In the nineteenth century, it became fashionable for aristocratic and upper-class homeowners in Europe to commission watercolor paintings of their domestic interiors and to collect them in albums. House Proud: Nineteenth-century Watercolor Interiors from the Thaw Collection commemorates the recent gift of 85 nineteenth-century watercolor interior drawings--the largest collection of its kind in America--to Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum by Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw. Essays analyzing these beautiful, exquisitely ...
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In the nineteenth century, it became fashionable for aristocratic and upper-class homeowners in Europe to commission watercolor paintings of their domestic interiors and to collect them in albums. House Proud: Nineteenth-century Watercolor Interiors from the Thaw Collection commemorates the recent gift of 85 nineteenth-century watercolor interior drawings--the largest collection of its kind in America--to Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum by Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw. Essays analyzing these beautiful, exquisitely detailed watercolors and their significance to the Museum's collection, accompanied by the watercolors and related objects from the permanent collection, document the evolution of the domestic interior in the nineteenth century, revealing the impact of economic, social, and political developments on the concept of the home.
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Fine in Near Fine jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. Profusely illustrated in color. With a bibliography and index. 160 pages. 4to. Hardcover, bound in brown cloth. In a dust jacket. Fine/Near Fine.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ships promptly with care via USPS! No markings or highlights. Clean, crisp, bright pages. Jacket and hardcover have very slight wear. Tight binding. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 160 p. Contains: Figures. Audience: General/trade.
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Book. Quarto; First edition; VG/G+; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, purple with black print; DJ has light edgewear, small tear at top of spine, else clean and bright; Boards in brown cloth with white print, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; "Published on the occasion of the exhibition...August 12, 2008-January 25, 2009"; 160 pages, illustrated (color). [Shelf: Art Collections] [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates.]. 1332379. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Fine in near fine jacket. Illustrated with color images throughout. 160 pages. Thin 4to, brown cloth, d.w. New York: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, (2008). A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper with just a touch of sunning to head.
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VG+/VG (light wear to cloth boards. very tightly bound; likely unread. dustjacket has light edge-wear, small divet to cover flap) Brown cloth boards w/ white printing. 160 pgs w/ color illustrations. pictorial dustjacket w/ white printing. A nice, bright and sharp copy. "In the nineteenth century, it became highly fashionable for aristocratic and upper-class homeowners in Europe to commission watercolor paintings of their domestic interiors and to collect them in albums to be passed on to children, given as gifts to visiting royalty, and displayed in drawing rooms. House Proud commemorates the recent gift of a group of eighty-five nineteenth-century watercolor interior drawings--the largest collection of its kind in America--to Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum by Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw. Essays analyzing these beautiful, exquisitely detailed watercolors and their significance to the Museum's collection, accompanied by the watercolors and related objects from the permanent collection, document the evolution of the domestic interior in the nineteenth century, revealing the impact of economic, social, and political developments on the concept of the home."--Worldcat.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book. 4to-over 9æ-12" tall. Large format hardcover in publisher's dust-jacket. 160 pages. Selected Artist Biographies; Selected Bibliography; Selected Index. Profusely illustrated in color. First edition. A commemorative volume celebrating the "gift of eighty-five nineteenth-century watercolor interior drawings---the largest collection of its kind in America---to Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum." A magnificent textural and pictorial documentation of interior design among societies elite of the nineteenth-century. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. Fine in a fine dust-jacket. A large volume, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible.
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