Craft in America: Celebrating Two Centuries of Artists and Objects
- ISBN-10
- 0307346471
- ISBN-13
- 9780307346476
- Category
- Decorative arts
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Potter Style
- Authors
- Steve Fenton, Jo Lauria
Description
Highlighted by two hundred full-color photographs, a celebration of American crafts and decorative arts and the artists who create them showcases masterpieces of furniture, wood, ceramics, glass, fiber, jewelry, metal, and basketry from the past two centuries, along with a look at how craft has shaped American history, arts, vitality, and identity. 25,000 first printing.
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Other editions
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- 1993
- 215 pages
- Paperback
- Summit Publishing Group
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