The Index of American Design

NY: Macmillan Co., 1950. Hardcover. Beige cloth. xviii, 229 pp. 117 color, 261 bw plates. VG/VG- edges of d.j. worn with some small tears. Item #10785

This volume examines everything-from ship's figure-heads, inn signs, glassware and pottery, to Conestoga wagons, decorative iron-work, and patchwork quilts-on which our ancestors lavished their creative skill. Lavishly illustrated with paintings, done in a special watercolor process, from the Index of American Design in the National Gallery of Art. Includes introduction by Holger Cahill, 19 chapters, a list of illustrations, subject list, bibliography, and index.

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