Author: R. W. Lightbown
Publisher: Stationery Office Books (TSO)
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 134

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Author: Art Institute of Chicago
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 030022236X
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 269

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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.

Author: J. Paul Getty Museum
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 9780892368747
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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"Each object is described and analyzed in terms of its provenance and published history, as well as its construction, materials, and conservation. With its painstaking attention to detail, this volume is the definitive catalogue of the Getty Museum's collection of French Baroque furniture and will be of interest to scholars, conservators, and all students of French decorative arts."--BOOK JACKET.

Author: Helen Jacobsen
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199693757
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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A study of the material world of English ambassadors at the end of the 17th century, illustrating the way in which architecture and the arts played an important role in diplomatic life. 'Luxury and Power' is an important contribution to the cultural history of Baroque England.

Author: H. Gaston Hall
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815622758
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 504

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Author: Brian Allen
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300116780
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 317

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Accompanying an exhibition of English silver in the Moscow Kremlin Museums, where sixteenth- and seventeenth-century silver is housed. The silver items - a large water pot with snake-shaped flagon shaped like a leopard, and more - exemplify the developing ties between England and Russia.

Author: Frank Davis
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Author: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 106

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Author: James Alexander Mackay
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Author: Chrysler Museum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 128

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