Accumulation & Display: Mass Marketing Household Goods in America, 1880-1920
Winterthur, DE: Winterthur Museum, 1986. Softbound. Black and grey printed covers, 156 pp., BW illustrations throughout. VG. Item #123722
ISBN: 9780912724164
Issued in conjunction with a 1986 exhibition based largely on the trade catalogue collections of Winterthur Museum. With essats about trade catalogues by E. Richard McKinistry and Kenneth L. Ames. The annotated catalogue lists 207 items (both printed catalogues and non-catalogues), and some items are pictured here. Includes sections for surfaces, systems, kitchen goods, furniture (chairs, parlor furniture, case furniture, beds and bedding, musical instruments), ceramics and glass, art, and silver and silverplate, incl. souvenir spoons. Has a selected bibliography and an index of makers, manufacturers and retailers. A valuable reference on American domestic interiors and design.
OCLC: 14816209
Price: $20.00