Carlton Hobbs Announces New York Launch of the Groundbreaking Study of Early Louisiana Furniture: "Furnishing Louisiana"
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“We are delighted to host the New York launch of this important academic work published by The Historic New Orleans Collection in our gallery and are much looking forward to Cybèle Gontar’s lecture on the emergence of a distinctive regional style, shaped by the fascinating blend of technical skills and stylistic devices brought to this region’s furniture production by French, Anglo-American and Creole immigrants,” remarked Stefanie Rinza, the company’s managing director.Described by The Historic New Orleans Collection as its latest and most ambitious publication, this magisterial study evokes an era before mass production and ease of transport began to homogenize furniture design across America.Furnishing Louisiana: Creole and Acadian Furniture, 1735–1835 By Jack D. Holden, H. Parrott Bacot and Cybèle T. Gontar with Brian J. Costello and Francis J. Puig Edited by Jessica Dorman and Sarah R. Doerries Photography by Jim Zietz Design by Tana Coman Published by The Historic New Orleans Collection, December 2010 Printed in Italy by Mondadori $95 Hardcover • 552 pp.### New York, NY, March 08, 2011 --( PR.com )-- Carlton Hobbs, the leading specialist in museum quality 17th-19th century British and Continental furniture and decorative arts, has announced that they are hosting the New York launch of "Furnishing Louisiana": Creole and Acadian Furniture, 1735–1835 at their New York gallery, at 60 East 93rd Street, New York.The opening night reception, on March 24th, will be preceded by a lecture on the subject of the book by co-author Cybèle Gontar, current Ph.D. candidate in 18th and 19th century American Art at CUNYs Graduate Center.“We are delighted to host the New York launch of this important academic work published by The Historic New Orleans Collection in our gallery and are much looking forward to Cybèle Gontar’s lecture on the emergence of a distinctive regional style, shaped by the fascinating blend of technical skills and stylistic devices brought to this region’s furniture production by French, Anglo-American and Creole immigrants,” remarked Stefanie Rinza, the company’s managing director.Described by The Historic New Orleans Collection as its latest and most ambitious publication, this magisterial study evokes an era before mass production and ease of transport began to homogenize furniture design across America.Retail price is $95 plus tax.Furnishing Louisiana: Creole and Acadian Furniture, 1735–1835By Jack D. Holden, H. Parrott Bacot and Cybèle T. Gontarwith Brian J. Costello and Francis J. PuigEdited by Jessica Dorman and Sarah R. DoerriesPhotography by Jim ZietzDesign by Tana ComanPublished by The Historic New Orleans Collection, December 2010Printed in Italy by Mondadori$95Hardcover • 552 pp.