Download or read book The Complete Cut and Engraved Glass of Corning written by Estelle F. Sinclaire and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1997-06-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Invaluable for the collector, curator, and dealer, this classic edition presents original catalog material from the Corning archives, including long-lost pattern identification. It is an in-depth account of Corning's history, including craftsmen and techniques, and its prestige as the country's largest producer of cut glass at the turn of the century. The reprint is updated to reflect the present-day locations where the pieces are displayed, with an afterword describing the Corning Glass works and its activities over the last 20 years. Paper edition (unseen), $29.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book Edward Drummond Libbey American Glassmaker written by Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr. and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edward Drummond Libbey was a glassmaker, industrialist, artist, innovator and art collector. Both practical and creative, he forever changed the glass industry with the automatic bottle-making machine and automatic sheet glass machine. This work examines the long career of Libbey, particularly his innovation of American flint cut glass, his contributions to the middle-class American table through affordable glassware, and his enormous art glass and painting collections, which eventually formed the basis for the Toledo Museum of Art's collection. Libbey single-handedly revolutionized glassmaking, a craft which had gone virtually unchanged for 2000 years.

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Download or read book American Cut Glass for the Discriminating Collector written by J. Michael Pearson and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Guide to works of the "Brilliant Period", 1880-1915.

Download or read book The Illustrated Guide to American Glass written by Emma Papert and published by New York : Hawthorn Books. This book was released on 1972 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the personalities, designs, and styles that have enriched the history of American glassmaking and provides information on the display and care of antique glass.

Download or read book Antiques 101 written by Frank Farmer Loomis, IV and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005-08-26 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Master Antique Styles Painlessly Not sure how to tell Chippendale from Queen Anne, or Art Deco from Art Nouveau? Learn the easy way with the author's entertaining style. Frank Farmer Loomis IV is an expert communicator who knows how to engage students with anecdotes and humor. If you're looking for clear, simple explanations rather than unpronounceable terms like corbeille a fleurs (flower basket) or sang de boeuf (red glaze), you've come to the right place, as he will "demystify all the perplexing twaddle" for you. And while you're learning, discover your antiquing personality and how antiquing can reduce stress. A User-Friendly Reference for Antiquers • Master 16 major antique furniture styles and the six main woods • Use furniture styles to identify and date other antiques • Learn the various types of china, silver, pewter, and their marks

Download or read book Antique Trader Perfume Bottles Price Guide written by Kyle Husfloen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-01-26 with total page 569 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A precious commodity since ancient times, the powerful presence of perfume lies not in the fragrance alone, as you'll discover after spending just a few minutes with the beautiful new reference to the regal world of antique and vintage perfume bottles. Each of the bottles in this book (which includes commercial successes such as Avon and Coty, and high-end spectacles including Chanel No. 5 and Lalique) is represented in a stunning color photos, accompanies by recent auction and realized pricing, plus, production information to assist the accurate identification of these containers.

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Download or read book A Walk Through the American Wing written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). American Wing and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2001 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Metropolitan’s renowned American Wing is where the Museum’s unsurpassed collection of American fine and decorative art is on permanent public display, from masterpieces of painting, sculpture, and drawing to exquisite examples of the finest American furniture, silver, glass, ceramics, and textiles. This handsome volume presents an overview of the collection and provides an informative walk through the American Wing’s richly furnished period rooms and stunning architectural displays. These include the magnificent marble façade of the Branch Bank of the United States—the entrance to the original American Wing when it opened in 1924—and the restored living room of a Frank Lloyd Wright prairie-style house. The comprehensive survey of paintings and sculpture begins with early colonial portraiture and from there follows the emergence and development of a national fine-arts tradition, including significant movements and genres such as the Hudson River School, neoclassical sculpture, and American Impressionism. -- Metropolitan Museum of Art website.

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Download or read book Material Culture in America written by Helen Sheumaker and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2007-11-07 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first encyclopedia to look at the study of material culture (objects, images, spaces technology, production, and consumption), and what it reveals about historical and contemporary life in the United States. Reaching back 400 years, Material Life in America: An Encyclopedia is the first reference showing what the study of material culture reveals about American society—revelations not accessible through traditional sources and methods. In nearly 200 entries, the encyclopedia traces the history of artifacts, concepts and ideas, industries, peoples and cultures, cultural productions, historical forces, periods and styles, religious and secular rituals and traditions, and much more. Everyone from researchers and curators to students and general readers will find example after example of how the objects and environments created or altered by humans reveal as much about American life as diaries, documents, and texts.

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