The concise encyclopedia of American antiques.
The concise encyclopedia of American antiques. [electronic resource]
- New York, Hawthorn Books [1965]
- 848 p. illus., facsims., maps, ports. 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Furniture, 1640-1840 ; Victorian furniture ; Windsor chairs / Country furniture in New England / The craftsmanship of the American Shakers / Looking glasses used in America / Silver, 1640-1820 / Pewter / Wrought iron / Tin, copper and brass / Japanned tin-plate / Period stoves / China-trade porcelain for the American market / Pottery and porcelain / Glass / Figured bottles and flasks / Needlework / Cotton printing / Quilts and coverlets / The oriental "carpitt" in colonial America / Hooked rugs / Eighteenth-century floorcloths / Lighting devices / Candlesticks, sconces, chandeliers / Antique buttons / Early tradecards / Trade catalogues / Playing cards / Minor arts : quillwork, treen, chalkware / Swords ; Firearms, 1650-1865 / Clocks and watches / Early portrait painting / Painting in the nineteenth century / Folk painting / Miniature painting / Engravings / Silhouettes / Lithographs / Early railroad prints / Sport in art / The Old West / Folk sculpture / Pennsylvania-German folk art / Dolls and toy miniatures / Mechanical toys / Coins and medals / Rare books / Printed maps / Ship models / Whaling collections / Marine paintings and prints / Stamps / Theater, circus and ballet / Wallpapers used in America, 1700-1850 / Valentines and Christmas cards / Autographs / Calligraphy / Tools of early industries / Patent office models / Dime novels / Arts of the southwest / Marvin D. Schwartz -- Frank O. Spinney -- Edward Deming Andrews -- Martha Gandy Fales -- Kathryn C. Buhler -- Eric de Jonge -- M.W. Thomas, Jr. -- Henry J. Kauffman -- Shirley Spaulding DeVoe -- Josephine H. Peirce -- Alice Winchester -- Gregor Norman-Wilcox -- Carolyn Scoon -- Helen McKearin -- Ruth Bradbury Davidson -- D. Graeme Keith -- Virginia D. Parslow -- Joseph V. McMullan -- Virginia D. Parslow -- Helen Comstock -- G. Malcolm Watkins -- Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr. -- Lillian Smith Albert and Jane Ford Adams -- Bella C. Landauer -- Lawrence B. Romaine -- Lawrence Kurzrok -- Edith Gaines -- Harold L. Peterson -- Amos G. Avery -- Helen Comstock -- John I.H. Baur -- Nina Fletcher Little -- Josephine L. Allen -- Elizabeth E. Roth -- M.L. D'Otrange-Mastai -- Frank Weitenkampf -- Rudolph Wunderlich -- Paul Magriel -- Harold McCracken -- Erwin O. Christensen -- Frances Lichten -- Janet Pinney -- Louis H. Hertz -- Sydney P. Noe -- John Cook Wyllie -- Alexander O. Vietor -- Robert H. Burgess -- Edouard A. Stackpole -- Harold S. Sniffen -- Kent B. Stiles and George B. Sloane -- Paul Myers -- Horace L. Hotchkiss, Jr. -- Ruth Webb Lee -- Gordon T. Banks -- Alexander Nesbitt -- Loring McMillen -- Jack E. Brown -- Mary Noel -- E. Boyd.
0801516803 9780801516801
65009391
Decorative arts--United States.
Art, American.
Antiques--Dictionaries.
Collectors and collecting.
Arts décoratifs--États-Unis.
Art américain.
Antiquités (Objets anciens)--Dictionnaires anglais.
NK805 / .C65 1965
745.10973
Includes bibliographical references.
Furniture, 1640-1840 ; Victorian furniture ; Windsor chairs / Country furniture in New England / The craftsmanship of the American Shakers / Looking glasses used in America / Silver, 1640-1820 / Pewter / Wrought iron / Tin, copper and brass / Japanned tin-plate / Period stoves / China-trade porcelain for the American market / Pottery and porcelain / Glass / Figured bottles and flasks / Needlework / Cotton printing / Quilts and coverlets / The oriental "carpitt" in colonial America / Hooked rugs / Eighteenth-century floorcloths / Lighting devices / Candlesticks, sconces, chandeliers / Antique buttons / Early tradecards / Trade catalogues / Playing cards / Minor arts : quillwork, treen, chalkware / Swords ; Firearms, 1650-1865 / Clocks and watches / Early portrait painting / Painting in the nineteenth century / Folk painting / Miniature painting / Engravings / Silhouettes / Lithographs / Early railroad prints / Sport in art / The Old West / Folk sculpture / Pennsylvania-German folk art / Dolls and toy miniatures / Mechanical toys / Coins and medals / Rare books / Printed maps / Ship models / Whaling collections / Marine paintings and prints / Stamps / Theater, circus and ballet / Wallpapers used in America, 1700-1850 / Valentines and Christmas cards / Autographs / Calligraphy / Tools of early industries / Patent office models / Dime novels / Arts of the southwest / Marvin D. Schwartz -- Frank O. Spinney -- Edward Deming Andrews -- Martha Gandy Fales -- Kathryn C. Buhler -- Eric de Jonge -- M.W. Thomas, Jr. -- Henry J. Kauffman -- Shirley Spaulding DeVoe -- Josephine H. Peirce -- Alice Winchester -- Gregor Norman-Wilcox -- Carolyn Scoon -- Helen McKearin -- Ruth Bradbury Davidson -- D. Graeme Keith -- Virginia D. Parslow -- Joseph V. McMullan -- Virginia D. Parslow -- Helen Comstock -- G. Malcolm Watkins -- Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr. -- Lillian Smith Albert and Jane Ford Adams -- Bella C. Landauer -- Lawrence B. Romaine -- Lawrence Kurzrok -- Edith Gaines -- Harold L. Peterson -- Amos G. Avery -- Helen Comstock -- John I.H. Baur -- Nina Fletcher Little -- Josephine L. Allen -- Elizabeth E. Roth -- M.L. D'Otrange-Mastai -- Frank Weitenkampf -- Rudolph Wunderlich -- Paul Magriel -- Harold McCracken -- Erwin O. Christensen -- Frances Lichten -- Janet Pinney -- Louis H. Hertz -- Sydney P. Noe -- John Cook Wyllie -- Alexander O. Vietor -- Robert H. Burgess -- Edouard A. Stackpole -- Harold S. Sniffen -- Kent B. Stiles and George B. Sloane -- Paul Myers -- Horace L. Hotchkiss, Jr. -- Ruth Webb Lee -- Gordon T. Banks -- Alexander Nesbitt -- Loring McMillen -- Jack E. Brown -- Mary Noel -- E. Boyd.
0801516803 9780801516801
65009391
Decorative arts--United States.
Art, American.
Antiques--Dictionaries.
Collectors and collecting.
Arts décoratifs--États-Unis.
Art américain.
Antiquités (Objets anciens)--Dictionnaires anglais.
NK805 / .C65 1965
745.10973