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Artistry and innovation in Pittsburgh glass, 1808-1882 : from Bakewell & Ensell to Bakewell, Pears & Co. / Arlene Palmer.
Fine Arts Library NK5101.P58 F75 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Palmer, Arlene M., 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bakewell, Benjamin, 1767-1844.
- Bakewell, Pears & Co--Exhibitions.
- Bakewell, Pears & Co.
- Bakewell, Benjamin, 1767-1844--Exhibitions.
- Bakewell, Benjamin.
- Glassware--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Exhibitions.
- Glassware.
- Glassware--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--History--19th century--Exhibitions.
- Glass artists--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh--Exhibitions.
- Glass artists.
- History.
- Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
- Genre:
- Exhibition catalogs.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 206 pages : illustrations, genealogical table ; 32 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Pittsburgh, PA : Frick Art & Historical Center : Distributed by University of Pittsburgh Press, [2004]
- Summary:
- Catalog accompanying an exhibition at the Frick Art and Historical Center, 1/22/05-3/24/05. Emphasis is on table and decorative glass from PittsburghUs thriving nineteenth-century glass industry, for both common and well-to-do homes. Mostly work of Bakewell.
- Contents:
- Chronology of the factory partnerships
- Benjamin Bakewell : life before glass
- Pittsburgh and glass
- Glassmaking begins : 1808-1814
- Hard times : 1815-1823
- "Novel, curious and elegant" glass : 1824-1853
- "Up with the times" : 1854-1882
- Conclusions : the enterprising spirit
- Catalogue of the exhibition
- App. 1. Lafayette and Jackson Medallions
- App. 2. Bakewell genealogy.
- Notes:
- "Published in conjunction with the exhibition Artistry and innovation in Pittsburgh glass, 1808-1882: from Bakewell & Ensell to Bakewell, Pears & Co. presented at the Frick Art & Historical Center, January 22, 2005-March 26, 2005"--Title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 197) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Adam H. Fetterolf Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0822942526
- 9780822942528
- 0822958686
- 9780822958680
- OCLC:
- 57710387
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