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Lindsey, Jack L.

Worldly goods : the arts of early Pennsylvania, 1680-1758 / Jack L. Lindsey ; with essays by Richard S. Dunn, Edward C. Carter II, and Richard Saunders.

Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Museum of Art, ©1999.

xxii, 266 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm

"The more than five hundred objects featured in this catalogue - including furniture, silver and other metalwork, glass, ceramics, textiles, Native American artifacts, paintings, works on paper, and manuscripts - bear ample witness to the styles and aesthetics of early Pennsylvania and illustrate the rapid advances that took place in the colony during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, not only in the arts but also in commerce, technology, scientific inquiry, and philosophy."--Jacket.

Art, American -- Pennsylvania -- Exhibitions.

Art, Colonial -- Pennsylvania -- Exhibitions.

Art, American -- Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- Exhibitions.

Art, Colonial -- Delaware River Valley (N.Y.-Del. and N.J.) -- Exhibitions.

Exhibition catalogs.

Dunn, Richard S.

Carter, Edward C., II, 1928-2002.

Saunders, Richard H., 1949-

Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Includes bibliographical references.

Worldly goods / Jack L. Lindsey -- Religion, politics, and economics : Pennsylvania in the Atlantic world, 1680-1755 / Richard S. Dunn -- A passionate avocation : the foreshadowing of a Philadelphia scientific community, 1682-1769 / Edward C. Carter II -- The development of painting in early Pennsylvania / Richard Saunders -- Pondering balance : the decorative arts of the Delaware Valley / Jack L. Lindsey -- Checklist of the exhibition. Case furniture ; Tables and stands ; Seating furniture ; Silver ; Base metals, glass, and ceramics ; Textiles, clothing, and personal adornment ; Miscellaneous objects ; Paintings, drawings, and prints ; Manuscripts, maps, and printed works -- Appendixes. Craftsmen active in the Delaware Valley, 1680-1758 ; Peter Kalm's list of woods available around Philadelphia.

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