Author: Publisher:
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Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Illustrated London and Its Representatives of Commerce
Author: Report of the Board of General Managers of the Exhibit of the State of New York, at the World's Columbian Exposition
Author: New York (State). Board of Managers, World's Columbian ExpositionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industries
Languages : en
Pages : 986
Book Description
Duncan Phyfe
Author: Peter M. KennyPublisher: 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.
Duncan Phyfe and the English Regency, 1795-1830
Author: Nancy Vincent McClellandPublisher:
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Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Thomas Day
Author: Patricia Phillips MarshallPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807895717
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
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.
Portrait of a Painter
Author: Owen RutterPublisher:
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Category : Portrait painters
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
British Miniaturists
Author: Basil Somerset LongPublisher:
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Category : Miniature painters
Languages : en
Pages : 475
Book Description
Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 1718-1918
Author: John A. MahéPublisher: Historic New Orleans
ISBN: 9780917860232
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 465
Book Description
Progress, Commerce, 1893
Author: [Anonymus AC07850923]Publisher:
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Category : Businessmen
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
A guide to the industries and merchants of Yorkshire, illustrated with numerous wood engravings.
The Art of Louis-Léopold Boilly
Author: Susan L. SiegfriedPublisher:
ISBN: 9780300063325
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
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.