The art of furniture making flourished in Texas during the mid nineteenth century To document this rich heritage of locally made furniture Miss Ima Hogg the well known philanthropist and collector of American decorative arts enlisted Lonn Taylor and David B Warren to research early Texas furniture and its makers After more than a decade of investigation they published Texas Furniture in 1975 and it quickly became the authoritative reference on this subject An updated edition Texas Furniture Volume One was issued in the spring of 2012 Texas Furniture Volume Two presents over 150 additional pieces of furniture that were not included in Volume One each superbly photographed in color and accompanied by detailed descriptions of the piece s maker date materials measurements history and owner as well as an analysis by the authors Taylor and Warren have also written a new introduction for this volume in which they amplify the story of early Texas furniture In particular they compare and contrast the two important traditions of cabinetmaking in Texas Anglo American and German and identify previously unknown artisans The authors also discuss nineteenth century Texans desire for refinement and gentility in furniture non commercial furniture making and marquetry work And they pay tribute to the twentieth century collectors who first recognized the value of locally made Texas furniture and worked to preserve it A checklist of Texas cabinetmakers which contains biographical information on approximately nine hundred men who made furniture in Texas completes the volume