Author: Heckscher, Morrison H.; and Bowman, Leslie Greene
Title: American Rococo, 1750-1775: Elegance in Ornament
Description: NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Los Angeles Museum of Art; Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (1992). (1992). NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Los Angeles Museum of Art; Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (1992). (1992). Very good. - Quarto, blue cloth titled in gilt on spine; in a color pictorial dust wrapper. xv, [i] & 288 pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white and color. Near fine.

"American Rococo..is the first book to examine the American manifestation of the European style. The authors pursue the rococo presence in aspects of domestic production that begins with firearms and textiles and end with porcelain. In the book's major chapters, they discuss the influence of the rococo on architectural ornament; on all manner of engravings from book-plates to clock dials; on a multitude of objects of silver; on the principal furniture forms; and on works of cast iron, glass, and ceramics.." -- From the dw blurb. Very good .

Keywords: ANTIQUES; COLLECTIBLES; AMERICAN ROCOCO; FIREARMS; TEXTILES; PROCELAIN; ARCHITECTURE; ORNAMENT; ENGRAVINGS; CLOCK DIALS; FURNITURE; SILVER; CAST IRON; GLASS; CERAMICS; DECORATIVE ARTS.

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