A catalogue, published in association with the Dallas Museum of Art, of the 82-piece collection of antique furniture recently acquired by the museum. Excellent color plates and additional diagrams show the backs and bottoms to demonstrate the details of construction. The text relates the history, significance, structure and condition, woods used, dimensions, provenance, and exhibitions and publications for each piece. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

American Furniture in the Bybee Collection

Arts & Photography

Venable, Charles L.

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

University of Texas Press

This volume explores the history and development of the American silver industry. It chronicles the work of firms such as Tiffany, Gorham, Meridan Britannia, and Reed and Barton, along with that of makers such as Whiting, Wendt, Wood and Hughs, Scheibler, and Gale.

Silver in America, 1840-1940: A Century of Splendor

History & Criticism

Harry N. Abrams

The rich colors of Fiestaware . . . the translucent beauty of Waterford crystal . . . nothing adds personality to a celebration like the right tableware. But beyond their appeal to all who want to entertain in style, and their value as collectibles, china and glass wares mirror the profound cultural and economic shifts in 20th-century America and provide a unique vantage point from which to view our society. 
Illustrated with more than 200 photographs of enticing glass and ceramic objects, this luxurious volume-which accompanies an exhibit organized by the Dallas Museum of Art-is the first to take a comprehensive look at the modern tableware used in American homes, treating its cultural and business history as well as its design. From table settings for turn-of-the-century ladies' luncheons to trendy accessories for suburban barbecues in the post-World War II years to the tinfoil trays invented for TV dinners, this fascinating book has it all. 
250 illustrations, 200 in full color, 10 line drawings, 9 x 12" 
CHARLES L. VENABLE, prize-winning author of Abrams' highly successful Silver in America, is deputy director and chief curator at the Dallas Museum of Art. KATHERINE C. GRIER, a professor at the University of South Carolina, has written extensively on ceramic history and material culture. ELLEN P. DENKER is a museum consultant and a scholar in ceramics and cultural history. 
STEPHEN G. HARRISON is an emerging scholar in the field of material culture and assistant curator at the Dallas Museum of 
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE The Newark Museum, New JerseyMar. 15-June 18, 2000 Dallas Museum of ArtJuly 23, 2000-Jan. 7, 2001

China and Glass in America, 1880-1980: From Table Top to TV Tray

Grier, Katherine C.

Denker, Ellen

Harrison, Stephen G.

Decorative Arts Highlights from the Wendy and Emery Reeves Collection

Dallas Museum of Art

Decorative Arts Highlights from the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection

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