The Magazine Antiques - July 1993

Overview
This July 1993 issue of The Magazine Antiques is a focused Monticello number, presenting Thomas Jefferson's house, collections, interests, and intellectual world through the lens of American decorative arts and historical scholarship. Rather than a general back issue, this is a substantial reference issue built around Jefferson as collector, designer, reader, scientist, statesman, and maker of an American interior.

The contents include Daniel P. Jordan on Monticello today, Merrill D. Peterson on Jefferson's legacy, William L. Beiswanger on Jefferson's sources from antiquity in the design of Monticello, Susan R. Stein on furnishings and Jefferson's museum, Ann M. Lucas on Jefferson's print collection, Lucia C. Stanton on Jefferson and the amusements of science, Linda R. Baumgarten on Jefferson's clothing, and S. Allen Chambers Jr. on Poplar Forest. The cover shows Jefferson's cabinet at Monticello, photographed by Robert C. Lautman, with a rich study-room atmosphere of books, instruments, furniture, and daylight.

Dating / Background
Published in July 1993 by Brant Publications, this issue belongs to the period when The Magazine Antiques was still a major monthly forum for serious American antiques scholarship, museum interpretation, historic houses, and high-level collecting. The Monticello theme gives it particular usefulness for collectors and readers interested in Jeffersoniana, early American interiors, neoclassical design, historic preservation, and the material culture of the early republic.

Why Collect
This issue has lasting value as a compact, well-illustrated reference on Monticello and Jefferson's material world. It is useful for collectors of American furniture, architecture, prints, decorative arts, and historic-house material, and it also has appeal as a period document from a respected antiques publication. For a shelf of collecting references, it offers both visual pleasure and substantive content, with named scholars addressing objects, rooms, sources, and ideas rather than simply presenting decorative photographs.

Dimensions (inches)

• Height: 11 7/8
• Width: 9 1/8
• Depth: 1/4
• Weight: 0.9 lb

Condition
Good to very good condition. Light spine roll and light handling. Interiors are clean. Corners are bumped or show slight dog ears. Overall a sound, presentable reference copy with normal shelf and handling wear for a magazine of this age.

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