Figurative Cast Iron: A Collector's Guide
- ISBN-10
- 088740622X
- ISBN-13
- 9780887406225
- Category
- Antiques & Collectibles
- Pages
- 176
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Schiffer Pub Limited
- Author
- Douglas Congdon-Martin
Description
From the bronze age to the present, molten metal has been poured into molds to create an infinite variety of forms and to serve a variety of functions. This marriage of form and function is what has made figurative cast iron so popular among collectors. This beautiful new book will give the reader insight into the creativity of the designers of cast iron which allowed the mundane objects of life to become interesting works of art and fancy. From doorstops to doorknockers, still banks to lawn sprinklers, bottle openers to bookends, their functionally was hidden in the forms of animals, flowers, buildings, people, and more. Figurative Cast Iron: A Collector's Guide documents this practical art with over 900 beautiful full-color photographs. A price guide will help make this book useful as well as pleasurable.
Get the book
Similar books
-
A Comprehensive Guide to Outdoor Sculpture in Texas
By Carol Morris LittleOn file at the Amarillo office of the Department of the Interior Bureau of Mines . Hendricks , Patricia D. , and Becky Duval Reese . A Century of Sculpture in Texas , 1889–1989 . Austin : Archer M. Huntington ...
-
Heinemann English Dictionary
By Martin ManserWord Family Lenten adjective . lemur ( lee - ma ) noun The word Lent is etymologically a small nocturnal tree - dwelling mammal connected with length . The Saxons with a long furry tail , found in the forests called March lencten monath ...
-
British Sculptors of the Twentieth Century
By Alan WindsorHis non-figurative works are cast in bronze, aluminium or iron, and he has often used blocks of polystyrene packaging or other slab materials as the basis for the construction of groups of forms bolted together. Ccesura IV (1995, cast ...
-
Glass and Glass Production in the Near East during the Iron Age: Evidence from objects, texts and chemical analysis
By Katharina SchmidtA note on three glass plaques from Hasanlu, Iraq 63: 99–106. de Schauensee, M. (ed.) 2011. Peoples and crafts in period IVB at Hasanlu, Iran. Hasanlu Special Studies, 4. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania, ...
-
Cultures of Silence: The Power of Untold Narratives
By Luísa SantosThese catalogues showcased the entire inventory of the models for cast-iron figurative torchères and other decorative garden and fountain sculptures in the shape of allegoric figures from the ancient Greek and Egyptian history and ...
-
Warman's Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide
By Ellen Tischbein SchroyAntiques and collectibles price guide; Warman's antiques & collectibles price guide.
-
The World Book Dictionary
His parade and riposte were as quick etym . under paradise ) + English -al ' ) -par'aldi heavy or lubricating oils ) ... 2 having the habit of using paraparla digm ( par'a dim , -dim ) , n . 1 a pattern ; ex doxes : He was an external ...
-
Warman's Antiques and Collectibles Price Guide
By Ellen T. SchroyThe 2001 edition features a new category of American paintings along with special emphasis on English and Continental furniture. 600 photos. (Antiques/Collectibles)
-
English Alive! Book 3 Nelson Thornes Caribbean English
By Alan EthertonLloyd passed me the dog's old leather lead and I tied it around the handles of the rear doors of the ambulance so that the ... In 8.1 , tightening security systems was intended to be a A. warning B. threat C. danger D. precaution 2.
-
Dublin: The City Within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road with the Phoenix Park
By Christine CaseyCastleknock Lodge is considerably more controlled than Owen's Italianate design and is close in character to Burton's documented lodges . It is a blocky building of tooled limestone with granite dressings , a deep porch and tiny granite ...