Publisher's Synopsis
European colonization of North America began in earnest from the early 17th century. On the Atlantic Seaboard, English influences were strong and it was these areas of settlement - Puritan New England in the North, the middle colonies focused on New Amsterdam (later New York), and the plantations of Virginia in the South - which became the core of the future United States. As the eastern colonies developed, so there emerged the distinctive style of architecture and decoration known as American Colonial.;This work represents a source of examples of English-influenced American Colonial exteriors, interiors and decorative arts between 1620 and 1780. Wendell Garrett, vice-president of American decorative art at Sotheby's, New York, takes the reader on a visual tour of restored colonial houses and interiors, from Maine to Georgia. The accommpanying text covers the social history of New England, the Hudson River and the Virginia colonies.
