Spoons (Collecting for tomorrow)

Snodin, Michael

Gail Belden

Pitman

In a wide-ranging and richly illustrated book, the authors begin by tracing the ways ornament has been used over the last five centuries, the rules of decorum and etiquette associated with it, and the social, moral and spiritual values it has represented. They examine how architecture set the agenda for ornament in the Renaissance, and how printed images carried a common vocabulary of ornament throughout the Western world. They survey the personal side of ornament, both in dress and in the domestic interior - a private expression of the self and a public statement of social and cultural status. They look at ornament in the public domain - from the lavish decoration and symbolism of a town pageant to the logos of today's corporate industry - and show how the ever-evolving role of ornament is to invent and embody the collective spirit of communities at work and at leisure. They conclude by discussing how the Western tradition of ornament has responded to and absorbed 'exotic' African and Asian motifs: Moresque motifs of the Near East and such familiar designs as the 'Paisley' and Willow" patterns.

Ornament: A Social History Since 1450

Arts & Photography

Howard, Maurice

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

Complemented by more than one thousand full-color illustrations, a history of British design and decorative arts encompasses more than four centuries of accomplishment, from the era of Henry VII through the reign of Queen Victoria, capturing a rich variety of furniture, textiles, silver, metalwork, porcelain, painting, sculpture, prints, and drawings.

Design and the Decorative Arts: Britain 1500-1900

Styles, John

Victoria & Albert Museum

Highlights include exquisitely carved and inlaid Jacobean furniture, including the famous bed of Ware; Mortlake tapestries and other luxurious textiles; and the architecture of Inigo Jones and Christopher Wren.

Design and the Decorative Arts: Tudor and Stuart Britain 1500-1714

"Georgian" has come to define a period characterized by elegance and refinement, as seen in the work of designers such as Thomas Chippendale, Robert Adam, Thomas Sheraton, and Josiah Wedgwood.

Design and the Decorative Arts: Georgian Britain 1714-1837

Charles Rennie Mackintosh's chairs, William Morris's wallpapers and carpets, and many more examples show why, during the reign of Queen Victoria, Britain was called the "workshop of the world."

Design and the Decorative Arts: Victorian Britain 1837-1901

Carl Larsson (1853-1919) is Sweden's best-loved artist and is known around the world for his paintings of his home and family. At their famous house at Sundborn, in central Sweden, Carl and his wife, Karin, a textile designer, created a series of revolutionary interiors that combined old furniture and objects with startlingly modern concepts of color and design. These designs gave way to a new approach to interior design that continues to influence designers today. This book presents the Larssons as designers and as creators of a remarkable domestic ideal. It sets them in their artistic and social context, using contemporary photographs and comparative pictures. At its heart are the remarkable Ett hem paintings and a series of color photographs showing the interiors at Sundborn and Karin's textiles.

Carl and Karin Larsson: Creators of the Swedish Style

Hidemark, Elisabet

Bulfinch

Presents the first comprehensive English book about Carl Larsson, Sweden's best-loved artist, and his wife Karin, a textile designer, who revolutionized interior design and established a Swedish-inspired style that continues to attract a worldwide following. Original. 10,000 first printing.

Carl and Karin Larsson : Creators of Swedish Style

Individual Artists

English silver spoons Letts all-colour collectors guides. Includes Illustrations. Bibliography: p. 75-78

English Silver Spoons

Letts

English silver spoons Letts all-colour collectors guides. Includes Illustrations. p. 75-78

English Silver Spoons (Lett's Collectors Guides)

Olympic Marketing Corp

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