HOOD ThomasABAA
Tiffany Silver Flatware 1845-1905: When Dining Was an Art
1999réf. 185444Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club 1999. Hardcover. VG no dj but covers and pages are very crisp and clean. Light gray cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front cover; color illustrated end papers; color illustrated frontispiece and title page; 350 pp; richly illustrated throughout in color. "This definitive book documents the history of the silver flatware produced under the Tiffany name. It includes flatware made by others but retailed by Tiffany as well as the flatware that was designed and made in-house. The story is woven into the broader fabric of the history of flatware in general and that of dining and selected food." "Based on extensive new research in the Tiffany Archives and many years of personal experience in collecting and dealing this volume discusses and illustrates Tiffany-made full-line patterns plus variations numerous not-full-line patterns and custom patterns. Detailed descriptions and specially commissioned photographs document the extraordinary creativity and craftsmanship that distinguished much of Tiffany & Co.'s prolific Victorian flatware production."--Description from dj. Contents: Pt. I. Silver Flatware Retailed by Tiffany 1845-c.1876 -- Ch. 1. Flatware made by Polhamus Hebbard Gorham Moore and others -- Pt. II. Silver Flatware Introduced by Tiffany 1869-1905 -- Ch. 2. Names Pieces Weights Parts Patterns -- Ch. 3. Place Pieces in Standard Patterns -- Ch. 4. Serving Pieces in Standard Patterns -- Ch. 5. Standard Patterns: Era of Edward C. Moore -- Ch. 6. Standard Patterns: Era of Charles T. Grosjean -- Ch. 7. Standard Patterns: Era of Paulding Farnham -- Ch. 8. Not-full-line Patterns -- Ch. 9. Custom Patterns. App. A. Flatware Terminology -- App. B. Glossary of Other Technical Terms as Related to Silverware -- App. C. Tiffany Flatware Markings -- App. D. A Tiffany Chronology: 1837-1997. Antique Collectors' Club hardcover books
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB · États-Unis100,00 $US≈ 89,17 €
