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American Weathervanes
Author | : Robert Shaw |
Publsiher | : Rizzoli Publications |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2021-03-02 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9780847863907 |
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American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds, published to coincide with an exhibition at the American Folk Art Museum, reveals the beauty, historical significance, and technical virtuosity of American vanes fashioned between the late seventeenth and early twentieth centuries. This American art form has long been an enduring part of the country's skylines. Early church steeples were graced with weathercocks, following a European tradition that dates to the MiddleAges. America's first documented vane maker, metalsmith Shem Drowne of Boston, crafted a number of surviving vanes, including the iconic golden grasshopper that has topped the city's Faneuil Hall since 1742. Farmers, blacksmiths, and other craftsmen proudly fashioned roosters, cows, horses, and other forms for country barns, and as the tradition and public demand expanded over the course of the nineteenth century, so did the diversity of forms, which grew to fill the mail order catalogs of commercial manufacturers in Boston, New York, and other cities. Today, weathervanes hold a well-established place in the canon of American folk art and American Weathervanes celebrates this artistry in the most up-to-date and authoritative work on the subject. Lavishly illustrated with masterworks from prominent private and public collections, this is a book to be treasured by anyone who collects or simply admires American vernacular art and sculpture.
American Antique Weather Vanes
Author | : A.B. & W.T. Westervelt |
Publsiher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 114 |
Release | : 1982-01-01 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9780486243962 |
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Westervelt's extensively illustrated 1883 catalog, illustrating over 550 copper weathervanes and finials, is herein reprinted. An extraordinarily wide range of styles and motifs. Publisher's Note.
A Gallery of American Weathervanes and Whirligigs
Author | : Robert Bishop |
Publsiher | : Random House Value Publishing |
Total Pages | : 138 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : IND:39000005498469 |
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American Folk Art in Wood Metal and Stone
Author | : Jean Lipman |
Publsiher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 200 |
Release | : 1972-01-01 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 0486228169 |
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The carved and painted figures collected in this exceptional book are excellent examples of a wide-spread American folk art tradition that flourished from the middle of the 18th to the end of the 19th-century. 183 photographic illustrations, 4 reproduced in full-color on the covers. List of illustrations. Extensive bibliography.
Carving Early American Weathervanes
Author | : Anthony Hillman |
Publsiher | : Dover Publications |
Total Pages | : 68 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 048625223X |
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Weathervanes of New England
Author | : Glenn A. Knoblock,David W. Wemmer |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 2018-01-30 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781476664569 |
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First used to gauge New England's ever-changing weather, now viewed as American folk art, historic weathervanes have been a part of the region's skyline for more than three centuries. Focusing on examples that can still be seen in public, this comprehensive study of the development of the weathervane describes changes in form and function from colonial times to the present, and also documents the histories of weathervane makers throughout New England.
J W Fiske 1893 Copper Weather Vanes Bannerets Lightning Rods Stable Fixtures
Author | : J. W. Fiske,J. W. Fiske Iron Works |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 160 |
Release | : 1971 |
Genre | : Weather vanes |
ISBN | : IND:39000005900241 |
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Whirligigs Weathervanes
Author | : David Schoonmaker,Bruce Woods |
Publsiher | : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 134 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 0806983655 |
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Patterns and instructions for making over twenty wooden wind gadgets including whirligigs and weathervanes.