Download or read book Gorham Silver written by Charles Hope Carpenter and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gorham Silver written by Elizabeth A. Williams and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of America's preeminent maker of fine silver and its legacy of exceptional design and innovation in the decorative arts. Established in 1831, the Gorham Manufacturing Company adeptly coupled art and industry, rising to become an industry leader of stylistic and technological achievement in America and around the world. It produced public presentation pieces and one-of-a-kind showstoppers for important occasions, as well as tableware for everyday use. Its works trace a narrative arc not only of great design but also of American ambitions. In this volume, insightful essays are accompanied by gorgeous new photography of splendid silver pieces along with a wealth of archival images, design drawings, casting patterns, and company records that reveal a rich heritage of a giant in decorative arts and silver manufacturing. Produced in collaboration with the RISD Museum, which has the world's most significant collection of Gorham silver, this major new book casts new light on more than 120 years of grand aesthetic styles in silver, innovative industrial practices, and American social and cultural norms.
Download or read book Silver in America written by Charles L. Venable and published by . This book was released on 1995-02 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the history and development of the American silver industry. It chronicles the work of firms such as Tiffany, Gorham, Meridan Britannia, and Reed and Barton, along with that of makers such as Whiting, Wendt, Wood and Hughs, Scheibler, and Gale.
Download or read book Sterling Silver Holloware Tea and Coffee Services Pitchers written by Dorothy T. Rainwater and published by Scribner Book Company. This book was released on 1973 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modernism in American Silver written by Jewel Stern and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lavishly illustrated catalogue that is the first to explore the role of modernism in 20th- century American silver design
Download or read book The Directory of Gold Silversmiths Jewellers and Allied Traders 1838 1914 written by John Culme and published by ACC Distribution. This book was released on 1987 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 4000 biographies of diverse traders, together with 15,000 makers' marks, illustrated and arranged to allow easy identification. Based on the records of Goldsmiths' Hall, this is the most important reference on British 19th-century silver and is essential
Download or read book Silver Hollowware for Dining Elegance written by Richard Osterberg and published by Schiffer Book for Collectors. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spectacular silver centerpieces, tea services, and candelabras are among the tablewares covered. All of the top manufacturers of the 19th and 20th centuries are represented: Gorham, Kirk, Steiff, Shreve, and more. Eras of silver design are included: Empire, Gothic Revival, Rococo, Neoclassicism, Colonial Revival, Art Nouveau, Arts and Crafts, and Art Modern.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Silver Manufacturers written by Dorothy T. Rainwater and published by New York : Crown Publishers. This book was released on 1975 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Book of Old Silver English American Foreign written by Seymour B. Weyler and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Magnificent Tiffany Silver written by John Loring and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2001-10 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Through a lively, anecdotal text - enriched with never-before-published information - and more than 300 illustrations, Tiffany & Co. design director John Loring illuminates hundreds of lavish silver objects as well as the world in which they were made and presented. We encounter royalty and business titans, sports champions and cultural luminaries, and the country's social elite, who were the primary patrons of the prestigious firm of silversmiths.".
Download or read book Trademarks on Base metal Tableware written by Eileen Woodhead and published by National Historic Sites Parks Service Environment Canada. This book was released on 1991 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade the Metal Unit of the Material Culture Section, Archaeology Research Division, Canadian Parks Service, has maintained a reference file identifying marks found on metal artifacts. This document is a selection of marks on file that relate primarily to tableware items, from the late 18th century to about 1900.
Download or read book Standards and Specifications for Metals and Metal Products written by George Addison Wardlaw and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 1422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book American Cut and Engraved Glass written by Martha Louise Swan and published by Wallace-Homestead. This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Identifes cut glass made between 1876 and 1916, shows a variety of pieces, and lists current prices.
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