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Antiquespeak: a Guide to the Styles, Techniques, and Materials of the Decorative Arts by George H. Marcus, Kathryn B. Hiesinger (Paperback, 1997)

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Continuing the popular and illuminating Speak series, this handsomely designed volume offers a user-friendly lexicon of the decorative arts. Understanding antiques requires knowledge of a specialized vocabulary that tells initiates what something is, where it came from, and when it was made. AntiqueSpeak provides this essential information in concise but illuminating essays that cover almost a millennium of styles (such as Baroque and Art Deco), materials (glass, ivory), types of objects (furniture, toys and games), specialized areas of collecting (folk art, Judaica), and concerns involved with acquiring and caring for antiques (auctions, condition, marks and signatures). In addition, the book includes a handy one-page StyleChart; a section of color plates (one for each major style); an album of ornaments and classical orders, represented by line drawings; labeled drawings of selected furniture types; an introduction that explains how to use the book; and an invaluable index that provides dates and nationalities for all the designers, craftsmen, artists, and others discussed in the entries. AUTHOR: Kathryn B. Hiesinger is curator of European decorative arts and George H. Marcus is head of publications at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. They are co-authors of Abbeville's Landmarks of Twentieth-Century Design: An Illustrated Handbook. ILLUSTRATIONS 66 illustrations *

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Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
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9780789201898
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Antiquespeak: a Guide to the Styles, Techniques, and Materials of the Decorative Arts
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George H. Marcus, Kathryn B. Hiesinger
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Paperback
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English
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1997
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224 Pages

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