An American sampler : folk art from the Shelburne Museum.

An American sampler : folk art from the Shelburne Museum.

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Shelburne Museum, National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington : National Gallery of Art, ©1987.
Subjects:
Shelburne Museum > Exhibitions.
Shelburne Museum > Expositions.
Shelburne Museum.
Folk art > United States > Exhibitions.
Folk art.
United States.
Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
Online Access:http://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/an-american-sampler-shelburne-museum.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / J. Carter Brown
  • A "simple" vision / Benjamin L. Mason
  • Rose-colored glasses: looking for "good design" in American folk art / David Park Curry
  • Flowers from the needle / Jane C. Nylander
  • Catalogue introductions / Celia Oliver and Robert Shaw
  • Trade signs
  • Carvings
  • Decoys
  • Scrimshaw
  • Trade figures
  • Carousel animals
  • Weather vanes & whirligigs
  • Quilts & counterpanes, bed rugs & coverlets
  • Rugs
  • Time line / David Park Curry
  • Conservation notes / Richard L. Kerschner & Valerie Reich.

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