Silver in American Life: Selections from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University
by Ward, Barbara McLean, and Ward, Gerald W. R. (Edited by)
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- ISBN 10
- 0879232889
- ISBN 13
- 9780879232887
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Boston and New Haven, CT: David R. Godine, Publisher; Yale University Press, 1979. Cloth, xiii, 193 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. CONTENTS: Foreword, by Wilder Green and Alan Shestack; Acknowledgments; Smitten with the silver fever, by Barbara McLean Ward and Gerald W. R. Ward; Six themes in American silver; Mineral of that excellent nature: qualities of silver as a metal, by William A. Lanford; You shall not crucify man on a cross of gold: silver and money in America, by John P. Burnham; Most genteel of any in the mechanic way: American silversmith, by Barbara McLean Ward; From the shop to the manufactory silver and industry, 1800-1970, by Stephen K. Victor; Handsome cupboard of plate: role of silver in American life, by Gerald W. R. Ward; As good as sterling: art in American silver, by Martha Gandy Fales; Silver in American life, by Barbara McLean Ward, Gerald W. R. Ward, and Kevin L. Stayton; Silver: Its Sources and Uses:; Ores and mining; Production and refining; Attributes of the metal; Many uses of silver: photography, industry, the arts; Coins and Medals; Silver in commerce and trade; American numismatic art; Silver commemoratives; Traditional Craft Practices; Tools and shop practices; Apprenticeship; Specialization; Related crafts; Design sources; Mass Production and Craft Revival; Mechanization; Industrialization; Silver-plating; Arts and crafts revival; Contemporary artist-craftsmen; Silver and Society; Religious ritual; Presentations silver; Domestic display and ceremony; Silver in everyday life; Objects of personal adornment; Gallery of American Silver; Three centuries of form and style; Seventeenth century; Baroque; Queen Anne; Rococo; Neoclassical; Victorian and revival styles; Twentieth century; Bibliography; Index of silversmiths, designers, manufacturers, and retailers; Photograph credits.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.
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- Title
- Silver in American Life: Selections from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University
- Author
- Ward, Barbara McLean, and Ward, Gerald W. R. (Edited by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0879232889
- ISBN 13
- 9780879232887
- Publisher
- David R. Godine, Publisher; Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New Haven, CT
- Date Published
- 1979
- Size
- 4to
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiques; XXX / COLLECTIBLES; Media / Metalwork; Media / Coins & Medals;
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