Author: Frederick Litchfield
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Illustrated History of Furniture
Author: Frederick Litchfield
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Duncan Phyfe
Author: Peter M. Kenny
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588394425
Category : Cabinetmakers
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
"Duncan Phyfe (1770-1854), known during his lifetime as the "United States Rage," to this day remains America's best-known cabinetmaker. Establishing his reputation as a purveyor of luxury by designing high-quality furniture for New York's moneyed elite, Phyfe would come to count among his clients some of the nation's wealthiest and most storied families. This richly illustrated volume covers the full chronological sweep of the craftsman's distinguished career, from his earliest furniture-- which bears the influence of his 18th-century British predecessors Thomas Sheraton and Thomas Hope--to his late simplified designs in the Grecian Plain. More than sixty works by Phyfe and his workshop are highlighted, including rarely seen pieces from private collections and several newly discovered documented works. Additionally, essays by leading scholars bring to light new information on Phyfe's life, his workshop production, and his roster of illustrious patrons. What unfolds is the story of Phyfe's remarkable transformation from a young immigrant craftsman to an accomplished master cabinetmaker and an American icon."--Publisher's website.
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588394425
Category : Cabinetmakers
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
"Duncan Phyfe (1770-1854), known during his lifetime as the "United States Rage," to this day remains America's best-known cabinetmaker. Establishing his reputation as a purveyor of luxury by designing high-quality furniture for New York's moneyed elite, Phyfe would come to count among his clients some of the nation's wealthiest and most storied families. This richly illustrated volume covers the full chronological sweep of the craftsman's distinguished career, from his earliest furniture-- which bears the influence of his 18th-century British predecessors Thomas Sheraton and Thomas Hope--to his late simplified designs in the Grecian Plain. More than sixty works by Phyfe and his workshop are highlighted, including rarely seen pieces from private collections and several newly discovered documented works. Additionally, essays by leading scholars bring to light new information on Phyfe's life, his workshop production, and his roster of illustrious patrons. What unfolds is the story of Phyfe's remarkable transformation from a young immigrant craftsman to an accomplished master cabinetmaker and an American icon."--Publisher's website.
Elephant Skull
Author: Henry Moore
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Etching
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Etching
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
The Arts of Black Africa
Author: Jean Laude
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520023581
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520023581
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
Black's Guide to Ireland
Author: Adam and Charles Black (Firm)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ireland
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Duchess of Death
Author: Richard Hack
Publisher: Phoenix Books
ISBN: 161467003X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Although she is the most popular novelist in history, with over two billion books sold worldwide, Agatha Christie lived a life shrouded in secrecy and fueled by curiosity. Nearly as notorious for her aversion to the press as she was for her 80 books and collections of short stories, Christie made no secret of her need for privacy. Utilizing over 5,000 previously unpublished letters, notes, and documents, award-winning biographer Richard Hack allows Christie to write again, 33 years after her death. Duchess of Death is her story, as full of romance, travel, wealth, and scandal as any mystery Christie ever crafted. There have been numerous biographies of the Queen of Crime, all of which claim to be definitive. However, Duchess of Death is the first to draw from such an enormous number of previously unpublished correspondence and notes, effectively establishing it as the most authoritative, penetrating look at the personal and literary life of Christie.
Publisher: Phoenix Books
ISBN: 161467003X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Although she is the most popular novelist in history, with over two billion books sold worldwide, Agatha Christie lived a life shrouded in secrecy and fueled by curiosity. Nearly as notorious for her aversion to the press as she was for her 80 books and collections of short stories, Christie made no secret of her need for privacy. Utilizing over 5,000 previously unpublished letters, notes, and documents, award-winning biographer Richard Hack allows Christie to write again, 33 years after her death. Duchess of Death is her story, as full of romance, travel, wealth, and scandal as any mystery Christie ever crafted. There have been numerous biographies of the Queen of Crime, all of which claim to be definitive. However, Duchess of Death is the first to draw from such an enormous number of previously unpublished correspondence and notes, effectively establishing it as the most authoritative, penetrating look at the personal and literary life of Christie.
The Sale of Works of Art
Author: Geraldine Keen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Relationship betwen money and art and a general survey of the international art market.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Relationship betwen money and art and a general survey of the international art market.
The Complete Pocket-guide to Europe
Author: Edmund Clarence Stedman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 608
Book Description
Pottery and Porcelain in Colonial Williamsburg's Archaeological Collections
Author: Ivor Noël Hume
Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg
ISBN: 9780910412070
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
A review of the pottery and porcelain found in Williamsburg, with a summary of the wares and their datable characteristics.
Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg
ISBN: 9780910412070
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
A review of the pottery and porcelain found in Williamsburg, with a summary of the wares and their datable characteristics.
Rosalie Gascoigne
Author: Martin Gascoigne
Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1760462357
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999) was a highly regarded Australian artist whose assemblages of found materials embraced landscape, still life, minimalism, arte povera and installations. She was 57 when she had her first exhibition. Behind this late coming-out lay a long and unusual preparation in looking at nature for its aesthetic qualities, collecting found objects, making flower arrangements and practising ikebana. Her art found an appreciative audience from the start. She was a people person, and it pleased her that through her exhibiting career of 25 years, her works were acquired by people of all ages, interests and backgrounds, as well as by the major public institutions on both sides of the Tasman Sea.
Publisher: ANU Press
ISBN: 1760462357
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 445
Book Description
Rosalie Gascoigne (1917–1999) was a highly regarded Australian artist whose assemblages of found materials embraced landscape, still life, minimalism, arte povera and installations. She was 57 when she had her first exhibition. Behind this late coming-out lay a long and unusual preparation in looking at nature for its aesthetic qualities, collecting found objects, making flower arrangements and practising ikebana. Her art found an appreciative audience from the start. She was a people person, and it pleased her that through her exhibiting career of 25 years, her works were acquired by people of all ages, interests and backgrounds, as well as by the major public institutions on both sides of the Tasman Sea.