In 1920, Ima Hogg began an extensive collection of art and antiques that would chronicle America's tastes, styles and customs from colonial times to the Victorian era. Miss Hogg continued to acquire works for her Houston home, Bayou Bend, until her death in 1975. This book documents the collection, which is now owned and operated by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, recording over 1100 examples of furniture, paintings and decorative arts, including many key pieces acquired since Miss Hogg's death. The furniture collection ...
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In 1920, Ima Hogg began an extensive collection of art and antiques that would chronicle America's tastes, styles and customs from colonial times to the Victorian era. Miss Hogg continued to acquire works for her Houston home, Bayou Bend, until her death in 1975. This book documents the collection, which is now owned and operated by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, recording over 1100 examples of furniture, paintings and decorative arts, including many key pieces acquired since Miss Hogg's death. The furniture collection features important high-style examples from America's principal urban centres. Paintings by such artists as John Smibert, John Singleton Copley, Charles Willson Peale and Gilbert Stuart are also included.
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New in New dust jacket. 0691059624. 468 pages. With b/w & coloured frontispiece, plates & illustrations. Slight shelfwear.; Book; Folio; In 1920, Ima Hogg began an extensive collection of art and antiques that would chronicle America's tastes, styles, and customs from colonial times to the Victorian era. The daughter of a Texas governor, Miss Hogg continued to acquire works for her magnificent Houston home, Bayou Bend, until her death in 1975 at the age of ninety-three. Today Bayou Bend is owned and operated by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and is regarded as one of the country's foremost collections of Americana. This handsome and richly illustrated book documents this extraordinary collection in its entirety for the first time. The volume records over 1, 100 superb examples of furniture, paintings, and decorative arts, including many key pieces that have been acquired since Miss Hogg's death. The extensive furniture collection features important high-style examples from America's principal urban centers. Paintings by such prominent artists as John Smibert, John Singleton Copley, Charles Willson Peale, and Gilbert Stuart are included, many of which are reproduced here in color for the first time. Exceptional examples of metalwork, including notable pieces by Paul Revere and the celebrated firm of Tiffany & Co., are joined by an extraordinary selection of prints, drawings, textiles, glass, and ceramics. Reflecting more than ten years of research, documentation, and technical examination of the collection by prominent curators and conservators, this beautiful volume will be of great interest to the general public and collectors as well as to students and scholars. Card catalog descriptionIn 1920, Ima Hogg began an extensive collection of art and antiques that would chronicle America's tastes, styles, and customs from colonial times to the Victorian era. The daughter of a Texas governor, Miss Hogg continued to acquire works for her magnificent Houston home, Bayou Bend, until her death in 1975 at the age of ninety-three. Today Bayou Bend is owned and operated by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and is regarded as one of the country's foremost collections of Americana. This handsome and richly illustrated book documents this extraordinary collection in its entirety for the first time. Paintings by such prominent artists as John Smibert, John Singleton Copley, Charles Willson Peale, and Gilbert Stuart are included, many of which are reproduced here in color for the first time. Exceptional examples of metalwork, including notable pieces by Paul Revere and the celebrated firm of Tiffany & Co., are joined by an extraordinary selection of prints, drawings, textiles, glass, and ceramics. This volume will be of great interest to the general public and collectors as well as to students and scholars.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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Very Good+ in Very Good jacket. 468pp, quarto; boards clean, binding tight, interior clean throughout, Very Good+; dj covers lightly worn but clean, light chip top spine yet no major tears, Very Good.
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VG/VG. Slate-gray cloth, maroon & illus dust jacket, 468 pp., 700 BW illus, 70 color plates, weighs 6 lbs. "In 1920, Ima Hogg began an extensive collection of art and antiques that would chronicle America's tastes, styles, and customs from colonial times to the Victorian era. The daughter of a Texas governor, Miss Hogg continued to acquire works for her magnificent Houston home, Bayou Bend, until her death in 1975 at the age of ninety-three. Today Bayou Bend is owned and operated by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and is regarded as one of the country's foremost collections of Americana. This handsome and richly illustrated book documents this extraordinary collection in its entirety for the first time." (dj).
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Very Good. Size: 12x9x1; Princeton University Press (Museum of Fine Arts); Princeton (Houston), 1998. Hardcover. Book is heavy and additional shipping cost may apply. A Very Good, grey cloth binding with silver lettering on spine, binding sturdy and intact, bit of rubbing to board and spine edges, some crimping to spine edges, slightly bumped board corners, small rub mark bottom text block corner, bit of sunning to page margins, previous owner gift inscription half title page else unmarked, some handling/scuff marks to title page, in a Very Good, some handling/rub marks to panels, bit of edge/corner wear, some sunning to panel/flap margins and verso, 1-inch tear bottom front panel near spine, small tear and crease bottom rear panel corner, Dust wrapper. A nice, clean and unmarked copy. 4to[quarto or approx. 9.5 x 12 inches], 468pp., bibliography, indexed, color and b&w illustrations. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.
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Very Good. Size: 10x8x0; Hardcover and dust jacket. Shelf wear. Tears to jacket. Title page scuffed. This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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Good in Good jacket. Cloth, Large quarto, 470 pages, 75 color plates, 700 halftones. Jacket is lightly shelf worn and has price sticker from previous seller on back cover, not affecting legibility of text but covering barcode. Cover boards are in great condition. Spine is cracked, but binding is secure. Inside is clean and unmarked.