Antique Mennonite Furniture 1766-1910 / Scarce Book

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Lavishly illustrated, 241 color photographs picture the history of the Mennonite community and their accomplishments in cabinet making. "The striking pieces of furniture which have come to be identified as Mennonite furniture on the North American Plains point to a much earlier time in the history of furniture making. The story of the Mennonites who settled the North American Plains between the 1870s and the 1920s is the story of a migrant tradition."

MENNONITE FURNITURE: A MIGRANT TRADITION 1766-1910 by Reinhild Kauenhoven Janzen and John M. Janzen, Good Books, 1991.

This informative text tells the story of the Plains Mennonites and their journeys.  It recounts the roots of their furniture tradition and documents its connection to life in the Vistula Delta in the late 1700s and early 1800s. It brings tradition to North America and explains its gradual disappearance." Pictured examples include chests, wardrobes, clocks, cupboards and china cabinets, beds and cradles, chairs and benches, tables and desks, and much more. Other chapters include: Thoughts on Mennonite Aesthetic Identity; Mennonite Cabinetmakers and Painters; Kauffman Museum Inventory of Mennonite Immigrant Furniture; and Wood-Finishing Recipes. This is a comprehensive, wonderfully illustrated book, which belongs in the permanent library of the collector, dealer, or historian of early American furniture.

8.8" x 11.2" hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 231 pages.

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