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In pursuit of history : a lifetime collecting colonial American art and artifacts

Title
In pursuit of history : a lifetime collecting colonial American art and artifacts / edited by H. Richard Dietrich III and Deborah M. Rebuck ; with contributions by David L. Barquist, Edward S. Cooke, Jr., H. Richard Dietrich III, Michael P. Dyer, Kathleen A. Foster, Morrison H. Heckscher, Philip C. Mead, Lisa Minardi, Deborah M. Rebuck, William S. Reese.
Author
Dietrich American Foundation, author.
Publication
[Chester Spring, PA] : The Dietrich American Foundation ; [Philadelphia, PA] : in association with Philadelphia Museum of Art, [2019]

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Additional Authors
  • Dietrich, H. Richard, III
  • Rebuck, Deborah M.
  • Barquist, David L.
Description
303 pages : color illustrations; 30 cm
Summary
"This book offers a scholarly assessment of the highlights of the collection of the Dietrich American Foundation, founded in 1963 by businessman and philanthropist H. Richard Dietrich Jr. (1938-2007). In-depth essays explore the formation of the collection and examine areas of strength, offering readers a greater understanding of history and material culture of the Colonial period"--
Subject
  • Dietrich American Foundation > Art collections
  • Dietrich American Foundation
  • Art, Colonial > United States
  • Decorative arts, Early American
  • Art > Private collections > United States
  • Decorative arts > Private collections > United States
  • Art, Colonial
  • Art museums
  • Art > Private collections
  • Decorative arts > Private collections
  • United States
Note
  • Places of publication taken from websites.
  • "This publication is accompanied by exhibitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, February 2020, and the Museum of the American Revolution (MAR), Philadelphia, September 2021."
Contents
Foreword / Morrison H. Heckscher -- Family Tree -- Introduction / H. Richard Dietrich III -- Books / William S. Reese and Philip C. Mead -- Furniture / Edward S. Cooke Jr. -- Fraktur and Pennsylvania German / Lisa Minardi -- Silver / David L. Barquist -- Paintings / Kathleen A. Foster -- Chinese export porcelain / Deborah M. Rebuck -- Whale-trade objects / Michael P. Dyer.
ISBN
  • 9780876332931
  • 0876332939
LCCN
2019032139
OCLC
  • on1111639465
  • SCSB-9620380
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library