Sotheby's Concise Encyclopedia of Glass
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Book Overview
This pictorial history of glassware from pre-Roman times to the present day, written by experts and including essays on specialized fields such as Islamic, Venetian and Chinese glass, Tiffany, and Art... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1850296545
ISBN13:9781850296546
Release Date:January 1994
Publisher:Conrad Octopus
Length:208 Pages
Weight:2.30 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 9.5" x 10.8"
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Learn the ins and outs of glass
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This book is exactly want the title implies. This is a concise encyclopedia of glass. Well laid out in 10 sections with an intriguing forward and an informative introduction. There is a select bibliography a section on care and conservation among other interesting finds. Color plates abound with concise descriptions. If you only obtain one book on the diversity of glass, this should be the one. Contents: Pre-Roman glass Roman Glass Islamic Glass Medieval Glass The renaissance Period The Eighteenth Century Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau Twentieth-Century Developments Fakes and Forgeries
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