American Limoges

This book has 700+ color photos of dinnerware from the American Limoges China Co., over 80 known backstamps, and dozens of catalog pages and other memorabilia. Shapes, decorations, and patterns are detailed. 1996 values.

Over 400 beautiful, full color photographs show stunning examples of hand-painted jardinires, punch bowls, spittoons, dinnerware, cups and saucers, cake plates, and more including a special section on highly collectible Limoges boxes. In addition, this is the first book to provide names and biographical information of individual, female, American china painters and highlights their accomplishments and contributions to the art of painting on porcelain. The comprehensive marks section makes this book an invaluable reference and resource guide. Values for every item are included in the captions.

Covers the history of Limoges porcelain, Limoges blanks, the difference between Limoges and American Limoges, Limoges jewelry, marks, and how to recognize reproductions. Also demonstrates how to use elegant Limoges pieces in an entryway, living room, dining room, kitchen, bedroom, bath, and porch or patio. Current values provided. Informative as well as inspirational!

One of the most significant contributions of original scholarship on French ceramics in a generation, this study of first-production Haviland design and dcor combines a carefully researched text with 450 illustrations, including full-color photographs of previously unidentifiable porcelains, as well as many unpublished documents from archives in France and America. This beautiful volume is an indispensable reference. Readers will find their views of nineteenth-century European porcelains enhanced and transformed.

Here is the first comprehensive survey of modern craft in the United States. Makers follows the development of studio craft--objects in fiber, clay, glass, wood, and metal--from its roots in nineteenth-century reform movements to the rich diversity of expression at the end of the twentieth century. More than four hundred illustrations complement this chronological exploration of the American craft tradition. Keeping as their main focus the objects and the makers, Janet Koplos and Bruce Metcalf offer a detailed analysis of seminal works and discussions of education, institutional support, and the philosophical underpinnings of craft. In a vivid and accessible narrative, they highlight the value of physical skill, examine craft as a force for moral reform, and consider the role of craft as an aesthetic alternative. Exploring craft's relationship to fine arts and design, Koplos and Metcalf foster a critical understanding of the field and help explain craft's place in contemporary culture. Makers will be an indispensable volume for craftspeople, curators, collectors, critics, historians, students, and anyone who is interested in American craft.