Tag: Antique

Decorative Antique Ironwork


Free Download Henry R. d’Allemagne, "Decorative Antique Ironwork "
English | ISBN: 0486220826 | 2009 | 420 pages | EPUB | 34 MB
4,500 objects on 415 plates illustrate the remarkable variety of decorative ironwork from Roman times to the first part of the nineteenth century in this inexpensive Dover edition of all the illustrative material from the 1924 French catalogue of the extensive collection in the Le Secq de Tounelles Museum in Rouen. This pictorial documentation by the French scholar and collector Henry RenĂ© d’Allemagne is the most valuable source of information now available for scholars, art historians, crafters, dealers, collectors, and those interested in antique ironwork.

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Antique Marks


Free Download n/a, "Antique Marks"
English | ISBN: 0007205856 | 2006 | pages | EPUB | 21 MB
This is a handy guide to interpreting the marks that are crucial in assessing antiques. It includes the hallmarks on British gold, silver and platinum; the gold and silver of America, Africa and Asia; and marks on Old Sheffield Plate and pewter. A second section includes marks on pottery and porcelain from Britain, Europe and the Far East. Thousands of images support the text.

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Collecting Antique Marbles Identification & Price Guide Ed 3


Paul Baumann, "Collecting Antique Marbles : Identification & Price Guide Ed 3"
English | ISBN: 0873417240 | | 176 pages | EPUB | 13 MB
This revised edition of the standard collector’s guide includes new historical facts, 48 color pages featuring more than 1,200 of the most sought-after marbles, and an expanded pricing section covering more than 100 different subgroups of marbles and 100 types of sulphides. Includes information on reproductions and fakes, history and manufacturing techniques for agate and stone; clay, crockery and china; and German swirls.

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Antique Trader Collectible Cookbooks Price Guide


Patricia "Eddie" Edwards, "Antique Trader Collectible Cookbooks Price Guide"
English | ISBN: 0896896692 | 2008 | 304 pages | EPUB | 11 MB
Whether your collection features a hefty helping of grandmas worn, but cherished cookbooks from years past, or a few recipe-rich treasures of your own, this fact and photo-filled guide will feed any cookbook fascination. This reference, written by the owners of OldCookbooks.com serves up 1,500 American cookbooks and recipe booklets from the 20th century, complete with interesting details and historical notes about each, plus estimated values.

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Type and Archetype in Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Architecture


Jelena Bogdanovic, "Type and Archetype in Late Antique and Byzantine Art and Architecture "
English | ISBN: 9004527206 | 2023 | 316 pages | PDF | 53 MB
This book addresses typology of Late Antique and Byzantine art and architecture in eight wide-ranging contributions from an international group of scholars. A dialogue between type and its ultimate source, archetype, surpasses issues of formalism and conventional chronological narratives to suggest a more nuanced approach to typology as a systematic and systemic classification of types in the visual landscape of the pagans, Jews, and Christians.

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