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Decorative Arts

American Silver in the Art Institute of Chicago

McGoey Elizabeth, Barquist David L., Barter Judith A., Harvey Medill Higgins, Kane Patricia E., Wagner Ann, Ward Gerald W. R., Waters Deborah Dependahl, Wees Beth Carver, Bach Deborah Schmidt

ISBN: HB: 9780300222364, Yale University Press, A+D Series, February 2017
224 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 151 black&white illus., 196 colour illus.

The history of American silver offers invaluable insights into the economic and cultural history of the nation itself. Published here for the first time, the Art Institute of Chicago's superb collection embodies innovation and beauty from the colonia...

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Decorative Arts

Journeys from Xanadu Asian Jewelry and Ritual Objects from the Barbara and David Kipper Collection

Ghose Madhuvanti, Casey Jane, Richter Anne, Krishnan Usha Bala, Qianbin Li, Zagitova Maria

ISBN: HB: 9780300214840, Yale University Press, A+D Series, July 2016
272 pp., 30.5x24.1 cm, 300 colour illus.

This book commemorates the remarkable gift of over 400 works from the collection of Barbara and David Kipper to the Art Institute of Chicago. These outstanding pieces of jewelry and ritual objects from across Asia offer a material record of vanishing...

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Decorative Arts

For Kith and Kin Folk Art at the Art Institute of Chicago

Barter Judith A., Obniski Monica

ISBN: HB: 9780300179729, Yale University Press, A+D Series, June 2012
112 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 90 colour images, 12 black&white illus.

The Art Institute of Chicago is home to one of the world's finest – and largest – collections of American folk art. "For Kith and Kin" provides an introduction to that collection through more than sixty of its most outstanding objects. Selected by pr...

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Apostles of Beauty Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago

Barter Judith A., Kelly Sarah E., Ruud Brandon K., Obniski Monica

ISBN: HB: 9780300141139, Yale University Press, A+D Series, October 2009
208 pp., 27.3x22.9 cm, 220 colour illus.

The Arts and Crafts movement in architecture, interior design, and decorative arts reached its peak between 1880 and 1910 in Britain and North America. The movement's emphasis on aesthetic quality and a high level of craftsmanship, promoted as an ant...

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Interior Design

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European Tapestries in the Art Institute of Chicago

Brosens Koenraad, Bertrand Pascal-Francois, Bremer-David Charissa, Cleland Elizabeth, Delmarcel Guy, Forti Grazzini Nello, Mayer Thurman Christa C.

ISBN: HB: 9780300119602, Yale University Press, A+D Series, September 2008
450 pp., 30.5x24.8 cm, 200 colour images, 200 black&white illus.

This lavishly illustrated book presents a rich variety of European tapestries from the Art Institute of Chicago. These exquisite tapestries include medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque examples, manufactured at almost all the major centres of productio...

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