Isbn: 9780810941755 - southern furniture 1680-1830 (3 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Hardcover. 623pp+ index. Small ink name on front free endpaper, light stain to the bottom edge of the textblock, else a very good hardback in a very good dustjacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Like New. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Still in original shrinkwrap. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> This overview is followed by a catalogue of 183 entries, each of which examines in detail many of the important objects in the Colonial Williamsburg collection. The entries are divided into four sections based on type (seating furniture, tables, case furniture, and miscellaneous forms) and each section opens with meticulously labeled photographs of the object type that identify the key parts of the furniture referred to in the catalogue descriptions. This useful technical introduction serves as a visual glossary. Each entry begins with a full-page color photograph of the piece of furniture. These were made especially for this book, and following are additional color and black-and-white photographs of details of each object and of related pieces, totaling more than 800. In the readable and interesting entry texts, each artifact is examined in the historical context of its manufacture and use, along with a description of its aesthetic and symbolic functions. The Colonial Williamsburg collection is well suited for the stud.…

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. 4to. pp. 639, [1]. over 825 illus. (220 colour, some full-page). biblio. index. cloth. dw. First Edition.