Antique Connecticut Furniture -Barbour Collection - 1959 Limited Edition

Description

A Nice Limited Edition, Warmly Inscribed-
“The Stature of Fine Connecticut Furniture”
By Frederick K. Barbour.
Printed for the author in an edition of 200 numbered copies in 1959.
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DISCUSSION:
Frederick K. Barbour [1894-1971] was a noted collector of American antiques whose furniture collection focused on Colonial examples from his native Connecticut and is now on display at the Connecticut Historical Society. Barbour's first publication featuring pieces from his collection, which he more or less denies is a collection here. His text is in no way scholarly or overly descriptive, but rather wanders pleasantly from piece to piece as an after-dinner conversation might after too much brandy.
Frederick K. Barbour [1894-1971] was a noted collector of American antiques whose furniture collection focused on Colonial examples from his native Connecticut and is now on display at the Connecticut Historical Society. Born in 1894 in Connecticut, he was christened Fritz Krupp Barbour, but while standing in an army recruiting line in 1916 it occurred to him that having a Germanic first name followed by a middle name which was also the name of German's leading producer of artillery shells might not be popular in the Army, so he gave his name as Frederick K. Barbour, and such it remained for the rest of his life. After the war he joined the family business as president of the American branch of The Linen Thread Company. After spending several decades in manhattan the Barbours transferred to Litchfield County, Connecticut, and began to seriously collect antique Connecticut furniture. In the spring of 1971, the Frederick & Margaret Barbour Furniture Collection, was given to the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford.
DESCRIPTION:
Hardcover. 7.5"x11", 5 pages of text plus 1 color and 22 black & white plates. Slipcased. Inscribed "To George Dyer, My dear friend and, I fear, my Peggys best beloved! -Frederick Barbour".
CONDITION NOTES:
Minor soil, some light wear and scuffing and a slice to the slipcase (please see the photo, below), but otherwise clean and nice, with a tight binding.
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