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Author : John T. Kirk
Publisher : Abradale Press
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : UOM:39015052304832
Answers questions about when, where, how, & even why a piece of furniture was made, covering three centuries of changing styles.
Author : Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley
Publisher : Highlights from the Philadelph
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Art
ISBN : 0876332963
"American Furniture, 1650-1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art show early American furniture participated in an international visual language. This volume provides an important resource for scholars of American furniture, illuminates the cultural and mercantile life of the fledgling nation, and offers a lively introduction to the donors, curators, and personalities who have shaped the institution from its earliest days to the present"--
Author : Oscar P. Fitzgerald
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-22
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781442270404
This authoritative text explains the evolution of four centuries of American furniture from 1650 to the 21st century. It is the complete story covering the cultural and historical context of pieces and advice on how to authenticate furniture and preserve it for posterity. It is fully illustrated with over 800 photos and a 24 page color signature.
Author : Oscar P. Fitzgerald
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781538135631
The book will serve as the essential reference for collectors of modern furniture, curators of museum collections and house museums with 20th century furniture, and for the hundreds of dealers, gallery owners, auctioneers, and appraisers who specialize in 20th and 21st century design.
Author : Frances Gruber Safford
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Furniture
ISBN : 9781588392336
The Metropolitan Museum's preeminent collection of early colonial furniture is expertly documented in this long-awaited publication. It covers the full spectrum of furniture forms made during the 17th and early 18th centuries--from chairs and other seating to tables, boxes, various types of chests and cupboards, and desks. Each of the 141 objects is thoroughly described with detailed information on provenance, construction, condition, inscriptions, dimensions, and materials. Photographed anew in color for this volume, each piece is explicated in terms of the styles and craftsmanship of the period and is evaluated in light of comparative pieces in public and private collections throughout the country. One appendix contains photographic details of construction and decorative elements, and another has drawings of joints and moldings.
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.),Morrison H. Heckscher
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Furniture
ISBN : 9780870994272
This publication documents The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection of early colonial furniture and presents a broad spectrum of furniture forms made in America during the 17th and early 18th centuries, including chairs and other seating, tables, boxes, various types of chests and cupboards, dressing tables, and desks. The volume also includes prime examples of the different modes of ornamentation in fashion during that period. Over 140 objects are thoroughly described, with detailed information given on each one's construction, condition, dimensions, materials, and inscriptions and other marks, as well as provenance and exhibition history. Every object is explained in terms of the styles and craftsmanship of the period and evaluated in light of comparative pieces in public and private collections throughout the country. Also included is one appendix containing photographic details of construction and decorative elements, and another with line drawings explaining furniture terms and showing various types of joints and moldings. This is the first volume in a series of two that is dedicated to American furniture in the Museum. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.
Author : Edward Stratton Holloway
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-16
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781447496861
American Furniture & Decoration Colonial & Federal is Edward Stratton Holloway's illustrated manual on Colonial and Federal furniture and decoration, it was first published in 1928. Holloway was born in Ashland, Greene County, New York in 1859. He attended Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts between 18881 and 1905 and then went on to work as art director for the publisher J. B. Lippincott Co. for 46 years where he wrote a number of books on interior design and antique furniture.
Author : Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:936836289
Author : Time-Life Books
Publisher : Time Life Medical
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0809495422
Provides instruction on building fine American furniture, including Windsor chairs, a Queen Anne secretary, a Pembroke table, and a four-poster bed.
Author : Joseph J. Korom
Publisher : Branden Books
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0828321884
The skyscraper is an American invention that has captured the public's imagination for over a century. The tall building is wholly manmade and borne in the minds of those with both slide rules and computers. This is the story of the skyscraper's rise and the recognition of those individuals who contributed to its development. This volume is unique; its approach, information, and images are fresh and telling. The text examines America's first tall buildings -- the result of twelve years of in-depth research by an accomplished and published architect and architectural historian. Over 300 compelling photographs, charts, and notes make this the ultimate tool of reference for this subject. Biographies woven throughout with period norms, politics and lifestyles help to place featured skyscrapers in context. Quite simply, there is no book like this. The text, carefully and insightfully written, is clear, concise, and easily digestible, the text being the product of well-documented original research written in an informative tone. The American Skyscraper 1850-1940: A Celebration of Height is a richly documented journey of a fascinating topic, and it promises to be a superb addition to libraries, schools of architecture, students of architecture, and lovers of art.
Author : Edward S. Cooke
Publisher : MFA Publications
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015016993845
Artwork by Edward Cooke Jr.
Author : Philip D. Zimmerman,Tom Butler,Catherine E. Hutchins
Publisher : Hudson Hills
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Decoration and ornament
ISBN : 1882650174
While demonstrating the high level of artistry attained by furniture-makers of the period, this selection in many ways reflects the evolving character of domestic life in America during a seminal period in the country's history.
Author : Nathan I. Bienenstock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Furniture
ISBN : UCSD:31822012449666
Author : Lester Margon
Publisher : Atlantic Research & Publications
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : WISC:89041979162
Author : Art Institute of Chicago
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780300222364
The history of American silver offers invaluable insights into the economic and cultural history of the nation itself. Published here for the first time, the Art Institute of Chicago's superb collection embodies innovation and beauty from the colonial era to the present. In the 17th century, silversmiths brought the fashions of their homelands to the colonies, and in the early 18th, new forms arose as technology diversified production. Demand increased in the 19th century as the Industrial Revolution took hold. In the 20th, modernism changed the shape of silver inside and outside the home. This beautifully illustrated volume presents highlights from the collection with stunning photography and entries from leading specialists. In-depth essays relate a fascinating story about eating, drinking, and entertaining that spans the history of the Republic and trace the development of the Art Institute's holdings of American silver over nearly a century.