Metropolitan Museum of Art - Furniture Silver Glass Art Etc. / Illustrated Book

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THE AMERICAN WING – THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
by Marshall Davidson and Elizabeth Stillinger, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 1985.
A typical museum text, the color photography is brilliant, the captions are in-depth, and the narrative is concisely rich. This comprehensive book covers by chapter: Period Rooms (The Early Colonial Period 1630-1730; The Late Colonial Period 1730-90; The Federal Period 1790-1820; The Pre-Civil War Period; the Post Civil War Period); Furniture; Silver; Pewter; Ceramics; Glass; Paintings, Prints, Drawings and Watercolors, and Sculpture. “The American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum is the home of America’s most important and wide-ranging collection of the painting, sculpture, and decorative arts that have flourished in this country since our earliest days. Now for the first time the treasures of the collection are presented in a book that encompasses and celebrates the richness of our visual heritage.”
Oversize 9.2” x 12.3” hardback with dust cover in very good condition. 352 pages.
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