"Acknowledged as the journal of record in its field, American Furniture presents new research on furniture design, use, production, and appreciation. Begun in 1993, this award-winning annual provides a comprehensive forum on furniture history, technology, connoisseurship, and conservation by the foremost scholars in the field. It is the only interdisciplinary journal devoted exclusively to furniture made of used in the Americas from the seventeenth century to the present." -- from the back cover. Edited by Luke Beckerdite. Written contributions by Alan Miller, Robert F. Trent, Glenn Adamson, Harry Mack Truax II, Dennis Andrew Carr, Jonathan Prown, Andrew Richmond, Peter M. Kenny, Jennifer L. Howe, Kenneth L. Ames, Mira Nakashima, Thomas A. Denenberg, and Gerald W.R. Ward. Printed in color and black-and-white.