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~If only antique furniture could talk, what would it tell us? For a generation and more, scholars of material culture have worked hard to create such talk. In this they are joined by collectors like Jonathan and Karin Fielding and antiques dealers like David Wheatcroft, a chief source for the Fieldings and an interview contributor to this volume. The result is,...

~JAMES GLISSON David, thanks for taking the time to share your story, profound knowledge, and infectious enthusiasm. How did the study and promotion of American folk and decorative art from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries come to be your calling?