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English, Irish, & Scottish silver at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

Authors:Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Beth Carver Wees

Summary:The Clark Art Institute holds one of the finest and largest collections of English silver outside of England, including many masterpieces of the silversmith's art. The collection was begun in the 1910s by Robert Sterling Clark, one of the heirs to the Singer sewing-machine fortune, who bought both luxury items by prominent makers and domestic wares, many of which had been owned by the most celebrated patrons of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. All eventually formed part of the gift establishing the Institute forty years later. The collection has continued to grow, guided by Clark's preferences

Print Book, English, ©1997

Edition:1st ed View all formats and editions

Publisher: Hudson Hills Press, New York, ©1997

Genre:Catalogs

Physical Description:595 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

ISBN:

9781555951177, 1555951171

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:36847716

Subjects:

Geschichte 1500-1950

Massachusetts Williamstown

Orfèvrerie (Objets) Grande-Bretagne Catalogues

Orfèvrerie (Objets) Massachusetts Williamstown Catalogues

Silverwork Great Britain Catalogs

Silverwork Massachusetts Williamstown Catalogs

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Catalogs

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute Catalogues

Zilversmeedkunst

Contents:

Foreword / by Michael Conforti

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Approaches to silver

Color plates

Notes to the reader

Beer, wine, & punch: essay, catalogue

Dining: essay, catalogue

Coffee, Chocolate, & tea: essay, catalogue

Lighting: essay, catalogue

Toilet & desk: essay, catalogue

Glossary

Short titles

Concordance