Evaluating Your Collection: The 14 Points of Connoisseurship - Couverture souple

Lanmon, Dwight

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0912724501 ISBN 13 : 9780912724508

Editeur : Winterthur Museum & Gardens,U.S., 1999

Synopsis

Evaluating Your Collection A book on connoisseurship launches the new Winterthur Decorative Arts Series. Utilizing the unparalleled resources of the Winterthur collection and staff, these books will provide a unique forum of "how-to" advice for novices and experts alike. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

What do Honus Wagner baseball cards, Queen Anne side chairs, and 19th-century ceramic lions have in common? At first glance, very little. Yet Evaluating Your Collection sets out to discuss this wide range of things that people collect, in order to guide them to a greater level of knowledge. Is an object really worth the price? How does one know what to look for? Can one recognize fakes and invisible repairs? What about color, finish, and form? In 1961, Charles F. Montgomery, Winterthur's first director, articulated a system for educating the eye and appraising the quality of an object. His fourteen points of connoisseurship, along with additions by Winterthur curators, conservators, and educators, form an unbeatable system. Understanding them, and how they interrelate, equips readers with a basic expertise necessary to operate in the world of antiques. Compact, reader-friendly, and illustrated in full color with objects largely from Winterthur's outstanding collection, this and future series volumes provide invaluable advice. Armed with tips from the experts, your trips to estate auctions, flea markets, or your grandmother's attic will never be the same.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Winterthur Museum & Gardens,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0912724501
• ISBN 13: 9780912724508
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 123