Downs, Joseph,
American Furniture Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods
, The MacMillan Company, New York, 1952 (This book provides excellent descriptions and photographs of the Queen Anne and Chippendale periods of American furniture making. )
Fairbanks, Jonathan L., Bates, & Elizabeth Bidwell Bates,
American Furniture 1620 to the Present
, Richard Marek Publishers, New York, 1981. (This well-written book provides an overview of American furniture with a concentration of seventeenth century pieces. It has a running text along with identification captions , which place furniture in its social and historical context.)
Halsey, R.T.H. & Tower, Elizabeth,
The Homes of Our Ancestors: New England's Furniture & Interiors Through Colonial & Early Republican Times
, Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1937. ( This book provides the details on how our American ancestors lived their daily lives. It includes interesting information about their homes, furniture, household goods, as well as social, historical and cultural information.)
Kane, Patricia E.,
300 Years of American Seating Furniture Chairs and Beds from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University
, New York Graphic Society, Boston, 1976. (This publication records Yale University's collection of American furniture. The three hundred years that it covers provides the reader with the development of industry of chair making in America. Photographs, illustrations and commentaries provide detailed information on each chair in the collection.)
Kirk, John T.,
American Chairs Queen Anne and Chippendale
Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1972. (This book looks at the art of chair making in America during the eighteenth century. The 180 illustrations help to reveal the identifying regional characteristics of the major chair making centers in America, including Philadelphia, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and the South.)
Kennedy, John M.,
Drawing and the Blind: Pictures to Touch
, New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993, 315p.
Montgomery, Charles F. and Kane, Patricia, E., (editors),
American Art 1750 - 1800 Toward Independence
, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, 1976. (This book provides historical, cultural, and social information on American art in the mid-eighteenth century.)
Art History Through Touch And Sound series A Multisensory Guide for the Blind and Visually Impaired
, 1998-99, Art Education for the Blind, Inc., New York.
"Accessible Art Program,"
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
, Mar/Apr95, Part 2 of 2, Vol. 89, Issue 2, p.1-6.
"Art and Recreation,"
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
, Jan/Feb 96, Part 2 of 2, Vol. 90, Issue 1, p.28,
"Art for Visually Impaired Person,"
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
, Sep93, Vol.87, Issue 7, p.2
Tactile Art Tours,"
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness
, Sept/., Part 2 of 2, Vol. 89, Issue 5, p.2
