Start with a house, finish with a collection / Leslie Anne Miller with Alexandra Kirtley ; photography by Gavin Ashworth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Leslie Anne., Author.

Kirtley, Alexandra Alevizatos., Author.

Contributor:

Ashworth, Gavin., Photographer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miller, Leslie Anne--Art Collections.

Miller, Leslie Anne.

Worley, Richard--Art Collections.

Worley, Richard.

Art, American--Private collections--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Art, American.

Interior decoration--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Interior decoration.

Collectors and collecting--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Collectors and collecting.

Art in interior decoration.

United States--Antiquities--Private collections--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

United States.

Physical Description:

271 p. : col. ill. ; 28 x 30 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Scala Arts Publishers, 2014.

Summary:

"This book is the story of how a couple's use of American art and antiques evolved from furnishing a house into a full-blown passion for collecting. Featuring exquisite examples of Hollingsworth and Morris family furniture, Weber boxes, Pennsylvania clocks and Kirk-Stieff silver, as well as American paintings by the Peale family, Edward Hicks, Edward Redfield and Horace Pippin, this museum-calibre collection reveals a pride in the early American sensibility. The combination of text and extraordinary photographs traces this remarkable journey and demonstrates that life can be more than comfortable living among these collections. The compendium catalogues the diversified and important collection, making this a valuable scholarly reference as well as a reading pleasure"--publisher.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Baird Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9781857599190 (hbk.)

1857599195 (hbk.)

OCLC:

880198109