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American Silver at Winterthur
by Quimby, Ian M. G., with Johnson, Dianne
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good/Very good
- ISBN 10
- 0912724323
- ISBN 13
- 9780912724324
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Winterthur, DE: Winterthur Publications, 1995. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. Format is approximately 9.25 inches by 11 inches. xvii, [1],490, [2] pages. Foreword by Dwight P. Lanmon. List of Makers. Catalogue: New England, New York, Pennsylvania and the South. Appendix: Analysis of Hallowware by Wall Thickness. Bibliography. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Ian M. G. Quimby graduated from the University of Delaware in 1961 and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was awarded a two-year fellowship for study in the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture and he earned his master's degree from UD in 1963. He served as the first curator of the Merrimack Valley Textile Museum in Massachusetts before returning to Winterthur in 1965, where he spent the next 26 years. At Winterthur, he served as registrar and a director of publications and editor of the Winterthur Porfolio, which he transformed into a journal with an international reputation. He was inducted into UD's Alumni Wall of Fame. This profusely illustrated in-depth study of the American silver collection at Winterthur sets some significant new standards for silver collection catalogs. Introductory essays address issues of authorship, style, use, and scientific analysis as well as the creation of the collection at Winterthur by Henry Francis du Pont. The catalogue portion, arranged alphabetically within the major divisions of New England, New York, and Pennsylvania and the South, is put together with meticulous attention to detail. In addition to extensive biographical data on the 162 silversmiths, each of the 517 entries includes information on size, weight, general description, fabrication methods, engraving, stamps, history, exhibitions, provenance, spectrographic analysis (percent of silver, copper, gold, lead) as well as extensive references. The catalogue not only highlights the superlative Winterthur collection but also adds considerably to scholarship in the field. Winterthur admission ticket stub laid in.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 78318
- Title
- American Silver at Winterthur
- Author
- Quimby, Ian M. G., with Johnson, Dianne
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Presumed First Edition, First printing
- ISBN 10
- 0912724323
- ISBN 13
- 9780912724324
- Publisher
- Winterthur Publications
- Place of Publication
- Winterthur, DE
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- Du Pont, Silversmith, Hollowware, Style, Design, Winterthur Museum, Silverwork, Catalogue, Museum Collection, Dwight Lanmon, Silverplate
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