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American silver in the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Title: American silver in the Philadelphia Museum of Art / Beatrice B. Garvan and David L. Barquist ; with contributions by Elisabeth R. Argo.
Author: Philadelphia Museum of Art, author.
Publication: Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Museum of Art, [2018]

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Request for On-site Use Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - SASB to submit a request in person.	v. 1	Text	Use in library	JQN 19-1 v. 1	SASB - Art & Architecture Rm 300

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Description

volumes : illustrations; 31 cm

Summary

"The first publication of the museum's full collection of American silver, which ranks with the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the MFA Boston and ranges from colonial-era tableware to ecclesiastical and presentation silver, to jewelry by renowned contemporary artists. This publication will provide a look at the evolution of designs in silver as well as the early history of Philadelphia--a center of silver production from its earliest days--as seen through the intersecting lives of its artisans and patrons. The catalogue section includes extensive biographies of makers and retailers, based on decades of archival research, along with detailed object entries, including deeply researched information on the original owners and the donors. The photography captures not only full views of the objects but also details, marks, and heraldic engraving. The first of four volumes, the 2018 publication will cover makers and retailers whose names begin with the letters A to F. The Museum's complete American silver collection has not previously been published. The catalogue will combine generous illustrations similar to those in the MFA Boston's Silver of the Americas, 1600-2000 (2008), with the biographical detail of Patricia Kane's Colonial Massachusetts Silversmiths and Jewelers (Yale, 1998)"--

Subjects

Genre/Form

Catalogs.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Volume 1, Makers A-F

Call Number

JQN 19-1

ISBN

9780300229400
0300229402

LCCN

2018020329

OCLC

1035244181

Author

Philadelphia Museum of Art, author.

Title

American silver in the Philadelphia Museum of Art / Beatrice B. Garvan and David L. Barquist ; with contributions by Elisabeth R. Argo.

Publisher

Philadelphia, PA : Philadelphia Museum of Art, [2018]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Garvan, Beatrice B., author.

Barquist, David L., author.

Argo, Elisabeth R., contributor.

Research Call Number

JQN 19-1

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