A Rhode Island Furniture Exhibit, Regional Furniture Studies & Databases &#8211

A Rhode Island Furniture Exhibit, Regional Furniture Studies & Databases &#8211

Joint Stool or Table, 1720-1750, maker unknown. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. “From colonial times and into the 19th century, every town and hamlet in Rhode Island supported woodworking shops along main streets and wharves and in farmstead backyards. The artisans developed regional styles; every few miles, different floral and striped patterns became popular…