This volume includes articles on mannerist furniture from a Northern Essex County, Massachusetts shop, the career and work of David Evans, early New York turned chairs, the Lisle desk-and-bookcase from Rhode Island, a Salem cabinetmakers' price book, two early eighteenth-century Schränke, as well as book reviews and bibliography. Table of Contents First Flowers of the Wilderness: Mannerist Furniture from a Northern Essex County, Massachusetts, Shop - Robert F. Trent, Peter Follansbee, and Alan Miller When Good Cabinetmakers Made Bad Furniture: The Career and Work of David Evans - Eleanore P. Gadsden Early New York Turned Chairs: A Stoelendraaier's Conceit - Erik Gronning The Lisle Desk-and-Bookcase: A Rhode Island Icon - Brock Jobe A Salem Cabinetmakers' Price Book - Dean Thomas Lahikainen Two Early Eighteenth-Century Schränke: Rare Survivals of the German Joiner's Art in the Hudson River Valley - Peter M. Kenny Book ReviewsThe White House: Its Historic Furnishings and First Families, Betty C. Monkman - Elisabeth D. Garrett Early American Decorative Arts, 1620-1860: A Handbook for Interpreters, Rosemary Troy Krill with Pauline K. Eversmann - Gilian Ford Shallcross Rural New England Furniture: People, Place, and Production, Peter Benes, editor - Anne Woodhouse American Furniture: Understanding Styles, Construction, and Quality, John T. Kirk - Ted Landsmark 8 1/2 x 11 trim. 300 illus. (75 color). End-papers. Luke Beckerdite is a decorative arts consultant living in Williamsburg, Virginia. Used Book in Good Condition