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THE HOMES OF OUR ANCESTORS As Shown in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York From the Beginnings of New England through the Early Days of the Republic. DE LUXE EDITION. Hardcover - 1937

by Halsey, R.T.H. and Tower, Elizabeth

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Printed by Garden City Pub. Co., Inc., at the Country Life Press, Garden City, Long Island: 1937., 1937 pp. xxvi, 302. Illustrated with 217 monochrome photos and 20 color plates. Large 8vo. 10.5" x 7.25". Original full blue cloth binding; spine decorated in gold. The title page continues: Exhibiting the development of the Arts of Interior Architecture and House Decoration, the Arts of Cabinetmaking, Silversmithing, etc., especial emphasis being laid upon the Point that our early Craftsmen evolved from the Fashions of the Old World a Style of their Own; with an Account of the Social conditions surrounding the life of the original Owners of the various Rooms. PA 47 Language: eng. Hardcover. Very Good.
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  • Title THE HOMES OF OUR ANCESTORS As Shown in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York From the Beginnings of New England through the Early Days of the Republic. DE LUXE EDITION.
  • Author Halsey, R.T.H. and Tower, Elizabeth
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Publisher Printed by Garden City Pub. Co., Inc., at the Country Life Press, Garden City, Long Island: 1937.
  • Date 1937
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 022R33

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