'Have honestly and fairly laboured for money': William and Washington Tuck and Annapolis Cabinetmaking, 1795-1838

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dc.contributor.advisorStruna, Nancy Len_US
dc.contributor.authorLourie, Alexander J.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentAmerican Studiesen_US
dc.date.accessioned2004-06-04T06:10:59Z
dc.date.available2004-06-04T06:10:59Z
dc.date.issued2004-05-28en_US
dc.description.abstractThe careers of William and Washington Tuck coincided with a significant transition of Annapolis furniture-making, and changes in the political and economic hierarchies in the post-revolutionary market economy of Maryland. Both brothers learned their trade under the tutelage of John Shaw at a time when the center of Maryland's cabinetmaking shifted to Baltimore. Politically, republican ideas of democracy and representation began to take hold, and slowly found a place in Annapolis, a town characterized by its adherence to an older system of patronage and backroom negotiations. The Tucks' entrepreneurial talents and social, political, and artisanal connections facilitated their access to the State House, Annapolis' most important source of commerce and employment. This study adds two new players to the scholarly understanding of Annapolis cabinetmaking, a story heretofore dominated by John Shaw, and shows how two artisans in Maryland's capital pursued their trade and maintained their competency in early national Annapolis.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/1575
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAmerican Studiesen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledDesign and Decorative Artsen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledHistory, United Statesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledartisanen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcabinet makeren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledState House Annapolisen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledWilliam Tucken_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledWashington Tuck;en_US
dc.title'Have honestly and fairly laboured for money': William and Washington Tuck and Annapolis Cabinetmaking, 1795-1838en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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