Paint, Pattern, and People: Furniture of Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1725-1850 (Winterthur Book) de Wendy A. Cooper; Lisa Minardi - 2011-03-17

University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Winterthur, Del./ Philadelphia: The University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. Hardbound. VG/VG. Burnt orange woven cloth with gilt spine lettering, color illustrated dust jacket, color illustrated end pages, 277 pp., profusely illustrated with color and bw photographs. Paint, Pattern, and People explores the fascinating and diverse furniture of southeastern Pennsylvania through the people who made, owned, inherited, and collected it. Delving into the cultures and creativity of the area's inhabitants, primarily those of British and Germanic heritage, this comprehensive work looks closely at localisms and regionalisms of form, ornament, and construction that were influenced by ethnicity, religious affiliation, settlement patterns, socioeconomic status, and the skills of the craftsmen.William Penn's policy of religious tolerance attracted people of various faiths and ethnic backgrounds, making Pennsylvania the most culturally diverse of the thirteen colonies. Through the study of well-documented… Leer más

Winterthur, DE: Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 2011. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Rust-brown cloth, lettered on front cover in blind and on spine panel in gold foil. Mildly bumped bottom front corner (no exposure), minor indentation along bottom front edge near joint, approx. 1 1/2" narrow area of minor soiling along bottom front edge, otherwise as issued. Color pictorial dust jacket shows the slightest bit of shelf wear, 1/8" closed tear at heel of front joint, virtually as issued, now in archival mylar. xxvi,278 pp., fully illus. in color. One of the essential publications on decorated furniture of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Germans. PGS Vol. 45. Scarce..

University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011-04-14. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover with dust jacket. Pages are clean and unmarked. Covers show very minor shelf wear. Dust jacket shows light edge wear. Binding is tight, hinges strong. APPEARS UNREAD. ALMOST LIKE NEW.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!

The University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. Hardbound. VG/VG. Orange woven cloth. 277 pp., profusely illustrated with color and bw photographs. Paint, Pattern, and People explores the fascinating and diverse furniture of southeastern Pennsylvania through the people who made, owned, inherited, and collected it. Delving into the cultures and creativity of the area's inhabitants, primarily those of British and Germanic heritage, this comprehensive work looks closely at localisms and regionalisms of form, ornament, and construction that were influenced by ethnicity, religious affiliation, settlement patterns, socioeconomic status, and the skills of the craftsmen.William Penn's policy of religious tolerance attracted people of various faiths and ethnic backgrounds, making Pennsylvania the most culturally diverse of the thirteen colonies. Through the study of well-documented furniture, fraktur, needlework, paintings, and architecture produced by this mixed multitude, the region's great diversity comes… Leer más

Illustrated throughout in colour

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Winterthur Museum & Gardens, 2011. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback, quarto, a measuring 12" x 9 2/5", a very good tightly bound copy in a well preserved pictorial dust wrapper and with a clean and unmarked text, illustrated throughout, xxv + 277 pp. Because of weight, a request for additional postage might be made if ordered from locations outside the United Kingdom..

University of Pennsylvania Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2011. Hardcover. 0912724692 . Still in shrinkwrap! That's as clean as it gets! Fast shipping, with tracking number provided. ; Winterthur Book; 12.30 X 9.40 X 1.20 inches; 296 pages .

Winterthur: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 2011. Very Good/Very Good. Winterthur: The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 2011. First Edition. Signed by both authors on titlepage. Quarto (31x24x3cm); xxvi + 278pp, including bibliography and index. Richly illustrated throughout with color photographs and historical background documentation. Illustrated dustjacket over golden ochre cloth with title blind-stamped on front panel and gilt spine lettering. Jacket is clean and crisp with very faint wear at spine ends. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. This is the much expanded catalog for the exhibit held at Winterthur from 2 April 2011 to 8 January 2012, featuring showpieces of Pennsylvanian, British ex-pat, and Pennsylvania Dutch furnishings, cradle to coffin.