《美国家具,1650 – 1840：费城艺术博物馆的亮点》是**本专门介绍美国***的同类藏品之一的出版物。该博物馆最**的是来自费城和宾夕法尼亚州东南部的工匠制作的家具，其藏品还包括来自更远的城市和地区的重要代表作。每件作品的解说文字都集中在设计来源上，展示了早期美国家具如何参与国际视觉语言。沿海贸易带来的加勒比海红木和欧洲进口家具继续影响着当地的生产，从而促进了当地经济的发展。到18世纪40年代，费城已经形成了一种独特的风格，并在风格和美学上引领着这个发展中的国家。本书为美国家具学者提供了重要的资源，阐明了这个新生国家的文化和商业生活，并生动地介绍了从早期到现在影响过该机构的捐赠者、策展人和名人。

The creation of an American furniture style at a crossroads of transatlantic trade?

American Furniture, 1650–1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art is the first publication dedicated to one of the finest collections of its type in the country. Best known for furniture by artisans from Philadelphia and southeastern Pennsylvania, the museum’s collection includes significant examples from cities and regions farther afield. Interpretive texts for each work focus on design sources, showing how early American furniture participated in an international visual language. A vibrant local economy was bolstered by coastal trade bringing Caribbean mahogany and European imports that continued to influence local production. By the 1740s Philadelphia had developed a distinctive idiom and led the developing nation in style and aesthetics. This volume provides an important resource for scholars of American furniture, illuminates the cultural and mercantile life of the fledgling nation, and offers a lively introduction to the donors, curators, and personalities who have shaped the institution from its earliest days to the present.