"In recent years American furniture history has become a vital, evolving, and increasingly popular area of inquiry focusing not just on furniture as objects but on the economic, social, and political contexts in which furniture was produced and used. Promising to be the journal of record in its field, American Furniture presents new research on furniture, design, production, use, and appreciation. Begun in 1993, this annual provides a forum on furniture history, technology, connoisseurship, and conservation by foremost scholars in the field. It is the only interdisciplinary journal devoted exclusively to furniture made or used in the Americas from the seventeenth century to the present. American Furniture will become a standard reference in decorative arts and American studies, museums, historical societies, and libraries." - from back of book.

Contents
American Furniture 1995

Editorial Statement
Luke Beckerdite

Preface
Allen M. Taylor

Introduction
Luke Beckerdite

Regional Furniture/Regional Life
William N. Hosley

Furniture as Social History: Gender, Property, and Memory in the Decorative Arts
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich

Diversity and Regionalism in Rural New England
Philip Zea

The Social Economy of the Preindustrial Joiner in Western Connecticut, 1750–1800
Edward S. Cooke Jr.

Regions and the Study of Material Culture: Explorations along the Connecticut River
Kevin M. Sweeney

Definition and Diaspora of Regional Style: The Worcester County Model
Donna K. Baron

Hidden in Plain Sight: Disappearance and Material Life in Colonial New York
Neil D. Kamil

Book Reviews

Tools: Working Wood in Eighteenth–Century America
Review by Barbara Mclean Ward

Herter Brothers: Furniture and Interiors for a Gilded Age
Review by Edward S Cooke Jr.

Drama in Design: The Life and Craft of Charles Rohlfs.
Review by Anna Tobin D’Ambrosio

Living in Style: Fine Furniture in Victorian Quebec |
Review by Kenneth L. Ames

The Complete Book of Shaker Furniture
Review by Robert P. Emlen

The Dunlap Cabinetmakers: A Tradition in Craftsmanship
Review by Philip D. Zimmerman