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Tables of Contents for A Useful Art
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
vii
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
1
11
Kenneth Sherwood
Works Cited
12
3
PART ONE Essays
15
132
American Ironwork (1585--1856) [August 1938]
17
41
Old World Traditions
17
2
Iron Districts (1585--1790)
19
11
Ironworking and Ironwork (1645--1856)
30
7
The Ironwork
37
13
Ironworkers and Ironmasters
50
8
Chalkware [September 1938]
58
7
American Tin Ware [January 1939]
65
30
Manufacture
65
3
Unpainted Tin and Its Workers (ca. 1740--1850)
68
14
Toleware
82
13
American Kitchenware (1608--ca. 1875) [April 1939]
95
52
The Setting
95
14
The Wares
109
38
PART TWO Radio Scripts and Research Notes
147
78
Radio Scripts [December 1939]
149
76
The Henry Clay Figurehead
149
6
American Tinsmiths
155
6
A Pair of New York Water Pitchers
161
7
Binnacle Figure---1851
168
5
``Wide Awake'' Lantern and Eagle
173
6
Duncan Phyfe
179
6
Carpenters of New Amsterdam
185
7
Remmey and Crolius Stoneware
192
7
The Caswell Carpet
199
5
Friendship Quilts
204
7
Cotton Historical Prints
211
14
Afterword
225
John Taggart