Wilner eli editor (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Near Fine. 1st Printing. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (2000). First Printing. 12.5 x 10.25". 203pp, Bibliography, List of Illustrations. Green cloth, gilt letters. Fine condition in near fine dj (edge slightly rubbed). Diverse essays and color and monotone illustrations support this first book to provide an in-depth study of antique frames made in America in the 19th and 20th centuries. ISBN 081182070X; 12.5 x 10.25 inches; 203 pages.…

Hardcover. Zustand: VG/VG. Greyish-green cloth, black and color illus. DJ. 203 pp. 151 color & bw plates; weighs almost 4 lbs. "The first book to offer an in-depth look at the exquisite antique frames made in America over the last two centuries. Comprising diverse essays by art world luminaries, museum curators, private collectors, and independent scholars, this richly illustrated volume covers topics ranging from frame history and fabrication to the skill of expertly matching frames to artwork. . Presents a plethora of sumptuous photographs that showcase frmaes in relation to the paintings they border -- and as works of art themselves." (dj) Contents as follows: American antique frames : rediscovering a lost art / Eli Wilner -- On the framing of pictures / Annette Blaugrund -- How the edge became a center : the rise of interest in American frames / Lisa Koenigsberg -- American frame references from the late nineteenth century : a scattering of attitudes / William H. Gerdts -- On verso : observations on the back of the frame / Kevin Flaherty -- On the edge of change : artist-designed frames from Whistler to Marin / Suzanne Smeaton -- Within gilded borders : the frames of Stanford White / Nina Gray. From parlors to pueblos : frames for the American West, 1855-1925 / Sally Mills -- What's in a frame? / David Park Curry -- American frames in the Metropolitan Museum of Art : choices and changes / Carrie Rebora Barratt -- Marriages, divorces, and reconciliations : challenges in framing a museum collection / Nancy Rivard Shaw. …