Chippendale furniture designs

Chippendale furniture designs

Item Information

Title:
Chippendale furniture designs
Description:
A design drawing by W. Joseph Carr of an American Chippendale China Cabinet, Dresser Mirror and Kidney Shaped Bench for the Heywood-Wakefield Company in Gardner, Massachusetts. The design drawing is labeled with sizes and names. There are also hand-drawn blowups of relief details of the cornice work on the Dresser Mirror and Bench. The design is number seven in the series. Joseph Carr was a noted furniture designer, artist, cartoonist and sculptor from Gardner, Massachusetts. He worked for the Heywood-Wakefield Company as a furniture designer from 1936 till the company closed its doors in 1979. He also did freelance furniture designs for a variety of furniture companies including S. Bent & Brothers, Inc.
Creator:
Carr, William Joseph, 1910-1999
Date:
[1936?–1979?]
Format:
Drawings/Illustrations
Genre:
Design drawings
Location:
Mount Wachusett Community College
LaChance Library
Collection (local):
W. Joseph Carr Collection
Subjects:
Heywood-Wakefield Company
Chippendale
Furniture design
Furniture--Drawings
Furniture designers
Furniture industry and trade--Massachusetts--Gardner
Places:
Massachusetts > Worcester (county) > Gardner
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/bk1291468
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Language:
English
Notes:
Is part of the W. Joseph Carr Collection, LaChance Library, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, Massachusetts, http://www.mwcc.edu/Html/Library/index.html. For further information, see the Greater Gardner Furniture History Documentary Project website, http://www.mwcc.edu/gardnerfurniture/default.html.
Identifier:
CARR-019
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