Stories in Sterling: Four Centuries of Silver in New York

作者 Margaret K. Hofer著
出版社 D Giles Ltd
出版时间 2012年5月
ISBN 9781904832652
定价 588.00

内容简介

'StoriesinSterling'isthefirstcomprehensivesurveyoftheNewYorkHistoricalSociety'ssuperbcollectionofearlyAmericansilver,oneofthefinestintheUnitedStates.Itfeaturesthefullrangeofsilverworks,frommasterpieceslikethe1772salverbyNewYorkCitysilversmithLewisFueter,tothesimpler,butnolesssignificantteapotmadefortheSchuylerfamilybytheAlbanysilversmithKiliaenVanRensselaerin1695-oneoftheearliestteapotsmadeinNewYork.Sevenchaptersconsidersilverfromarangeofperspectives:itsreflectionofthemultiethniccharacterofcolonialNewYork;theimpactofindustrialisationonitsmanufactureandconsumption;itsroleinhonouringpublicachievementormarkingritesofpassage;and,finally,itsabilitytoexpressitsowners'socialstanding.Withawealthofrelatedobjectsandoriginaldocuments,'StoriesinSterling'isavitalreferencetoolforscholars,collectorsandenthusiastsofAmericansilverandculture.PublishedtoaccompanyanexhibtionattheNewYorkHistoricalSocietyfromMay4toSeptember2,2012.

作者简介

MargaretK.HoferiscuratorofDecorativeArtsattheNew-YorkHistoricalSociety,whereshehasorganisednumerousexhibitions,including'ANewLightonTiffany'(2007),whichsheco-authored.DebraSchmidtBach,associatecuratorattheNewYorkHistoricalSocietyorganisedtheexhibition'TheGratefulDead:NowPlayingattheNewYorkHistoricalSociety',(2010).KennethAmesisprofessorofAmericanDecorativeArtsandMaterialCultureofthe18thand19th-centuriesattheBardGraduateCenter,NewYork.Hispublicationsinclude'BeyondNecessity:ArtintheFolkTradition';'DeathintheDiningRoomandOtherTalesofVictorianCulture'(1995).DavidBarquistiscuratorofAmericanDecorativeArtsatPhiladelphiaMuseumofArt,andascholaroncolonialNewYorksilver.Heistheauthorof'MyerMyersJewishSilversmithinColonialNewYork'(2001).

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