The concise encyclopedia of American antiques

Name/Title

The concise encyclopedia of American antiques

Entry/Object ID

NK805.C65

Collection

Titi Halle/Cora Ginsburg LLC Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

antiques, decorative arts--united states, folk art--united states, titi halle/cora ginsburg llc collection

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Book

Book Details

Author

Helen Comstock

Publisher

Hawthorn Books

Place Published

City

New York, NY

Date Published

1965

Call No.

NK805.C65

ISBN

801516803, 9780801516801

LCCN

58005628

Notes

Length: 848

General Notes

Note Type

Contents

Note

Furniture, 1640-1840 ; Victorian furniture ; Windsor chairs / Marvin D. Schwartz -- Country furniture in New England / Frank O. Spinney -- The craftsmanship of the American Shakers / Edward Deming Andrews -- Looking glasses used in America / Martha Gandy Fales -- Silver, 1640-1820 / Kathryn C. Buhler -- Pewter / Eric de Jonge -- Wrought iron / M.W. Thomas, Jr. -- Tin, copper and brass / Henry J. Kauffman -- Japanned tin-plate / Shirley Spaulding DeVoe -- Period stoves / Josephine H. Peirce -- China-trade porcelain for the American market / Alice Winchester -- Pottery and porcelain / Gregor Norman-Wilcox -- Glass / Carolyn Scoon -- Figured bottles and flasks / Helen McKearin -- Needlework / Ruth Bradbury Davidson -- Cotton printing / D. Graeme Keith -- Quilts and coverlets / Virginia D. Parslow -- The oriental "carpitt" in colonial America / Joseph V. McMullan -- Hooked rugs / Virginia D. Parslow -- Eighteenth-century floorcloths / Helen Comstock -- Lighting devices / G. Malcolm Watkins -- Candlesticks, sconces, chandeliers / Ralph E. Carpenter, Jr. -- Antique buttons / Lillian Smith Albert and Jane Ford Adams -- Early tradecards / Bella C. Landauer -- Trade catalogues / Lawrence B. Romaine -- Playing cards / Lawrence Kurzrok -- Minor arts : quillwork, treen, chalkware / Edith Gaines -- Swords ; Firearms, 1650-1865 / Harold L. Peterson -- Clocks and watches / Amos G. Avery -- Early portrait painting / Helen Comstock -- Painting in the nineteenth century / John I.H. Baur -- Folk painting / Nina Fletcher Little -- Miniature painting / Josephine L. Allen -- Engravings / Elizabeth E. Roth -- Silhouettes / M.L. D'Otrange-Mastai -- Lithographs / Frank Weitenkampf -- Early railroad prints / Rudolph Wunderlich -- Sport in art / Paul Magriel -- The Old West / Harold McCracken -- Folk sculpture / Erwin O. Christensen -- Pennsylvania-German folk art / Frances Lichten -- Dolls and toy miniatures / Janet Pinney -- Mechanical toys / Louis H. Hertz -- Coins and medals / Sydney P. Noe -- Rare books / John Cook Wyllie -- Printed maps / Alexander O. Vietor -- Ship models / Robert H. Burgess -- Whaling collections / Edouard A. Stackpole -- Marine paintings and prints / Harold S. Sniffen -- Stamps / Kent B. Stiles and George B. Sloane -- Theater, circus and ballet / Paul Myers -- Wallpapers used in America, 1700-1850 / Horace L. Hotchkiss, Jr. -- Valentines and Christmas cards / Ruth Webb Lee -- Autographs / Gordon T. Banks -- Calligraphy / Alexander Nesbitt -- Tools of early industries / Loring McMillen -- Patent office models / Jack E. Brown -- Dime novels / Mary Noel -- Arts of the southwest / E. Boyd.