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Current and coming.('1772 Philadelphia Prices of Cabinet and Chair Work' and 'The Fix on Colonial Philadelphia Furniture: A Secret Guide to Cabinetmakers' Prices' and other art exhibitions in Philadelphia)
Philadelphia--the 1772 price book and Thomas Chambers
One of the most exciting episodes in our field in recent years was the discovery in 2003 of a long-lost printed version of the 1772 Philadelphia Prices of Cabinet and Chair Work, which the curator at the Philadelphia Museum of Art Alexandra Alevizalos Kirtley calls "a once in a lifetime find." The price book is now on public view in Philadelphia for the first time, accompanied by twenty-three pieces of colonial furniture that reflect the forms described in its pages.
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As Kirtley recounted in an article in our May 2005 issue, the southeastern Pennsylvania couple Thomas ...
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