Becoming America: Highlights from the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection of Folk Art

Demos, John; Fielding, Jonathan

ISBN 10: 0300247567 / ISBN 13: 9780300247565

Published by Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical, 2020

Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0300247567I2N00

Synopsis:

Celebrating two collectors’ passion for Americana and the window it provides into the everyday beauty of the past

Becoming America offers a multifaceted view of one of the foremost collections of 18th- and 19th-century American folk and decorative art from the rural Northeast. Essays by leading specialists discuss the culture of furniture workshops, exuberant painted decoration, techniques of sewing and quilting, and poignant stories about the families depicted in the portraits. The collection itself includes Shaker boxes, a beaded Iroquois hat, embroidered samplers, metalwork, scrimshaw, handwoven rugs, ceramics, and a weather vane. The majority of these works have never before been published. With lively essays and profuse illustrations, this handsome volume brings to life the aesthetic of early Americans living in the countryside and is an essential exploration of the period’s taste and style.

Distributed for The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens

Exhibition Schedule:

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA
(October 22, 2016–ongoing)

About the Author:

James Glisson is interim chief curator of American art at The Huntington. Jonathan Fielding is the former director of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and Distinguished Professor at UCLA. Karin Fielding is a trustee of the American Folk Art Museum in New York.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Becoming America: Highlights from the ...
Publisher: Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical
Publication Date: 2020
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket