Makers and Users: American Decorative Arts, 1630-1820, from the Chipstone Collection

American furniture and prints as well as English ceramics from an extraordinary Milwaukee collection tell stories of stylistic change, regional preference, solutions of technological problems, artisan-patron relations in a market economy, the new consumer impulse for more and different furnishings, and how Americans responded to English, European, Asian, and African influences. Distributed for the Chazen Museum of Art, University of WisconsinMadisonAnn Smart Martin is the author of 'Makers and Users: American Decorative Arts, 1630-1820, from the Chipstone Collection', published 2002 under ISBN 9780932900463 and ISBN 0932900461.