Monticello Canterbury - Wood Music and Magazine Rack

Monticello Canterbury - Wood Music and Magazine RackThe Jefferson family kept favorites from their enormous collection of sheet music in a portable rack called a Canterbury. This reproduction shows the Canterbury is still quite handy, though you're just as likely to use its four compartments and lower shelf for magazines, newspapers or frequently used files. The casters on the legs and handgrip at the top make it easy to move around. Useful as a wood magazine rack. A memorable gift for a musical

he maintains a wide and varied correspondence with scientists and scholars on both sides of the Atlantic

shallow drinking vessel traditionally used for serving wine or spirits

and a letter that elicits Jefferson's opinion that cognition exists "in animal bodies certainly

authentically designed in wood and ready to assemble

It's unusual shape

Take an architectural tour of Monticello through 28 superb measured drawings created by the Historic American buildings Survey in 1990

5" spacing between tines

University of Virginia

Thomas Jefferson was an accomplished violinist

their very massiveness has proven daunting

Edited by Ann Lucas Birle and Lisa A

2014 George Washington Book Prize