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American Silver in the Philadelphia Museum of Art Volume 1: Makers A-F

Garvan Beatrice B., Barquist David L., Agro Elisabeth R.

ISBN: HB: 9780300229400, Yale University Press, January 2019
520 pp., 30.5x25.4 cm, 650 colour illus.

Beginning with Cesar Ghiselin in 1681, Philadelphia has a long and storied history of silversmithing that includes notable artists such as Joseph Richardson Sr. and Jr., Philip Syng Jr., and Olaf Skoogfors. Celebrating this legacy and showcasing the...

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American Glass The Collections at Yale

Gordon John Stuart

ISBN: HB: 9780300226690, Yale University Press, September 2018
320 pp., 26x22.9 cm, 190 colour illus.

Glass can be decorative or utilitarian, and its forms often reflect technological innovations and social change. Drawing on an insightful selection from the Yale University Art Gallery and other collections at Yale, "American Glass" illuminates the v...

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Catalogue of the Late Roman, Byzantine and Barbaric Coins in the Charles University Collection (364-1092 A.D.)

Gambacorta Federico

ISBN: PB: 9788024622408, University of Chicago Press, Karolinum Press, January 2014
96 pp., 30.4x20.3 cm, 243 colour plates

Not for sale in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic! The collection of ancient coins at Charles University has existed in its present state since 1945. That year Greek, Roman, and other ancient coins were entrusted to the care of the Seminar...

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Treasuring the Gaze Intimate Vision in Late Eighteenth-Century Eye Miniatures

Grootenboer Hanneke

ISBN: HB: 9780226309668, University of Chicago Press, February 2013
300 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 53 halftones, 24 colour illus.

The end of the eighteenth century saw the start of a new craze in Europe: tiny portraits of single eyes that were exchanged by lovers or family members. Worn as brooches or pendants, these minuscule eyes served the same emotional need as more convent...

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Modern World American Design from the Yale University Art Gallery, 1920-1950

Gordon John Stuart, Isenstadt Sandy, Orgeman Keely, Orr Emily M., Wendt Pan, Woo Justin, Wright Diane C.

ISBN: HB: 9780300153019, Yale University Press, November 2011
432 pp., 31.1x23.7 cm, 329 colour images, 19 black&white illus.

The Yale University Art Gallery is home to an amazing collection of American decorative arts. "A Modern World" provides a comprehensive look at the Gallery's holdings of modernist design made in America or for the American market. The catalogue featu...

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Fragile Diplomacy Meissen Porcelain for European Courts, 1710-1763

Geiger Maureen Cassidy

ISBN: HB: 9780300126815, Yale University Press, January 2008
400 pp., 30.5x24.8 cm, 400 colour illus.

While imported Chinese porcelain had become a valuable commodity in Europe in the seventeenth century, local attempts to produce porcelain long remained unsuccessful. At last, the secret of hard-paste porcelain was uncovered, and in 1710, the first E...

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American Presidential China The Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Gray Detweiler Susan, Barquist David L.

ISBN: HB: 9780300135930, Yale University Press, January 2008
91 pp., 24.1x24.1 cm, 6 black&white illus., 94 colour illus.

The china used by the First Families, both at the White House and in their private homes, reveals a fascinating story of culture and society as it has evolved in the United States since its early days. In this handsome book, which documents over 200...

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American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Volume 1: Early Colonial Period: The Seventeenth Century and William and Mary Styles

Gruber Safford Frances

ISBN: HB: 9780300116472, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2007
464 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 158 colour illus., 170 black&white illus.

The Metropolitan Museum's preeminent collection of early colonial furniture is expertly documented in this long-awaited publication. It covers the full spectrum of furniture forms made during the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries, from chair...

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