Download or read book English Irish Scottish Silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute written by Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and published by Hudson Hills. This book was released on 1997 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this stunning catalog, Wees, curator of decorative arts at the Clark Art Institute, shares her extensive knowledge of silver. Robert Sterling Clark, who established the Art Institute in 1955, preferred Huguenot silver? especially that of Paul de Lamerie? so his collection, which contains typical objects from the early 16th to the mid-20th centuries, is especially rich in 18th-century examples. Wees arranges this collection according to general function ("Dining," "Lighting," etc.) and prefaces each chapter with exhaustively footnoted essays. She accompanies each item with crisp black-and-white photographs, a wealth of description, and helpful commentary. Analogous to Kathryn Buhler's standard catalog of American silver in Boston's Museum of Fine Arts, this is a wonderful tool for researching makers and hallmarks, comparing stylistic elements, or just marveling at the beauty of an extraordinary collection. While not intended to be a historical compendium, this informative, visual feast belongs in all silver reference collections and will also certainly appeal to individual collectors. 19 colour & 1,222 b/w illustrations

Download or read book English Goldsmiths and Their Marks written by Sir Charles James Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book East Anglian Silver 1550 1750 written by Christopher Hartop and published by John Adamson Dist A/C. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes a wealth of important silver articles made in the region, including a beaker by Elizabeth Haslewood, Norwich's only woman silversmith of the Stuart period, and a magnificent Charles II tankard. The essays set the silver in its historical context, presenting a fascinating perspective on everyday life.

Download or read book Notes and Queries for Somerset and Dorset written by Frederic William Weaver and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book West Country Silver Spoons and Their Makers 1550 1750 written by Timothy Arthur Kent and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Albert Collection written by Robin Butler and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title includes a comprehensive index of silversmith's marks. There is also an overview of design and technique as well as a history of silver for eating and drinking, and for everyday life. The book catalogues a fine collection of more than 700 pieces of silver.

Download or read book Eight Centuries of European Knives Forks and Spoons written by Klaus Marquardt and published by Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt GmbH. This book was released on 1997 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The largest and most beautiful private collection of European cutlery is being introduced to the public in this book for the first time. All types of cutlery of different materials from the Middle Ages (13th century) to modern times are illustrated; the author describes how cutlery was used at the tables of princes, peasants, and townsfolk, or how individual pieces were used purely as decorative objects. Each piece is illustrated in color and interesting details of cutlery finished in a particular artistic manner are depicted more extensively than ever before. The introductory and accompanying texts offer a general overview, while in the catalog each piece is described in a scholarly manner. Collectors and dealers will appreciate the section on marks, where all silver and blade marks are illustrated. An excellent survey of the development of cutlery over eight centuries.

Download or read book British Cutlery written by Peter Brown and published by Philip Wilson Publishers. This book was released on 2001-09-28 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated book documents a remarkable collection of cutlery and provides a complete survey of the design and evolution of British cutlery from Neolithic times to the present day.

Download or read book Devon Cornwall Notes Queries written by John S. Amery and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Silversmiths of Birmingham and Their Marks 1750 1980 written by Kenneth Crisp Jones and published by NAG Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important new work on silversmithing in Birmingham is a major contribution to the history of silver in England. It is the most comprehensive study of the Birmingham silver industry ever written providing a detailed account of its development from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day, incorporating much new information.

Download or read book Luxury Arts of the Renaissance written by Marina Belozerskaya and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2005-10-01 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today we associate the Renaissance with painting, sculpture, and architecture—the “major” arts. Yet contemporaries often held the “minor” arts—gem-studded goldwork, richly embellished armor, splendid tapestries and embroideries, music, and ephemeral multi-media spectacles—in much higher esteem. Isabella d’Este, Marchesa of Mantua, was typical of the Italian nobility: she bequeathed to her children precious stone vases mounted in gold, engraved gems, ivories, and antique bronzes and marbles; her favorite ladies-in-waiting, by contrast, received mere paintings. Renaissance patrons and observers extolled finely wrought luxury artifacts for their exquisite craftsmanship and the symbolic capital of their components; paintings and sculptures in modest materials, although discussed by some literati, were of lesser consequence. This book endeavors to return to the mainstream material long marginalized as a result of historical and ideological biases of the intervening centuries. The author analyzes how luxury arts went from being lofty markers of ascendancy and discernment in the Renaissance to being dismissed as “decorative” or “minor” arts—extravagant trinkets of the rich unworthy of the status of Art. Then, by re-examining the objects themselves and their uses in their day, she shows how sumptuous creations constructed the world and taste of Renaissance women and men.

Download or read book Devon Cornwall Notes Queries written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book British and Irish Silver in the Fogg Art Museum Harvard University Art Museums written by Fogg Art Museum and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The collection presents a wide-ranging survey of the evolution of styles and decoration from 1550 to 1850. The contributions made by foreign craftsmen to silver produced in London in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are discussed, as is the distinctive silverware made in Dublin and Edinburgh, and in English provincial centers such as Exeter and Newcastle. This catalogue also paints a vivid portrait of collecting decorative arts in America during the last hundred years."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book Country Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Old London Silver Its History Its Makers and Its Marks written by Montague Howard and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Georgian Silver Sugar Tongs written by Graham Hodges and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Georgian silver has become extremely collectable in recent years. Sugar tongs are still relatively inexpensive and offer the collector some stunning examples of craftsmanship of the 18th century. This book will tell you everything you want to know about Georgian silver sugar tongs.

Download or read book Cutlery for the Table written by Simon Moore and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: