Author: Ralph M. Chait Galleries (New York, N.Y.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
The Hundred Antiques
Author: Ralph M. Chait Galleries (New York, N.Y.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
The Hundred Antiques in Chinese Textiles
Author: The Hundred Antiques
Author: Ralph M. Chait Galleries (New York, N.Y.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art objects, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 45
Book Description
Neat Pieces
Author: Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 9780820328058
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Neat Pieces is a detailed, extensively illustrated survey of the major forms and makers of the "plain style" of furniture made and used by Georgians in the 1800s. Simply designed, solidly constructed of local woods, and usually unadorned, such pieces were used daily by their owners for storage, sleeping, eating, and more. Today, this furniture is read by historians, folklorists, and other experts for clues into a past way of life. It is also prized by museums, antiques dealers and auction houses, and furniture appraisers, collectors, and makers. Neat Pieces first appeared as the companion volume to the Atlanta History Center's seminal 1983 exhibit of the same name. The exhibit featured 126 exemplary pieces of furniture, including chairs, tables, huntboards, washstands, and candlestands. Each of them is described and illustrated in this book. Photographs in the original edition of Neat Pieces were black-and-white; here they are color. A new foreword by Deanne Levison looks at related publications and exhibits of the subsequent two decades. The introduction, by William W. Griffin, provides information on furniture forms, nomenclature, and finishes. Also included in the book is a list of more than twelve hundred nineteenth-century Georgia furniture craftsmen, with key details of their lives and work. 126 exemplary pieces of furniture (including chairs, tables, huntboards, washstands, and candlestands) 172 color photographs, 17 black-and-white photographs Information on furniture forms, nomenclature, and finishes Details about more than twelve hundred nineteenth-century Georgia furniture craftsmen
Things Chinese
Author: Ronald G. KnappPublisher: Tuttle Publishing
ISBN: 1462908586
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
China's art objects and traditionally manufactured products have long been sought by collectors--from porcelains and silk fabrics to furniture and even the lacquered chopsticks that are a distant relation to ones found in most Chinese restaurants. Things Chinese presents sixty distinctive items that are typical of Chinese culture and together open a special window onto the people, history, and society of the world's largest nation. Many of the objects are collectibles, and each has a story to tell. The objects relate to six major areas of cultural life: the home, the personal, arts & crafts, eating & drinking, entertainment, and religious practice. They include items both familiar and unfamiliar--from snuff bottles and calligraphy scrolls to moon cake molds and Mao memorabilia. Ronald Knapp's evocative text describes the history, cultural significance, and customs relating to each object, while Michael Freeman's superb photographs illustrate them. Together, text and photographs offer a unique look at the material culture of China and the aesthetics that inform it.
The "Hundred Antiques" in Chinese Textiles
Author: Antiques
Author: Catalogue of a Hundred Chinese Antiques
Author: Anderson Galleries, IncPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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Author: Anderson Galleries, Inc