For too long the work of the cabinetmakers of southeastern …

For too long the work of the cabinetmakers of southeastern Massachusetts sat in the shadows, labeled ‘good’ or ‘better’ against Boston and Newport ‘bests.’ With this book, the reassessment of furniture long attributed to Boston and Newport can begin, grounded in solid scholarship, as we rediscover the work of craftsmen who ‘crafted careers as solid and useful as the furniture they fashioned.’