Inspiring reform: Boston's arts and crafts movement / Marilee Boyd Meyer, consulting curator; essays by David Acton [and others]

Davis Museum and Cultural Center

Wellesley, Mass. New York: Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, 1997. 1st edition. Very good copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #313273
ISBN: 0810963418

Physical description: 247 pages: illustrations (some color); 37 cm. Notes: Catalog of an exhibition at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Feb. 28-July 14, 1997, and at the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Mar. 6-July 6, 1998. Catalogue of an exhibition held by the Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, 28 Feb. - 14 July 1997, and the Renwick Gallery of the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 6 Mar. 6 July 1998. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Talking or working : the conundrum of moral aesthetics in Boston's arts and crafts movement / Edward S. Cooke, Jr. -- "All workmen, artists, and lovers of art" : the organizational structure of the Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston / Beverly K. Brandt -- The aesthetics of craftsmanship and the prestige of the past : Boston furniture-making and wood-carving / Edward S. Cooke, Jr. -- The potter's art in Boston : individuality and expression / Susan J. Montgomery -- Circles of influence : metalsmithing in New England / Jeannine Falino -- Historic interpretations : Boston's arts and crafts jewelry / Marilee Boyd Meyer -- Boston and the Society of Arts and Crafts : textiles / Nicola J. Shilliam -- A millennium in book-making : the book arts in Boston / Nancy Finlay -- Pictorialism and naturalism in New England photography / Anne E. Havinga -- The flourish of color relief printmaking in New England / David Acton. Subjects: Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, Mass.) Society of Arts and Crafts (Boston, Mass.)Boston's Society of Arts and Crafts. Genre: Exhibition catalogues.

Price: €35.00