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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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- 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"--
- Subjects
- 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