BENJAMIN BUCKTROUTM
I lay’s new business as proprietor of the Raleigh Tavern was an important move and reflects the tendency of successful eighteenth-century artisans to step into the realm of the business …
1151-1166: Anthony Hay
The earliest document concerning Anthony Hay in Williamsburg is found in the Virginia Gazette daybook of 1750-52. On July 27, 1751, Hay purchased a copy of Compleate Housewife and in …
MASTERS OF THE HAY SHOE
The Peter Scott Shop
The career of Peter Scott (1694-1775) spanned five decades and is distinguished as the longest of any Williamsburg cabinetmaker. I le is first documented in the town during 1722 and …
An Early Williamsburg Furniture Group
The earliest furniture that can be attributed w ith any assurance to W illiamsburg is a group related to the Speaker’s chair made for the Capitol and used there until …
The Furniture of Williamsburg
Figure 47 When Williamsburg became the capital of Virginia in 1699, it quickly assumed an important role in many phases of life there. As the capital of the …
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
During the past two decades several people have influenced and contributed greatly to the development of the analytical and typological approach I have taken in this book. Although I never …
R. PETER MOOZ
Director Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Eighteenth-century Williamsburg and its environs have been the subject for more than fifty years of one of the most intensive investigations ever conducted into …
the Virginia Museum
This book is the culmination of a two-part project undertaken jointly by the Virginia Museum and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Beginning with the seminal concept—the need to underscore the importance …
