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The catalogue is written by Kenneth Joel Zogry and edited by Philip Zea, Curator of Historic Deerfield, Inc., with a foreward by Wendell Garrett, Senior Vice President of Sotheby’s and editor emeritus of The Magazine, ANTIQUES.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlong with formal styles, some Vermont furniture is also “country,” including brilliantly painted examples and pieces made with the vibrant local woods such as maple and birch. “The challenge,” says Zogry, “was to properly understand the early history of the state, and then search major museums, local historical societies, and private homes for unique examples of early Vermont furniture.” Over three-quarters of the objects in the catalogue publication have never before been seen by the public.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor years collectors and curators have studied the antique American furniture of cities such as Boston or Philadelphia, or the country furniture of Connecticut and New Hampshire, yet Vermont has been virtually ignored,” says Kenneth Joel Zogry, Bennington Museum’s former Curator of Collections. “Although today a small and rural state, Vermont was actually one of the fastest growing areas of the country between 1760 and 1820. 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It is a catalogue which presents the Museum's collection of stoneware against the background of the famous Norton Pottery for which Bennington was well known. The redware collection is also addressed, with particular attention given to the complex questions surrounding origin and maker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs with any such study, issues of cultural development, population density and stylistic influences become important considerations. Surface decoration, color, design, size and intended use also lead to interesting speculation and\/or conclusions. similarly, the identification of regional characteristics, form and transfer of pattern all help to locate this pottery geographically and lend dimension to its examination. 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He was one of a small cohort- among them Peter Voulkos, John Mason, and Ken Price - who revolutionized ceramics, making of it, a freely inventive and richly expressive art form, liberated from the practical requirements of vessel making and the conventions of the craft tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the last forty-plus years, however, Rosen has focused on his role as teacher (Bennington College, 1960-91) and maker, rarely exhibiting or publishing his work. 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She was born in New York City in 1932, the daughter of the painter Alice Trumbull Mason, an early exponent of non-objective abstraction and a founder of the American Abstract Artists group in 1937. Emily Mason first came to Vermont in 1950 to attend Bennington College, in a deliberate attempt to “break away from New York” and “to think things out for myself.” After two years at Bennington, she transferred to Cooper Union in New York City, to get closer to where the action was. She still lives in New York, but since 1968 she and her husband, the painter Wolf Kahn, have owned a property outside Brattleboro, Vermont, where they spend their summers and each has a studio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough her mother, Mason knew all the major Abstract Expressionist painters in New York City. She remembers being shocked by their work, not understanding what they were doing. 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