Carving Early American Weathervanes
Author | : Anthony Hillman |
Publisher | : Dover Publications |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780486252230 |
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Author | : Anthony Hillman |
Publisher | : Dover Publications |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780486252230 |
Author | : Robert Shaw |
Publisher | : Rizzoli Publications |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2021-03-02 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 0847863905 |
American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds, published to coincide with an exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum, reveals the beauty, historical significance, and technical virtuosity of American vanes fashioned between the late seventeenth and early twentieth centuries. This American art form has long been an enduring part of the country's skylines. Early church steeples were graced with weathercocks, following a European tradition that dates to the MiddleAges. America's first documented vane maker, metalsmith Shem Drowne of Boston, crafted a number of surviving vanes, including the iconic golden grasshopper that has topped the city's Faneuil Hall since 1742. Farmers, blacksmiths, and other craftsmen proudly fashioned roosters, cows, horses, and other forms for country barns, and as the tradition and public demand expanded over the course of the nineteenth century, so did the diversity of forms, which grew to fill the mail order catalogs of commercial manufacturers in Boston, New York, and other cities. Today, weathervanes hold a well-established place in the canon of American folk art and American Weathervanes celebrates this artistry in the most up-to-date and authoritative work on the subject. Lavishly illustrated with masterworks from prominent private and public collections, this is a book to be treasured by anyone who collects or simply admires American vernacular art and sculpture.
Author | : A.B. & W.T. Westervelt |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 1982-01-01 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 0486243966 |
Westervelt's extensively illustrated 1883 catalog, illustrating over 550 copper weathervanes and finials, is herein reprinted. An extraordinarily wide range of styles and motifs. Publisher's Note.
Author | : Erwin Ottomar Christensen |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1972-01-01 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9780486218403 |
Engaging survey of nearly 200 years of great native folk art: weathervanes, portraits, Indians, ship figureheads, toys, decoys, etc. 17th through 19th century. Styles, uses, technical information, makers. 68 illustrations.
Author | : Robert Bishop |
Publisher | : Dutton Adult |
Total Pages | : 142 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Art |
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Author | : Index of American Design |
Publisher | : Chadwyck-Healy |
Total Pages | : 41 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Weather vanes |
ISBN | : 9780914146759 |
Author | : Burl Neff Osburn |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 102 |
Release | : 1974-01-01 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9780486230573 |
Construct 29 classic pieces from 150 detailed, measured drawings and photographs. Styles range from early American primitive to relatively sophisticated late 18th- and early 19th-century trends. Chosen pieces represent the work of such masters as Duncan Phyfe, William Savery, John Elliot, Hepplewhite, Goddard, and Sheraton. 32 photos.
Author | : Jean Lipman |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1972-01-01 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9780486228167 |
The carved and painted figures collected in this exceptional book are excellent examples of a wide-spread American folk art tradition that flourished from the middle of the 18th to the end of the 19th-century. 183 photographic illustrations, 4 reproduced in full-color on the covers. List of illustrations. Extensive bibliography.
Author | : Jo Lauria |
Publisher | : Potter Style |
Total Pages | : 323 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Decorative arts |
ISBN | : 0307346471 |
Illustrated with 200 stunning photographs and encompassing objects from furniture and ceramics to jewelry and metal, this definitive work from Jo Lauria and Steve Fenton showcases some of the greatest pieces of American crafts of the last two centuries. Potter Craft