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“Antique Furniture by New Brunswick Craftsmen” by Huia G Ryder

A 180 page book with eighty-two photographs on the history of furniture-making in New Brunswick. This comprehensive volume deals with craftsmen’s work organized by time and place of manufacture. It includes chapters on Acadian furniture, campaign furniture, list of cabinetmakers in New Brunswick prior to 1900, bibliography, and index. This book is based on years of research and will prove invaluable to those interested in New Brunswick furniture-makers. A partial listing of names of Cabinetmakers who worked in New Brunswick prior to the year 1900 : Thomas Adams, Thomas Aitken, John Ald, David Lockhart Allen, Robert Anderson, Thomas Beatty, John Bennet,  Thomas William Bird, William Brand, John Brander, Omar Pasha Brown,  John Campbell, Thomas J Caswell, William Chapman, William G Cody, Severin Cormier, John Crandall, Charles Dixon, George Duval, James Emery, Amos Fales, Reuben Farnham, Gordon Gilchrist, Robert Graham, James Haddock, James Henderson, Jonas Howe, James Alex. Jordan,  James Kirkland, Alfred Lordly, Robert Loggie, Jacques Leger, James Lowdon, Cornelius Manuel, John Marshall, Samuel McKeen, James Warren Moore, Thomas Nisbet, Albert Perry, Alfred Riggs, John Rogerson, William Titus, Richard Thorn and the Vroom Brothers. This publication contains genealogical and biographical information in an incidental way - * * William Crawford, a Loyalist from Massachusetts and formerly from Ireland, was one of three men named Crawford, who received grants on the Kingston Peninsula * * William Mark was a maker of spinning wheels and Windsor chairs. He lived in Hampton, Kings County and is thought to have been descended from Edward Mark, an original grantee of land on Long Reach. William Mark took out Freeman papers in Saint John in 1812, although he lived and worked in Hampton. He was the earliest craftsman from Kings County to advertise in Saint John papers. . . orders for furniture could be forwarded to Mr. Nathaniel Golding, French Village. * * * 


 “Antique Furniture by New Brunswick Craftsmen” by Huia G Ryder. 1973 reprint of 1965 publication. Soft cover,180 pages.
Book # 906  Very Good condition
$59.95 Canadian Currency  Shipping $10.00 Within North America

        Book # 907 “Antique Furniture by New Brunswick Craftsmen” by Huia G Ryder
        1973 reprint of 1965 publication. Soft cover,180 pages.
        Cover shows handling. Interior good condition
        $49.95 Canadian Curency   Shipping $10.00  Within North America