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Author : Arthur Swann
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)
Download or read book The Collection of First Editions of American Authors Formed by the Late Arthur Swann written by Arthur Swann and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Parke-Bernet Galleries
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 638 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Sales written by Parke-Bernet Galleries and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Parke-Bernet Galleries
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (243 download)
Download or read book English and Other Furniture written by Parke-Bernet Galleries and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter M. Kenny
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 1588394425
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Duncan Phyfe written by Peter M. Kenny and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2011 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.
Author : Andrew Wyeth
Publisher : Bulfinch Press
ISBN 13 : 9780821221594
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (215 download)
Download or read book Andrew Wyeth, Autobiography written by Andrew Wyeth and published by Bulfinch Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling look back at six decades of paintings by America's favorite artist, this is the crowning book of Andrew Wyeth's career. This comprehensive survey reproduces 133 tempera, drybrush, and watercolor paintings and five pencil sketches - the only true retrospective of the artist's work ever published. But what makes this book truly extraordinary are Wyeth's comments about each painting - an "autobiography," told through conversations with Thomas Hoving - which offer fascinating, sometimes unexpected facts about Wyeth's life and art. Based on a retrospective exhibition that originated in Japan and travels to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Andrew Wyeth: Autobiography includes many seminal paintings from both his Chadds Ford and Maine work - including Distant Thunder, Garret Room, and several paintings of Helga - as well as recent work from the 1990s and some rarely seen images. As Thomas Hoving writes in his introduction, "Wyeth, in essence, has always painted for himself." This beautifully printed, elegantly designed book reveals that self as no other collection has done before.
Author : Patricia Phillips Marshall
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 0807895717
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Thomas Day written by Patricia Phillips Marshall and published by Univ of North Carolina Press. This book was released on 2010-05-22 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Day (1801-61), a free man of color from Milton, North Carolina, became the most successful cabinetmaker in North Carolina--white or black--during a time when most blacks were enslaved and free blacks were restricted in their movements and activities. His surviving furniture and architectural woodwork still represent the best of nineteenth-century craftsmanship and aesthetics. In this lavishly illustrated book, Patricia Phillips Marshall and Jo Ramsay Leimenstoll show how Day plotted a carefully charted course for success in antebellum southern society. Beginning in the 1820s, he produced fine furniture for leading white citizens and in the 1840s and '50s diversified his offerings to produce newel posts, stair brackets, and distinctive mantels for many of the same clients. As demand for his services increased, the technological improvements Day incorporated into his shop contributed to the complexity of his designs. Day's style, characterized by undulating shapes, fluid lines, and spiraling forms, melded his own unique motifs with popular design forms, resulting in a distinctive interpretation readily identified to his shop. The photographs in the book document furniture in public and private collections and architectural woodwork from private homes not previously associated with Day. The book provides information on more than 160 pieces of furniture and architectural woodwork that Day produced for 80 structures between 1835 and 1861. Through in-depth analysis and generous illustrations, including over 240 photographs (20 in full color) and architectural photography by Tim Buchman, Marshall and Leimenstoll provide a comprehensive perspective on and a new understanding of the powerful sense of aesthetics and design that mark Day's legacy.
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Publisher : Boydell Press
ISBN 13 : 1843830892
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Swords of the Viking Age written by and published by Boydell Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title surveys some 60 examples of swords made and used in northern Europe during the Viking Age, from the mid 8th to the mid-11th century. It contains an illustrated overview of blade types and construction, pattern-welding, inscriptions and handle forms and Jan Petersen's classification.
Author : Suzanne Farrell
Publisher : University Press of Florida
ISBN 13 : 0813059321
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Holding On to the Air written by Suzanne Farrell and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2002-09-15 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Suzanne Farrell, world-renowned ballerina, was one of George Balanchine's most celebrated muses and remains a legendary figure in the ballet world. This memoir, first published in 1990 and reissued with a new preface by the author, recounts Farrell's transformation from a young girl in Ohio dreaming of greatness to the realization of that dream on stages all over the world. Central to this transformation was her relationship with George Balanchine, who invited her to join the New York City Ballet in the fall of 1961 and was in turn inspired by her unique combination of musical, physical, and dramatic gifts. He created masterpieces for her in which the limits of ballet technique were expanded to a degree not seen before. By the time she retired from the stage in 1989, Farrell had achieved a career that is without precedent in the history of ballet. One third of her repertory of more than 100 ballets were composed expressly for her by such notable choreographers as Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Maurice Bejart. Farrell recalls professional and personal attachments and their attendant controversies with a down-to-earth frankness and common sense that complements the glories and mysteries of her artistic achievement.
Author : Steuben Glass (Firm)
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Steuben Crystal written by Steuben Glass (Firm) and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nancy Vincent McClelland
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Duncan Phyfe and the English Regency, 1795-1830 written by Nancy Vincent McClelland and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rembrandt] 1778-1860 [Peale
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781021939975
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (399 download)
Download or read book Portrait of Washington written by Rembrandt] 1778-1860 [Peale and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stunning portrayal in words and images of America's first president, as well as a fascinating look at the life and art of Rembrandt Peale. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : John A. Mahé
Publisher : Historic New Orleans
ISBN 13 : 9780917860232
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 1718-1918 written by John A. Mahé and published by Historic New Orleans. This book was released on 1987 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Percy Macquoid
Publisher : ACC Distribution
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book The Dictionary of English Furniture from the Middle Ages to the Late Georgian Period written by Percy Macquoid and published by ACC Distribution. This book was released on 1983 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of English Furniture by Ralph Edwards (1954 Revised Edition) is the most authoritative general work on English antique furniture ever published. The first edition of this work was published 1924-27. It was instantly recognised as the primar
Author : Leslie Southwick
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ISBN 13 : 9780948092473
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (924 download)
Download or read book London Silver-hilted Swords written by Leslie Southwick and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essential guide to the world of these beautiful English swords.
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Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 8892820885
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (928 download)
Download or read book Shoemaker of Dreams written by and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exciting volume, Salvatore Ferragamo traces his life’s adventures from his origins as a village shoemaker to founding what would become a major global fashion brand. “Ladies and gentlemen, the least important part of this book is the life story of an Italian shoemaker. We can all write our autobiography, and if I dwell on the details of my career it is only because it makes it easier to explain my calling: the work that became my life’s fundamental vocation. Life has taught me that Nature gives us perfect feet. If they get damaged, it is because our shoes are defective. However, it is not necessary to undergo such torture, not even in the name of vanity. We can all walk happily wearing comfortable, refined, splendid shoes. This is my whole life’s work: learning to make perfect shoes, refusing to put my name on those that aren’t.” —Salvatore Ferragamo This is a new, completely updated edition of the autobiography of a man who made Italian fashion great throughout the world. Among the many vicissitudes of his adventurous life, the book features a magnificent series of encounters with and anecdotes about the most extraordinary Hollywood stars, such as Rudolph Valentino, Mary and Lottie Pickford, Pola Negri, Joan Crawford, and Greta Garbo. His loyal customers also included Marilyn Monroe, Douglas Fairbanks, Sophia Loren, Anna Magnani, Audrey Hepburn, and Paulette Goddard.
Author : Sheila Chefetz
Publisher : Studio
ISBN 13 : 9780670840571
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Antiques for the Table written by Sheila Chefetz and published by Studio. This book was released on 1993 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In collaboration with photographer Joshua Greene (Lee Bailey's Country Weekends), journalist Shelia Chefetz presents a unique book that turns the dining experience into a feast for the senses. 250 full-color illustrations.
Author : Susan L. Siegfried
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780300063325
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (633 download)
Download or read book The Art of Louis-Léopold Boilly written by Susan L. Siegfried and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boilly has long been recognized as the most significant painter of everyday life in Napoleonic France. His portraits and genre scenes provide delightful illustrations of the period. In this book, Susan Siegfried argues that Boilly's paintings should be read not just for their documentary detail but also for their wider cultural significance - for the light they shed on social and sexual tensions of the era.
