THE IDEAL HOME : THE HISTORY OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN CRAFT -1900-1920
Janet Kardon (editor)

Janet Kardon (editor): THE IDEAL HOME: THE HISTORY OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN CRAFT -1900-1920 - FURNITURE, TEXTILES, JEWELRY, GLASS, CERAMICS, METAL, ARCHITECTURE. NYC: Abrams in association with the American Craft Museum, 1993. First edition. A fine hardcover book in full decorated cloth with a fine dust jacket. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print.

9 x 12 hardcover book with 304 pages and 269 illustrations, including 100 color plates.

From the Book: "The Ideal Home 1900-1920 begins the story by examining the American Arts and Crafts movement as first seen in the domestic environment during the early years of this century. From among the traditional range of craft materials--clay, fiber, glass, metal, and wood--artisans in the early decades of the twentieth century produced objects designed primarily to serve a domestic function."

"The nearly 300 illustrations present furniture, glass, ceramics, textiles, jewelry, silver, and iron. These paradigms of the Arts and Crafts movement are seen in works by such masters as furniture maker Gustav Stickley and ceramist Adelaide Alsop Robineau; silversmiths George Washington Maher and Robert Jarvie; glass artists Frederick Carder and Louis Comfort Tiffany, architects Frank Lloyd Wright and the Greene brothers."

"This highly readable volume, enhanced by the superb illustrations, will prove invaluable to collectors and connoisseurs of American crafts and will be an important addition to any home library. An extensive resource section, never before assembled, includes biographies of the major artisans of this period, important exhibitions, listings of manufacturers by medium, and notable journals and small-press publications of the day."

Contents:

  • Crossing Boundaries: The Gendered Meaning of the Arts and Crafts
  • The Critic and the Evolution of Early Twentieth-Century American Craft
  • Metalsmithing and Jewelrymaking 1900-1920
  • Arts and Crafts Furniture: Process or Product?
  • Ceramics: Seeking a Personal Style
  • Colored Light: Glass 1900-1920
  • Textiles: As Documented by the Craftsman
  • The Arts and Crafts in American Houses and Gardens
  • William Price's Arts and Crafts Colony at Rose Valley, Pennsylvania
  • Catalogue of the Exhibition
  • Resource List
  • Artists' Biographies
  • Communities
  • Exhibitions
  • Guilds and Societies
  • Periodicals
  • Production Centers
  • Ceramics
  • Glass
  • Metals
  • Textiles
  • Wood
  • General
  • Schools
  • Settlement Houses
  • Small Presses
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Checklist of the Exhibition
  • Index

Designers, manufacturers, and artists represented include PORTER BLANCHARD, ARTHUR EUGENE BAGGS, ERNEST BATCHELDER, CHARLES FERGUS BINNS, WILL BRADLEY, JOHN S. BRADSTREET, ELIZABETH EATON BURTON, HARRY DIXON, DIRK VAN ERP, HARVEY ELLIS, ARTHUR WESLEY DOW, GEORGE GRANT ELMSLIE, IRVING GILL, WILLIAM GRUEBY, CLEMENS FRIEDELL, DARD HUNTER, JOHN LA FARGE, ROBERT JARVIE, CHARLES LIMBERT, GEORGE WASHINGTON MAHER, BERNARD MAYBECK, GEORGE NIEDECKEN, MARY CHASE PERRY STRATTON, JESSIE M. PRESTON, FREDERICK RHEAD, ADELAIDE ROBINEAU, HUGH CONWALL ROBERTSON, CHARLES ROHLFS, GUSTAV STICKLEY, ARTHUR STONE, LOUIS SULLIVAN, ELIHU VEDDER, MARIE ZIMMERMANN, BYRDCLIFFE COLONY, ROYCROFT, ROSE VALLEY ASSOCIATION, MINNEAPOLIS HANDICRAFT GUILD, MARBLEHEAD POTTERY, NEWCOMB POTTERY, ROOKWOOD POTTERY, DEDHAM POTTERY and others.

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