Unique nuances and styles often develop because of interactions between groups of people. By studying furniture produced and decorated by Mi'kmaq, Acadians, French Canadians, Americans, English, Scots, and Irish, Jane Cook shows that their diverse styles merged to create two distinct traditions of furniture making in different parts of the St John River Valley.
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- Includes bibliographical references : p. 245-264
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- 749.211/55
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
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- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
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- n-cn-nk
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- 0773520562 9780773568471
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- NK2442 N46
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- C66 2001eb
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- 1 electronic text (xxii, 278 p.)
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- Canada
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- (CaBNVSL)slc00200984 (OCoLC)243587477 (CaOOCEL)400216
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Table of Contents
- Contents 10
- Plates 12
- Figures 16
- Preface 18
- Acknowledgments 20
- 1 St John River Valley Material Culture: Objects as Indicators of Cultural Regions, 1763–1851 26
- 2 The Upper St John River Valley: Acadian, French Canadian, and American Influences in the Madawaska Settlements, 1785–1851 46
- 3 Anglos and Americans in the Lower St John River Valley: Early-Comers, Loyalist Generations, and Purveyors of "Yankee Clap-Trap Furniture," 1763–1851 82
- 4 Scots and Irish in the Lower St John River Valley: Scottish Furniture-Making Traditions and the Impact of Irish Immigrant Artisans, 1815–1851 135
- 5 Valley Material Culture and the Coalescence of Regional Styles 174
- Appendices 194
- 1 Population of Saint John and the Madawaska Settlements, 1824–1851 196
- 2 Lists of Artisans, 1851 Census and Earlier 197
- 3 Household Inventory: The Hon. George Sproule of Fredericton, 1818 200
- 4 List of Tools Purchased by James Anderson, Jr (New Brunswick) from Alexander Mathieson (Scotland) in 1837 207
- Notes 210
- Glossary 256
- A 256
- B 256
- C 257
- D 258
- E 259
- F 259
- G 260
- H 260
- I 260
- J 260
- K 260
- L 261
- M 261
- P 261
- Q 262
- R 262
- S 263
- T 265
- V 266
- W 266
- Bibliography 268
- Credits of Plates and Figures, by Collection 288
- Index 292
- A 292
- B 292
- C 293
- D 294
- E 294
- F 295
- G 295
- H 296
- I 296
- J 296
- K 296
- L 297
- M 297
- N 298
- O 298
- P 298
- Q 299
- R 299
- S 299
- T 300
- U 300
- V 300
- W 300
- Y 301
