 39; styles of chairs by, 39–47

Flayderman, Philip, 245

Fleeson, Plunkett, 5

Foot, Thomas, 252

Ford, Henry, Museum, 54, 236

Forman, Benno, vii

Forsyth, John, 5

France: commode en tombeau in, 143; development of bombé commode in, 163–165, fig. 112 (164), fig. 113 (165), fig. 114 (166), 195

Frothingham, Benjamin (i), 140, 223, 235

Frothingham, Major Benjamin (ii), vi, 131, 140, 157, 158, 223–249; chest-on-chest by, fig. 1 (vi), 109, 241; bombé desk and bookcase by, xii, 140, fig. 97 (142), 172, 176, fig. 162 (234); documentation of work by, xvi; blockfront desk by, 112, fig. 78 (114); high chest by, fig. 154 (224); dressing table by, fig. 155 (227); card table by, 226, fig. 156 (228); dining table by, 226, fig. 158 (230); label of, 226, fig. 157 (229), 236; secretaries by, 226–235, fig. 159 (231), fig. 160 (232), fig. 161 (233); desks by, 235–241, fig. 163 (237), fig. 164 (238), fig. 165 (239), fig. 166 (239), fig. 167 (240); chests of drawers by, 238, 240–241; furniture in Hepplewhite style, 242–245, fig. 171 (246), fig. 142 (249); bills and inventories of, 245–247

Frothingham, Benjamin (iii), 225

Frothingham, Walter, 241

Frothingham family, 11, 93

Fullerton, William, 5

Furniture of the Olden Time (Morse), 143

Furniture of Our Forefathers (Singleton), 140

Gardner, Samuel Pickering, 65, fig. 48 (68)

Garvan Collection (Yale University), 109; desk from, 114, fig. 80 (116); desk and bookcase from, 125, fig. 88 (127)

Gavet, Jonathan, 193

Gay, Martin, 186, 187, 196

Gay, Ruth Atkins, 186, 187

Genteel Household Furniture in the Present Taste, 158

Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’s Director, The (Chippendale), 144, 149, 196; tall clock from, fig. 98 (145), 149; French commodes in, 166, fig. 116 (168), fig. 118 (169); tea caddy in, fig. 134 (190)

Ginsburg and Levy, Inc., 125, fig. 89 (129)

Gold, I., 248

Goldberg, Joyce, xv

Goldthwait, Mrs. Ezekiel, portrait by Copley, fig. 6 (xi)

Gooding, Timothy, Jr., 15

Goodwin, Abigail, 178

Gore, John, 5, 72

Grant, Moses, 27

Grant, Samuel, 4, 24; career of, 26–27, 32–34; as exporter, 32–33; prices charged by, 34; materials used by, 34–38; styles of chairs made by, 39–47, 48

Gray, William, 5

Green, Isaac, 178

Green family, 107

Greenlaw, Barry, xiv

Greenleaf, Stephen, 118

Greenleaf, William, 186, 188, 196

Halifax, 184, 186

Hancock, John, 215

Hancock, Thomas, 176

Hancock family, 156

Harlots Progress, A (Hogarth), fig. 21 (29)

Harrateen, 34, fig. 25 (35), fig. 26 (36)

Hartshorne, Ebenezer, 24, fig. 19 (25), 223

“Harvard” chests, 69

Harvard University, x

Harwood, Mrs. Sidney, 235–236

Heller, Mrs., 72

Henchman, Daniel, 9, 91

Hepplewhite style, work by Frothingham in, 242–245, fig. 171 (246), fig. 172 (249)

Higgins, Marcy, 197–198

High chests, 18, fig. 16 (21), fig. 17 (22); by Hartshorne, 24, fig. 19 (25); by Davis, 51, fig. 35 (52); by Pimm, 54, fig. 37 (55); in Museum of Fine Arts, 54, fig. 38 (56); in Metropolitan Museum, 57, fig. 40 (59), fig. 42 (61), fig. 44 (63); at Deerfield, fig. 45 (64); at Bayou Bend, 54, fig. 39 (58); blockfront, 125, fig. 90 (130); by Frothingham, fig. 154 (224)

Hinckley, Thomas, dressing table owned by, fig. 2 (viii)

Historic Deerfield: high chest at, 57, fig. 45 (64); chairs at, 65; Frothingham desks at, 112, fig. 78 (114), 237–238, fig. 168 (242), fig. 169 (243)

Hitchings, Sinclair, vi, x, 71–75

Hogarth, William, 29, 30, 77, fig. 21 (29), fig. 23 (31)

Holmes, Nathaniel, 9, 13, 21, 95; career of, 14–15; output of, 15–23; prices paid by, 23–24; rural artisans of, 47

Holyoke, Edward, 46

Hooper, Silas, 30

Horsebone feet, 42, 48

Hosmer, Joseph, 125, fig. 90 (130), 131, 235

Houghton Library, Harvard University, viii

Hovey, James, 15

Hughes, Robert, 72

Hugo, E. Harold, xv

Hull, John, 145; caudle cup by, fig. 99 (146)

Hurd, Nathaniel, 226, fig. 157 (229), 236, 240, 241

Hutchinson, Governor Thomas, 150, 152, 153, 196

Hyder, Darrell, xiv, xv

Immigrants, and the furniture industry, 12

Ingraham, John, 93

Ingraham, Joseph, 4

Inlay, 236

Inventories, as source of information, 73

Japanners, 3, 71–75; list of known, 72; sources of information on, 72–75; anonymity of, 75

Japanning: on looking glasses, 47; Boston process of, 49–50; designs used in, 50; by Davis, 51; by Johnston, 51, 54; cherubs used in, 54; sources of designs for, 57–60; Boston a center for, 60–62; early and late styles, 62, 65; heyday of, 65

Jobe, Barbara, xv

Jobe, Brock, vii, viii, xv, 3–48, 93, 251–253

Johnson, Edward C, xiv

Johnson, Mrs. Edward C, xiv

Johnson, Thomas, 9, 14, 23

Johnston, Benjamin, 72, 74

Johnston, John, 72

Johnston, Thomas, 50, 53; trade cards of, fig. 24 (33), 50, 54, 60, 71; tall clock japanned by, 54, fig. 36 (53); inventory of, 73

Johnston, Thomas, Jr., 72, 74

Johnston and Rea, account books of, 73

Johnston, William, 9, 75

Joiners, 3

Kaye, Myrna, xiv, xv, 267–268

Kent, William, 150

“Kettle shape,” 143

Kindig, Joseph, iii, 245

Kinsey, John P., xiv

Kinship ties: conservatism linked to, 11–12; N. Holmes as example, 13–14

Knox, General Henry, 247

Lamb, Aimée, xiv

Lamb, Rosamond, xiv

Lamb, Thomas: blockfront chest owned by, viii, fig. 4 (ix); armchairs owned by, xii, fig. 7 (xiii)

Lampson, 5

Lane family, 216

Leach, John, 45

Leather, for upholstery, fig. 28 (38), 39, 40

Lebrun, Charles, 160, 163

Legs, 206; lathe-turned, 15; cabriole, 225

Letters, as sources of information, 75

Lo Nano, Ernest, 226–227, 232, 237

Lockwood, Luke Vincent, 140, 143

London, fashions copied from, 28–30. See also England

Looking glasses: work of japanners on, 47, 57, 65; sold by Welch, 213. See also Dressing glasses

Lopez, Isaac, 28, 39

Lord, Robert, 14

Loring, Commodore Joshua, 54

Louis XIV, 164

Louis XV style, 165

Lovell, Margaretta Markle, vii, viii, 77–135

Luckis, Thomas, 9, 215

Mahogany, 251, 252

Makers of Boston bombé furniture: B. Frothingham, fig. 97 (142), 172, 176; J. McMillian, fig. 101 (148), 176; G. Bright, 176–178, fig. 124 (177), fig. 140 (200); J. Cogswell, 140, 146, fig. 125 (179), 176, 178, 181, 184, fig. 139 (198), fig. 143 (206); G. Atkins, 184–186, fig. 129 (183), fig. 130 (185); H. Rust, 193–195

Malden, Mass., 14, 47

Manwaring, Robert, 210

Maple, 253

Marblehead, Mass., 15, 108; follower of Boston, 89; Bowen and Martin in, 111, 139

Marblehead Historical Society, 194

Martin, Ebenezer, 111, fig. 95 (138)

Mask-carved knees, fig. 3 (ix)

Mason, David, 72

Massachusetts Historical Society, 209

Massachusetts State House, 176

McKillister, Daniel, 15

McMillian, James, 9, 149; desk and bookcase by, fig. 101 (148), 176

Merchants, as buyers of house furnishings, 5–9

Metropolitan Museum of Art: high chest in, 54, fig. 40 (59), 57, fig. 44 (63), fig. 42 (61); dressing table in, fig. 43 (62); desk and bookcase, 125, fig. 87 (124); side chairs in, 208, 210

Molasses Act, 12

Monetary values, xvi

Montgomery, Charles F., xiin, xiv

Moreen, 39

Morse, Frances Clary, 143

Motley, Richard, 57

Mudge, John, 14, 23

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Dept. of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture, vi; exhibition of furniture at, viii, xiv; high chest in, 54, fig. 38 (56); chest-on-chest in, 111, fig. 77 (113); desk in, 116, fig. 81 (117); side chairs in, 204–205

Nelson Gallery, 245

Netherlands, furniture from, 150

New Bedford, Mass., 186

New England Prospects (Wood), 251

New York City, 112, 131, 137; Boston furniture to, 5; japanning in, 49, 60

Newport, 28, 47; blockfront chests from, 81–89; movement of craftsmen from Boston to, 118. See also Newport chests

Newport chests, 81–89, fig. 49 (80), fig. 51 (82), 131; construction of, 82–86; backs of, fig. 54 (84); drawers of, 86; feet of, 86–89, fig. 60 (88); interiors of, 115–116

Newspaper advertisements, as source of information, 75

Nichols family, 236

North End, Boston, 9

Northampton, Mass., 236

Notes of obligation, use of, 11

Nova Scotia. 4–5

Oaks, 259–260; of the “red” group, 259; of the “white” group, 260

Ogee curve, in bombé, 143

Old Manse, The, 125

Oliver, Andrew, xiv, 26

Oliver, Mrs. Andrew, portrait of, 42, fig. 31 (43)

Orient, influence of, 49

Ornemens Inventez par J. Berain, 164

Orrery, vii, fig. 5 (x)

Osgood family, 194

Overdoor detail, fig. 111 (163)

Paddock, Adino, 5

Parkman, Rebecca, 90

Parkman, William, 90

Parsons, Sarah, 100

Partridge, Nehemiah, 72

Patrons of cabinetmakers: merchants as, 5–9; J. Loring, 54; Cushing family, 95, 97; Josiah Quincy, 128, 131, 134; Derby family, 140; Charles Apthorp, 150; Hancock family, 176; Caleb Davis, 176; owners of bombé, 196

Pedestals, baroque, 160

Pediments, carved, 108; on Cogswell casepieces, fig. 143 (206)

Pendleton, Roger, 72

Pepperrell, Sir William, 190, 196

Perkins, Henry, 5

Perkins family, 11

Philadelphia, 137; craftsmen in, 4; Boston furniture exported to, 5

Phillips, Abigail, 190

Pickman family, 63

Pier table, with mask-carved knees, viii, fig. 3 (ix)

Pillars and balls, 15, fig. 11 (16)

Pimm, John, 54, fig. 37 (55)

Pitts, Elizabeth, 66

Plymouth, Mass., 137

Plympton, Sylvanus, 157, 160

Pope, Joseph, orrery by, viii, fig. 5 (x)

Porous wood timbers, 255–262

Portsmouth, N.H., 47, 72

Price, William, 60, 73

Prices: for labor, 23; for carving, 215; of pieces by Frothingham, 245–247; of cabinet woods, 251

Prince, James, 199

Providence, R.I., 242

“Quahog school,” 195

Quakers, 120

Queen Anne style: introduction of, 42, 48; Boston fashion for, 77; and bombé, 172

Queen Anne’s War (1702–1713), 4

Quincy, Edmund, 28

Quincy, Eliza Susan, 126, 128

Quincy, Josiah, 196; desk and bookcase for, 80, 81, 126, 128, fig. 91 (132), 131; portrait by Copley, 128, fig. 92 (134)

Quincy, Josiah, Jr., 190

Randall, Richard, vii, x, 223–249

Randle, William, 11, 15, 18, 21, 50, 72

Rea, Daniel, Jr., 72

Reed, John, 28

Red cedar, 252

Redwood, Abraham, 118

Regional characteristics, 89–90

Revere, Paul, cann by, fig. 100 (147)

Rhode Island, 89

Richards, Nathaniel, 224, 226

Ridgway, Samuel, 9

Robbins family, 30

Roberts, Joshua, 72, 73

Robinson, George, 213

Rococo carving, 173

Roentgen, Abraham, 154, 157

Roentgen, David, 157

Rogers, George, 34

Rosier, Robert, 125

Round seat, 42, 48

Roxbury, Mass., xvi, 9

Rust, Henry, 122, 131, fig. 84 (121); maker of bombé, 193

“S. F,” xii, fig. 7 (xiii)

Sack, Albert, xiv

Sack, Israel, Inc., xiv, 202, 204, fig. 147 (212)

Salem, xii, 47; blockfront furniture made in, 79, 89, 108; Watson of, 111; influence of Newport on, 120; desk by Rust, 122, fig. 84 (121); Waters desk and bookcase, 122, fig. 86 (123); other desks and bookcases, fig. 87 (124), fig. 88 (127), fig. 89 (129); bombé furniture from, 137, 193–195, fig. 136 (192), fig. 137 (193), fig. 138 (194); Hepplewhite made in, 242

Salisbury, Elizabeth, 178

Saltar, Gordon, xin, 251–264

Sanderson, Robert, 145; caudle cup by, fig. 99 (146)

Sandwich, Mass., 120

Saunders, David, 37

Saunders, Sarah, 37

Savery, William, 223

Seal skins for leather upholstery, 39

Secretary, by Vile, 158, fig. 109 (161)

Serpentine fronts, 173

Settee, fig. 145 (209)

Shelburne Museum, 51

Shells: as decoration, 18, 19, 21, fig. 16 (21), fig. 17 (22); in Newport blockfronts, 81, fig. 51 (82)

Sheraton, Thomas, 15, 17

Sherburne, Thomas, 9, 14, 95; A. Skillin apprenticed to, 221

Shipbuilding, and the furniture industry, 4

Ship carving, 213, 215, 221

Shippen, Edward, 26

Shipton, Clifford, xiv–xv

Sideboard, by Frothingham, 244–245, fig. 172 (249)

Side chairs, 40, fig. 29 (40), fig. 32 (44), fig. 33 (45), fig. 34 (46); japanned, fig. 48 (68); by N. Tracy, fig. 144 (207); types of splats in, 208–209, fig. 146 (211), fig. 147 (212), fig. 149 (216), fig. 150 (217), fig. 151 (218), fig. 152 (219), fig. 153 (220); English, fig. 148 (214); by Frothingham, fig. 171 (246); Hepplewhite, 242–243, fig. 171 (246)

Singleton, Esther, 140

Skillin, John, 199

Skillin, Simeon, 199, 221–222

Skillin family, 125, fig. 87 (124)

Smibert, John, 42, fig. 31 (43)

Society of Upholsterers and Cabinetmakers of London, 158

South End, Boston, 9

Spear, David, 197–198

Spiral supports, of Boston bombé, 173, fig. 122 (174), fig. 123 (175)

Splats, chairs grouped by, 208–209; a, 208, 210, fig. 149 (216), fig. 150 (217); b, 208, 210, fig. 151 (218); c, 209, 210, fig. 152 (219); d, 209, fig. 153 (220)

Sprage, D., xii, 140, 248; desk and bookcase by Frothingham and, fig. 97 (142), fig. 162 (234), 235

Stalker and Parker, A Treatise of Japanning and Varnishing, 57

Steams, William, 247

Stiles, Ezra, 120

Stinehour, Roderick D., xv

Stoneman, Vernon, vii

String inlay, 20

Swan, Daniel, 15

Swan, James, 220

Swan, Mabel, v

Swift, Jonathan, 133, 135

Tabernacles, baroque, 160

Tables, 16, fig. 13 (18). See also Card tables; Dining table; Dressing tables; Pier table; Tea tables

Tall case clocks, fig. 11 (16), 51, fig. 36 (53), 54; Chippendale, fig. 98 (145)

Tea caddy, bombé, 190, fig. 134 (190)

Tea chest, by Johnson, 23

Tea tables: turret top, 137, fig. 94 (138); Dutch, 152, fig. 104 (154)

Textiles: import of, 27, 32; style of, 34

Thayer, Ziphion, 5

Thomas, Elias, 15

Thomaston, Maine, 247

Tibbits family, 41

Toms Foundation, 243

Townsend, Jeremiah, 93

Townsend, John, 223, 225; chest of drawers by, fig. 49 (80); desk, fig. 82 (118)

Tracy, Nathaniel, 199, 207

Trade cards: of Samuel Grant, 32, fig. 24 (33); of Thomas Johnston, 50, 54

Treadwell, Nathaniel, 109, 131, fig. 74 (106)

Trianon, bombé commodes for, 163, fig. 112 (164)

“Tulip-shape” in silver, 145

Turners, 3; employed by Holmes, 15

Underwood, John, 15

Upholstering, of group of chairs, 206

Upholsterers, 3, 24–47; importance of, 47

Valance, bed, 28–32, fig. 20 (28), fig. 27 (37)

Vassall family, 196

Vassall-Longfellow House, 190

Veneering, 24

Versailles, overdoor detail from, 162, fig. 111 (163)

Victoria and Albert Museum, 133, fig. 93 (135)

Vile, William, 158, fig. 109 (161), 165

Vincent, Gilbert T., vii, viii, 137–196

Virginia, 131

Waghorne, John, 72

Wagstaff, Thomas, 57

Waldron, Chapman, 15

Wall brackets, 20

Walton, John S., Inc., 107

Warham, Charles, 12

Warner, Jonathan, 66

Wasgatt family, 112, 131

Washington, George, 190

Watering, 39

Waters, Joseph, 122

Waters family, 192, 194

Watson, Abraham, 109, 131, fig. 76 (110)

Waving, 39

Webber, Mary, 13

Welch, Elizabeth, 11

Welch, John, 213, 215

Wendell, Jacob, 33, 34

Wendell, John, 33, 34

West Indies, 5; source of blockfronted pieces, 93; mahogany from, 252

Wheeler, Samuel, 9

White pine, 253

Whitehill, Walter Muir, vii

Whiting, Stephen, 65, 72

Whiting, Stephen, Jr., 72

Windsor, Conn., painted furniture from, 69

Windsor chairs, 243–244

Winterthur Museum, xiv; high chest, 54, fig. 37 (55), 57; bombé chest, 194, fig. 136 (192); armchair, 202, 204, fig. 148 (214); side chairs, 208, 210; work of Frothingham in, 225, fig. 154 (224), fig. 155 (227), fig. 156 (228), fig. 158 (230)

Winterthur Program in Early American Culture, vi

Winthrop, Robert C, 65

Winthrop family, 115, 116

Wiscasset, Maine, 236

Wood, kinds of, 254–262; in Boston bombé casepieces, 169, 196; in Frothingham casepieces, 226, 248; mahogany, 251, 252; black walnut, 251, 252; red cedar, 252; cherry, 253; maple, 253; white pine, 253; conifer timbers, 254–255; porous wood timbers, 255–262; annotated bibliography on, 263–264

Wood, Thomas, 143

Wood, William, 251

Woodward, Richard, 14, 19, 22; bureau table by, 20, fig. 18 (23); charges by, 23

Worsteds, 34–39

Yale University: side chair owned by, 202, armchair, 202, fig. 141 (203)

Yehia, Mary Ellen, vii, viii, xiv, 197–222

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