The Gilded Edge : The Art of the Frame
Wilner, Eli
ISBN 10: 081182070X ISBN 13: 9780811820707
Published by Chronicle Books LLC, 2000
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Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 4939658-6
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This volume validates the status of American antique frames and their place in art history. Wilner (proprietor of a company that specializes in period frames) includes essays by art scholars, museum curators, private collectors, and art world luminaries who discuss every relevant topic from frame history and construction to the aesthetic criteria of matching frame to picture. Extensively illustrated with color and b&w photographs that showcase frames in relation to the paintings they border and as works of art themselves. Oversize: 10x12<">. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Synopsis: This volume validates the status of American antique frames and their place in art history. Wilner (proprietor of a company that specializes in period frames) includes essays by art scholars, museum curators, private collectors, and art world luminaries who discuss every relevant topic from frame history and construction to the aesthetic criteria o
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Title: The Gilded Edge : The Art of the Frame
Publisher: Chronicle Books LLC
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
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The Gilded Edge: The Art of the Frame
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ISBN 10: 081182070X
ISBN 13: 9780811820707
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The Gilded Edge: The Art of the Frame
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Chronicle Books, San Francisco, CA, 2000
ISBN 10: 081182070X
ISBN 13: 9780811820707
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Hardcover. Condition: VG/VG. Greyish-green cloth, black and color illus. DJ. 203 pp. 151 color & bw plates; weighs almost 4 lbs. "The first book to offer an in-depth look at the exquisite antique frames made in America over the last two centuries. Comprising diverse essays by art world luminaries, museum curators, private collectors, and independent scholars, this richly illustrated volume covers topics ranging from frame history and fabrication to the skill of expertly matching frames to artwork. . Presents a plethora of sumptuous photographs that showcase frmaes in relation to the paintings they border -- and as works of art themselves." (dj) Contents as follows: American antique frames : rediscovering a lost art / Eli Wilner -- On the framing of pictures / Annette Blaugrund -- How the edge became a center : the rise of interest in American frames / Lisa Koenigsberg -- American frame references from the late nineteenth century : a scattering of attitudes / William H. Gerdts -- On verso : observations on the back of the frame / Kevin Flaherty -- On the edge of change : artist-designed frames from Whistler to Marin / Suzanne Smeaton -- Within gilded borders : the frames of Stanford White / Nina Gray. From parlors to pueblos : frames for the American West, 1855-1925 / Sally Mills -- What's in a frame? / David Park Curry -- American frames in the Metropolitan Museum of Art : choices and changes / Carrie Rebora Barratt -- Marriages, divorces, and reconciliations : challenges in framing a museum collection / Nancy Rivard Shaw. Seller Inventory # 146937
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. First printing. Fine in a fine dust wrapper. This volume validates the status of American antique frames and their place in art history. Wilner includes essays by art scholars, museum curators, private collectors, and art world luminaries who discuss every relevant topic from frame history and construction to the aesthetic criteria of matching frame to picture. Extensively illustrated with color and b&w photographs. Seller Inventory # 24-6 rbb art american b/w
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ISBN 10: 081182070X
ISBN 13: 9780811820707
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Second Printing. hardcover in dust jacket in heavy folded mylar protector., no flaws - clean, unmarked, tightly bound.; 203pp., over 150 illustrations in color, b/w., handsome, well illustrated book on the history of picture frames in the united states. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Seller Inventory # 23875
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THE GILDED EDGE - The Art of the Frame
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ISBN 10: 081182070X
ISBN 13: 9780811820707
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. ] Hardback, squarish quarto, appx 10 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches, 203 pages, Very Near Fine in VG+ to Near Fine dj (dj now in protective mylar). Book itself nearly flawless, no names, no writing, tiny lower corner crease to each of the last two pages. DJ clean, no tears, about no external signs of wear at all, front interior dj flap has an appx 2 1/2 inch long squiggly surface anomaly (not quite a scratch). Decorative endpapers, great deal of color throughout. At the rear: Glossary (illustrated with b&w line drawings) & Bibliography. RWR5 Art Prints Framing Ornament Gilding. Seller Inventory # 06570