Treen For the Table: Wooden Objects Related to Eating and Drinking /anglais - Couverture rigide

Levi, Jonathan

 
9781851492848: Treen For the Table: Wooden Objects Related to Eating and Drinking /anglais
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1851492844 ISBN 13 : 9781851492848
Editeur : ACC Art Books, 2013

Synopsis

Concentrating on pieces of treen related to eating and drinking, this book celebrates the range and richness of the turner's art from 1600 to 1900. It covers a wide range of objects for everyday use - goblets to nutcrackers, platters to lemon squeezers, and wassail bowls to egg cups. The book discusses the work of the 'jobbing' village turner or 'bodger' the skilled craftsman's workshop and the grand Court turner producing complex rose engine turning. It illustrates pieces only to be found in museums and examples you can find today in local antiques markets or fairs. Information is given on where treen may be seen and found and there is practical advice on pitfalls for the collector, dating and cleaning, as well as a chapter dealing with surfaces and patina and one asking for reader's help in identifying the purpose of some curious objects.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Concentrating on pieces of treen related to eating and drinking, this book celebrates the range and richness of the turner's art from 1600 to 1900. It covers a wide range of objects for everyday use - goblets to nutcrackers, platters to lemon squeezers, and wassail bowls to egg cups. The book discusses the work of the 'jobbing' village turner or 'bodger' the skilled craftsman's workshop and the grand Court turner producing complex rose engine turning. It illustrates pieces only to be found in museums and examples you can find today in local antiques markets or fairs. Information is given on where treen may be seen and found and there is practical advice on pitfalls for the collector, dating and cleaning, as well as a chapter dealing with surfaces and patina and one asking for reader's help in identifying the purpose of some curious objects.

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Éditeur
ACC Art Books
Date d'édition
2013
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1851492844
ISBN 13 
9781851492848
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
214
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible