A Guide to American Trade Catalogs, 1744-1900

A Guide to American Trade Catalogs, 1744-1900

Author: Lawrence B. Romaine

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1990-01-01

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780486264752

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Invaluable listing of rare catalogs selling cars, beekeeper's equipment, clocks, firearms, livestock, clothes, toys, more. Cites catalog's location, size, more.


Standard Catalog of American Cars 1976-1999

Standard Catalog of American Cars 1976-1999

Author: James M. Flammang

Publisher: Krause Publications

Published: 1999-12-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780873417556

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You will find more than 2,500 photos and 16 pages of full-colour to accompany the complete listing of production figures, options, technical data, specifications, chassis information and significant historical facts surrounding American cars produced in the last 24 years. The famous 1-to-6 Vehicle Condition Grading Scale will help you to evaluate fair market prices for the cars you want to buy or sell. And you will use this book to recognise the "hot" cars of today that will be the collectibles of tomorrow. Features over 5,000 cars with over 20,000 prices.


Limbert Arts and Crafts Furniture

Limbert Arts and Crafts Furniture

Author: Charles P. Limbert Co

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13:

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Fine reproduction of rare catalog depicting 188 pieces of Mission-style furniture: fold-down tables and desks, bookcases with leaded glass doors, library and octagonal tables, chairs, settees, more. Descriptive captions.


Art & Industry in Early America

Art & Industry in Early America

Author: Patricia E. Kane

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2016-01-01

Total Pages: 509

ISBN-13: 0300217846

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This book presents new information on the export trade, patronage, artistic collaboration, and the small-scale shop traditions that defined early Rhode Island craftsmanship. This stunning volume features more than 200 illustrations of beautifully constructed and carved objects—including chairs, high chests, bureau tables, and clocks—that demonstrate the superb workmanship and artistic skill of the state’s furniture makers.


American Weathervanes

American Weathervanes

Author: Robert Shaw

Publisher: Rizzoli Publications

Published: 2021-03-02

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 0847863905

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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.