Books
“The Art that is Life”: The arts & crafts movement in America, 1875-1920
Wendy Kaplan, 1987, Bulfinch, 410 p., wraps, in good condition with light shelf wear and bumping to bottom and top edges of cover and spine.
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in 1987. Substantial catalog of 225 items each with a detailed catalog entry.
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Leading “the Simple Life”: The arts and crafts movement in Britain, 1880-1910.
Wendy Kaplan, 1999, Wolfsonian-FIU, 55 p., wraps, in good+ condition with some bumping to corners and rubbing to edges of cover.
Catalog of an exhibition held at The Wolfsonian-Florida International University October 7, 1999- August 1, 2000. Two essays and illustrations of 85 objects in the exhibition.
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Chicago Metalsmiths
Sharon Darling, 1977, Chicago Historical Society, 141 p., hc, in very good condition with bookstore price sticker to rear cover.
Still the primary reference work for the Arts & Craft metal workers in Chicago. Includes information on jewelers, silver, copper and bronze workers in Chicago. Numerous illustrations of objects and marks.
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Rookwood Pottery: The Glorious Gamble
Anita Ellis, 1992, Rizzoli, 164 p., wraps, in good+ condition with some bumping to corners and rubbing to cover.
Catalog of a traveling exhibition held at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the Cincinnati Museum of Art and the Clark Art Institute in 1993.
Well illustrated with 97 color plates. Two essays describe the various glazes used at the Rookwood Pottery.
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The Collector’s Encyclopedia of Van Briggle Art Pottery
Richard Sasicki & Jose Fania, 1998 reprint of 1993 edition, Collector Books, 143 p. in very good condition with light shelf wear to cover.
411 color plates illustrate the various wares produced at the Van Briggle Pottery from it’s founding in 1901. Good explanation of the marking system used over the years.
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The Newark Museum Collection of American Art Pottery
Ulysses G. Dietz, 1984, Gibbs M. Smith, 125 p. in very good condition with light shelf wear to bottom and top edges of cover and spine.
263 items with catalog entries. Much of the collection was obtained from the original makers. Covers the common makers and the lesser-known.
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