The Magazine Antiques, June 1971
June 1971 issue of The Magazine Antiques, featuring Uppark, Sussex, Irish glass, Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, Newport block-front furniture, Cincinnati cabinetmakers, and related scholarship. Poor/fair copy with detached cover and visible handling wear, but clean interiors.
Overview The Magazine Antiques, June 1971, is a substantial back issue of one of the long-running reference publications in the American antiques field. This issue brings together architectural history, decorative arts scholarship, furniture studies, glass, silver, folk art, and collecting notes in the serious, article-driven format that made the magazine useful to collectors, dealers, curators, and researchers. The cover features the south front of Uppark, Sussex, setting the tone for an issue especially strong in British and American material culture.
The table of contents includes articles on Uppark, Sussex; Irish glass and attributions; Rundell, Bridge and Rundell; British folk art at Freshford Manor; stoneware made by the White family in Utica, New York; Newport block-front furniture design; Rhode Island block-front speculation in 1928; living with antiques in New York State; and Cincinnati cabinet- and chairmakers, 1819-1830. For a collector building a working reference library, the value is not merely the physical magazine, but the period scholarship, period advertisements, illustrations, and trade context preserved in one issue.
Dating / Background Published in June 1971, this issue belongs to the earlier large-format era of The Magazine Antiques, when the publication served as both a scholarly resource and a record of the trade. The advertising is itself useful for market context, showing established dealers, offered material, and period pricing. The back cover advertisement from Shreve, Crump & Low, featuring American silver and a Hepplewhite-style sideboard, adds additional decorative arts interest.
Why Collect This is a practical reference copy rather than a high-condition magazine. Its appeal is strongest for readers and collectors who want the content: articles, images, advertisements, and period market evidence from 1971. The issue is especially relevant to collectors of British country house material, Irish glass, American stoneware, Rhode Island and Newport furniture, early American cabinetmaking, and the historical antiques trade. Even in worn condition, issues like this help fill gaps in a reference shelf and can support cataloguing, attribution work, and object research.
Dimensions (inches)- Height: 12
- Width: 9 1/8
- Depth: 3/8
- Weight: 1.3 lbs
Condition Poor/fair condition. Light spine roll and heavy handling wear. Interiors are clean overall, with bumped corners or slight dog ears. Covers show visible wear, including tears on the back cover, scrapes on the front cover, a paper tear at the lower spine of less than 1 inch, and losses or bites affecting the table of contents and following page. Cover is detached. Offered as a readable reference copy with significant exterior and structural wear.
