This important (and collectible) book, the result of an extensive survey of Portsmouth furniture at more than 210 sites throughout the country, places the furniture makers of Portsmouth alongside those of Newport, Boston, Philadelphia, and New York. With essays on the social history of the city of Portsmouth and on furniture production in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, this book provides the first comprehensive study of Portsmouth furniture from 1670 to 1840. Hardcover (only 100 hardcover editions in print). Edited by Brock Jobe.