Author: Clare Le CorbeillerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Snuff boxes and bottles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
European and American Snuff Boxes 1730-1830
Author: Clare Le CorbeillerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Snuff boxes and bottles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
European and American Snuff Boxes, 1730-1830
Author: Clare Le CorbeillerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Alcoholism
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Describes types of snuff boxes made during the period inculding: gold, silver and other metals; hardstone, porcelain, enamel, lacquer, tortoiseshell, horn, ivory, and wood.
Dictionary of Enamelling
Author: Erika SpeelPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 0429858140
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
First Published in 1998 , The Dictionary of Enamelling is the first book to provide a comprehensive guide to this most diverse of the decorative arts.Indispensable for anyone interested in the evolution of enamelling technique, the book includes some 400 entries covering every aspect of its history. There are entries on key pieces, individual enamellers, designers, schools, techniques, and the major achievements are described in every era. The knowledge and insight of Erika Speel’s account are supported and enhanced by a brilliantly researched collection of 200 illustrations, 100 in colour, portraying the most dazzling and important pieces, a unique visual record of enamelling history. The Dictionary of Enamelling will be invaluable to people who collect, study, create and enjoy enamels.
The Wrightsman Collection. Vols. 3 and 4, Furniture, Snuffboxes, Silver, Bookbindings, Porcelain
Author: Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870990101
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Sugar and Spice
Author: Jon StobartPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192515624
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Consumers in eighteenth-century England were firmly embedded in an expanding world of goods, one that incorporated a range of novel foods (tobacco, chocolate, coffee, and tea) and new supplies of more established commodities, including sugar, spices, and dried fruits. Much has been written about the attraction of these goods, which went from being novelties or expensive luxuries in the mid-seventeenth century to central elements of the British diet a century or so later. They have been linked to the rise of Britain as a commercial and imperial power, whilst their consumption is seen as transforming many aspects of British society and culture, from mealtimes to gender identity. Despite this huge significance to ideas of consumer change, we know remarkably little about the everyday processes through which groceries were sold, bought, and consumed. In tracing the lines of supply that carried groceries from merchants to consumers, Sugar and Spice reveals how changes in retailing and shopping were central to the broader transformation of consumption and consumer practices, but also questions established ideas about the motivations underpinning consumer choices. It demonstrates the dynamic nature of eighteenth-century retailing; the importance of advertisements in promoting sales and shaping consumer perceptions, and the role of groceries in making shopping an everyday activity. At the same time, it shows how both retailers and their customers were influenced by the practicalities and pleasures of consumption. They were active agents in consumer change, shaping their own practices rather than caught up in a single socially-inclusive cultural project such as politeness or respectability.
Tobacco in History
Author: Jordan GoodmanPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134818408
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
Jordan Goodman explores the historical transformation of tobacco from Amerindian shamanism to global capitalism, from the food of the spirits to the fatal epidemic, from the rough pipe and cigar to the modern-day cigarette. This scholarly and comprehensive survey combines up-to-date published work with primary research to provide a systematic way of understanding current debates from a historical perspective. Goodman draws on a wide range of disciplines to present a history that explores larger themes, such as colonialism, consumerism, medical discourse and multinational enterprise. The book reveals the complex web of dependence and relationships surrounding this controversial commodity.
Early American Silver in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Wees, Beth CarverPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588394913
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
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The National Union Catalogs, 1963-
Author: Discovering Horn
Author: Paula HardwickPublisher: Nicholson
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
Author: Gordon CampbellPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195189485
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1277
Book Description
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts covers thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western culture. With over 1,000 entries, as well as hundreds drawn from the 34-volume Dictionary of Art, this topical collection is a valuable resource for those interested in the history, practice, and mechanics of the decorative arts. Accompanied by almost 100 color and more than 500 black and white illustrations, the 1,290 pages of this title include hundreds of entries on artists and craftsmen, the qualities and historic uses of materials, as well as concise definitions on art forms and style. Explore the works of Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, and the Wiener Wekstatte, or delve into the history of Navajo blankets and wing chairs in thousands of entries on artists, craftsmen, designers, workshops, and decorative art forms.