Visual Survey with Pertinent Points. This book chronicles the remarkable achievement of a school of furniture makers who rose to prominence in the Regency period circa 1830 and produced an elegant body of work unrivalled in Canadian furniture making history. Adapting the classical tenets of contemporary British furniture making, these cabinetmakers from Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island produced an elegant body of work unrivalled in Canadian furniture making history, with pieces now avidly sought at international auction and displayed in museums.