Colonial Wrought Iron: The Sorber Collection

Plummer, Don

ISBN 10: 1879535165 / ISBN 13: 9781879535169

Verlag: Skipjack Press, Ocean Pines, MD, 1999

Profusely illustrated in black & white. With a bibliography. xii, 244 pages. 4to. Hardcover, bound in blue cloth. In a dust jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers J2651

Inhaltsangabe:

Colonial Wrought Iron is a photographic survey of early wrought iron work in America with 506 photographs from the Sorber Collection. The colonial period in America was centered around the blacksmith who was the maker and creator of these items. The informational text explains the characteristics and the conditions of the period in which the iron was forged. Colonial Wrought Iron is an invaluable resource tool for the blacksmith involved making reproduction hardware and related items, as well as an inspiration for merging form and function. In this book you will find the commonplace and the ornate but they all reflect the hand of fine craftsmanship. The work displayed in Colonial Wrought Iron is from the collection of Jim Sorber. Jim, now in his eighties, has been an avid collector for 70 years. This collection is a result of a life steeped in an enduring appreciation for the skills of his ancestors. Even as a child he was interested in their hand tools and the wonderful things they made. That interest soon grew into a passion. A unique aspect of Jims collection is that it reflects a certain ethnic influence. Much of his collecting has been done near his home in the counties of Berks, Chester, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery and Schuylkill. This area has been settled by German immigrants since the mid-to-late 17th century. Jims collection, many pieces of which are signed and dated, reflects an iron chronicle of the Pennsylvania Dutch migration westward from the Philadelphia area.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Colonial Wrought Iron: The Sorber Collection
Verlag: Skipjack Press, Ocean Pines, MD
Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Near Fine
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine
Auflage: 1st Edition