Decent Furniture for Decent People: The Production and Consumption of Jacques & Hay Furniture in Nineteenth-Century Canada
| dc.contributor.author | Jacques, Denise | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Craig, Béatrice | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2011-02-04T13:12:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2011-02-04T13:12:11Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2010 | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.degree.discipline | arts | |
| dc.degree.level | doctorate | |
| dc.degree.name | phd | |
| dc.description.abstract | The Canadian firm of Jacques & Hay was in business for fifty years, during which the company, if The Globe (Toronto) is to be believed, furnished the Province of Canada. This was a stunning and largely undocumented success. Jacques & Hay was one of the largest employers in the province and dominated the cabinet-making trade from 1835 to 1885. In 1871, Jacques & Hay employed 430 men and 50 women in a vertically-integrated operation that included a sawmill, two factories and a showroom. Jacques & Hay produced abundant furniture at reasonable prices. The availability of such household furnishings greatly enhanced domestic life in nineteenth-century Canada, providing scope for a more elaborate social life and allowing more people to achieve a greater sense of comfort and decency in their living arrangements. | |
| dc.embargo.terms | immediate | |
| dc.faculty.department | Histoire / History | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10393/19736 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-4410 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa | |
| dc.subject | Furniture | |
| dc.subject | Canadian | |
| dc.subject | early manufacturing | |
| dc.subject | consumption | |
| dc.subject | social history | |
| dc.subject | material history | |
| dc.subject | material culture | |
| dc.subject | decorative arts | |
| dc.subject | Toronto | |
| dc.title | Decent Furniture for Decent People: The Production and Consumption of Jacques & Hay Furniture in Nineteenth-Century Canada | |
| dc.type | Thesis | |
| thesis.degree.discipline | arts | |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | |
| thesis.degree.name | phd | |
| uottawa.department | Histoire / History |
