TY - BOOK AU - Comstock,Helen TI - The concise encyclopedia of American antiques SN - 0801516803 AV - NK805 .C65 1965 U1 - 745.10973 19 PY - 1965///] CY - New York PB - Hawthorn Books KW - Decorative arts KW - United States KW - Art, American KW - Antiques KW - Dictionaries KW - Collectors and collecting KW - Arts décoratifs KW - États-Unis KW - Art américain KW - Antiquités (Objets anciens) KW - Dictionnaires anglais N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Furniture, 1640-1840; Victorian furniture; Windsor chairs; Marvin D. Schwartz --; Country furniture in New England; Frank O. Spinney --; The craftsmanship of the American Shakers; Edward Deming Andrews --; Looking glasses used in America; Martha Gandy Fales --; Silver, 1640-1820; Kathryn C. Buhler --; Pewter; Eric de Jonge --; Wrought iron; M.W. Thomas, Jr. --; Tin, copper and brass; Henry J. Kauffman --; Japanned tin-plate; Shirley Spaulding DeVoe --; Period stoves; Josephine H. Peirce --; China-trade porcelain for the American market; Alice Winchester --; Pottery and porcelain; Gregor Norman-Wilcox --; Glass; Carolyn Scoon --; Figured bottles and flasks; Helen McKearin --; Needlework; Ruth Bradbury Davidson --; Cotton printing; D. Graeme Keith --; Quilts and coverlets; Virginia D. Parslow --; The oriental "carpitt" in colonial America; Joseph V. McMullan --; Hooked rugs; Virginia D. Parslow --; Eighteenth-century floorcloths; Helen Comstock --; Lighting devices; G. Malcolm Watkins --; Candlesticks, sconces, chandeliers; Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr. --; Antique buttons; Lillian Smith Albert and Jane Ford Adams --; Early tradecards; Bella C. Landauer --; Trade catalogues; Lawrence B. Romaine --; Playing cards; Lawrence Kurzrok --; Minor arts : quillwork, treen, chalkware; Edith Gaines --; Swords; Firearms, 1650-1865; Harold L. Peterson --; Clocks and watches; Amos G. Avery --; Early portrait painting; Helen Comstock --; Painting in the nineteenth century; John I.H. Baur --; Folk painting; Nina Fletcher Little --; Miniature painting; Josephine L. Allen --; Engravings; Elizabeth E. Roth --; Silhouettes; M.L. D'Otrange-Mastai --; Lithographs; Frank Weitenkampf --; Early railroad prints; Rudolph Wunderlich --; Sport in art; Paul Magriel --; The Old West; Harold McCracken --; Folk sculpture; Erwin O. Christensen --; Pennsylvania-German folk art; Frances Lichten --; Dolls and toy miniatures; Janet Pinney --; Mechanical toys; Louis H. Hertz --; Coins and medals; Sydney P. Noe --; Rare books; John Cook Wyllie --; Printed maps; Alexander O. Vietor --; Ship models; Robert H. Burgess --; Whaling collections; Edouard A. Stackpole --; Marine paintings and prints; Harold S. Sniffen --; Stamps; Kent B. Stiles and George B. Sloane --; Theater, circus and ballet; Paul Myers --; Wallpapers used in America, 1700-1850; Horace L. Hotchkiss, Jr. --; Valentines and Christmas cards; Ruth Webb Lee --; Autographs; Gordon T. Banks --; Calligraphy; Alexander Nesbitt --; Tools of early industries; Loring McMillen --; Patent office models; Jack E. Brown --; Dime novels; Mary Noel --; Arts of the southwest; E. Boyd; Also issued online UR - http://www.archive.org/details/conciseencyclope00coms UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL5939452M ER -