Start with a House, Finish with a Collection
Start with a House, Finish with a Collection

Author: Leslie Anne Miller

Publisher: Scala

Published: 2014-07-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781857599190

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A beautiful book that reveals the world of art collecting from home, featuring exquisite examples of Hollingsworth and Morris family furniture. Start with House, Finish with a Collection is the story of how a couple's use of American art and antiques evolved from furnishing a house into a full-blown passion for collecting. Featuring exquisite examples of Hollingsworth and Morris family furniture, Weber boxes, Pennsylvania clocks and Kirk-Stieff silver, as well as American paintings by the Peale family, Edward Hicks, Edward Redfield and Horace Pippin, this museum-calibre collection reveals a pride in the early American sensibility. The combination of text and extraordinary photographs traces this remarkable journey and demonstrates that life can be more than comfortable living among these collections. The compendium catalogues the diversified and important collection, making this a valuable scholarly reference as well as a reading pleasure.

The Secret History of the First U.S. Mint
The Secret History of the First U.S. Mint

Author: Joel J. Orosz

Publisher: Whitman Publishing

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780794832445

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Frank H. Stewart is both the hero and the villain in this remarkable tale ripped from the headlines of early 20th century Philadelphia. He was a high school dropout who wrote the definitive history of our nation's first coin factory. He was no art connoisseur, and yet he commissioned unforgettable paintings of the first U.S. Mint, by famous artists. A poor boy made good, Stewart bought the old Mint, labored to preserve it, and failed in the most dramatic way possible. Could his later acts of commemoration redeem his failures in preservation? The Secret History of the First U.S. Mint tells, for the first time, the full story of the paradoxical Frank H. Stewart and his self-appointed life's mission to celebrate an irreplaceable slice of our nations heritage. It is a tour-de-force work of scholarship that sets straight long misunderstood Mint history. This groundbreaking new book by award winning authors Joel Orosz and Leonard Augsburger is filled with dozens of sketches, paintings, and photographs of the first Mint that have been preserved in archival collections for decades, and have not been seen by living

A Shared Legacy
A Shared Legacy

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Publisher: Rizzoli Publications

Published: 2014-10-21

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0847843815

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An unparalleled introduction to American folk art, accompanying a major traveling exhibition. A handsome and insightful survey of American folk art, this book includes paintings, sculptures, furniture, and household objects made by untrained—or minimally trained—folk artists in New England, the Midwest, and the South between 1800 and the 1920s. This richly illustrated volume includes rare and very fine portraits, radiant still lifes and landscapes, a mature version of The Peaceable Kingdom by Edward Hicks, playful animal sculptures and trade signs, and ornately painted German American furniture. With newly researched texts by leading scholars, this publication makes an important contribution to the field.

Public Auction Sale Rare Coins, Medals, Tokens, Paper Money, Curios, Gems, Relics, Etc. The Collections of the Late William Poillon, G.W. Lee, and Others; 1926
Public Auction Sale Rare Coins, Medals, Tokens, Paper Money, Curios, Gems, Relics, Etc. The Collections of the Late William Poillon, G.W. Lee, and Others; 1926

Author: Thomas L Elder

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9781013780738

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Public Auction Sale Rare Coins, Medals, Tokens, Paper Money, Curios, Gems, Relics, Etc. The Collections of the Late William Poillon, G.W. Lee, and Others; 1926
Public Auction Sale Rare Coins, Medals, Tokens, Paper Money, Curios, Gems, Relics, Etc. The Collections of the Late William Poillon, G.W. Lee, and Others; 1926

Author: Thomas L Elder

Publisher: Hassell Street Press

Published: 2021-09-09

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9781014381118

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.