The Magazine Antiques - May 1997
May 1997 issue of The Magazine Antiques, the 75th anniversary number, with substantive articles on American Federal furniture, Shaker furniture, Southern interiors, Concord furniture, and the nineteenth-century furniture trade in New Orleans.
Overview
The Magazine Antiques - May 1997 is a substantial 75th anniversary issue of one of the central American periodicals devoted to antiques, fine furniture, decorative arts, historic interiors, and collecting scholarship. This issue is especially strong in American furniture and regional material culture, with articles including the Livingstons' best New York City Federal furniture, Shaker furniture from South Union, Kentucky, Milford Plantation in South Carolina, Concord, Massachusetts furniture, and the nineteenth-century furniture trade in New Orleans. The cover features American furniture, and the issue as a whole has the depth and seriousness associated with the magazine's best collecting and museum-oriented writing.
Dating / Background
Published in May 1997, this issue appeared during the magazine's 75th anniversary year, 1922-1997. For collectors, dealers, decorators, and researchers, back issues of The Magazine Antiques remain useful because they preserve period scholarship, object photographs, collection histories, advertisements, and market context that are not always easy to reconstruct online. This issue is particularly relevant to readers interested in American Federal furniture, Shaker design, Southern domestic interiors, and regional furniture studies.
Why Collect
Individual issues of The Magazine Antiques are more than old magazines. They are portable reference libraries, combining connoisseurship, museum standards, trade advertising, and the collecting taste of their moment. The May 1997 issue has enough focused content to serve as a useful reference for American furniture research while also fitting naturally into a working antiques library or dealer archive.
Dimensions (inches)
- Height: 11 7/8
- Width: 9 1/8
- Depth: 3/8
- Weight: 0.9 lbs
Condition
Fair/Good condition. Very small tear at the left side of the front cover, light spine roll, and dog ears in the upper corners. Interiors are clean. Overall, a handled but complete and readable reference issue with the expected shelf and cover wear for a magazine of this age.
