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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 458475, member: 5066"]NO! I saw it! I read the post as i remember but, i really have very little knowledge of english furniture which is why i didn't post on that thread.</p><p>The reason i find this recent/latest research on early Philadelphia furniture interesting is, SO MUCH has been written & researched on early German/american immigrant furniture in Pennsylvania, it's LONG past time for furniture scholars to give a little due to the limeys during this period. Don't get me wrong, the german stuff is fabulous and it has the paint decoration which crosses over into the folk art world so i get it why there is so much interest.</p><p>Still, to almost totally ignore English furniture (research wise) in america during this period is scandalous.</p><p>Indeed, the most opulent & complex piece of furniture ever made in Philadelphia in the the 1st quarter of the 18th century was this dressing table built by the "Bartram Family Joiner", an anonymous englishman who, we don't even know his name.</p><p><br /></p><p>1724 dressing table built by "bartram family joiner" Philadelphia Museum of Art</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]158321[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]158322[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 458475, member: 5066"]NO! I saw it! I read the post as i remember but, i really have very little knowledge of english furniture which is why i didn't post on that thread. The reason i find this recent/latest research on early Philadelphia furniture interesting is, SO MUCH has been written & researched on early German/american immigrant furniture in Pennsylvania, it's LONG past time for furniture scholars to give a little due to the limeys during this period. Don't get me wrong, the german stuff is fabulous and it has the paint decoration which crosses over into the folk art world so i get it why there is so much interest. Still, to almost totally ignore English furniture (research wise) in america during this period is scandalous. Indeed, the most opulent & complex piece of furniture ever made in Philadelphia in the the 1st quarter of the 18th century was this dressing table built by the "Bartram Family Joiner", an anonymous englishman who, we don't even know his name. 1724 dressing table built by "bartram family joiner" Philadelphia Museum of Art [ATTACH=full]158321[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]158322[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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