Author : Genevieve Angione
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 42,78 MB
Release : 1969
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
This authoritative reference is exclusively devoted to bisque and half-bisque dolls of all periods. It includes originals and reproductions, and describes the types--from miniature immobiles to "Kewpies," "candystore dolls," "infants," and "old stiff necks." Learn valuable information about the manufacture of these dolls, the companies who marketed them, and keys to building and maintaining an excellent collection. No doll collector should be without this fact-filled resource.
Author : Genevieve Angione
Publisher : Thomas Nelson Publishers
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 14,34 MB
Release : 1969-08-01
Category : Bisque dolls
ISBN : 9780840743008
Author : Denise Van Patten
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 22,40 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780375720369
Doll collecting is the second-largest collectibles market today, with over $650 million per year spent on the hobby and over 400,000 readers of three major doll magazines.
Author : Dorothy S. Coleman
Publisher :
Page : 697 pages
File Size : 25,1 MB
Release : 1972
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Mary Gorham Krombholz
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,95 MB
Release : 2002
Category : China dolls
ISBN : 9780875886374
This outstanding reference book features tantalizing color photos and descriptions of over 350 dolls produced in German porcelain factories from 1836 to the present. Take a pictorial tour of a 100-year-old porcelain factory to learn how antique porcelain dolls were made. Original sample books, old doll molds and porcelain shards identify the makers of many previously unknown china, parian-type, and bisque dolls. From the Kestner dolls to the artist dolls of today, this book provides an in depth look at sought-after German porcelain dolls. The colorful Hertwig bonnet head dolls, the expressive Gebruder Heubach character dolls, the top-of-the-line Kestner dolls, the captivating Simon & Halbig dolls as well as the detailed Carl Schneider half dolls are showcased in this book. Dozens of early, unmarked chinas made by the A.W. Fr. Kister porcelain factory in Scheibe-Alsbach are pictured in detail. Dolls from the following porcelain factories are also included in this book: Alt, Beck & Gottschalck; Baehr & Proeschild; Wm. And F.W. Goebel; Ernst Heubach; C.F. Kling & Co.; Gebruder Knoch; Gebruder Kuhnlenz; Limbach; Armand Marseille; Theodor Recknagel; Carl Scheidig; Schoenau-Hoffmeister; Swaine & Co.; Hermann Voigt; and Weiss, Kuhnert and Co. This is a must-have book for the doll lover.
Author : Sharon Hope Weintraub
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,90 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Biscuit ware
ISBN : 9780764322150
Showcases bisque and china naughty novelties and figurines of women in revealing outfits, most manufactured in Germany from the late 1800s to the 1930s. Over 400 color photos depict bathing beauties, mermaids, harem ladies, nudies, flippers, and squirters. Manufacturers include Galluba and Hoffman, William Goebel, Hertwig and Company, Schafer and Vater, and more. Decorative details, size, and current values are provided for each figurine.
Author : Gordon Campbell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1277 pages
File Size : 15,86 MB
Release : 2006-11-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 0195189485
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts covers thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western culture. With over 1,000 entries, as well as hundreds drawn from the 34-volume Dictionary of Art, this topical collection is a valuable resource for those interested in the history, practice, and mechanics of the decorative arts. Accompanied by almost 100 color and more than 500 black and white illustrations, the 1,290 pages of this title include hundreds of entries on artists and craftsmen, the qualities and historic uses of materials, as well as concise definitions on art forms and style. Explore the works of Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, and the Wiener Wekstatte, or delve into the history of Navajo blankets and wing chairs in thousands of entries on artists, craftsmen, designers, workshops, and decorative art forms.
Author : Mary Gorham Krombholz
Publisher : Hobby House Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,38 MB
Release : 2004
Category : China dolls
ISBN : 9780875886718
Featuring 350 colour photographs with the loving face of each doll clearly visible to aid in the identification process. This book is a treasure trove filled with detailed photo captions that identify the maker. The author has used research methods to correct many so-called names to the authentic original name. Each doll is credited to the decade in which it was primarily produced. Male china dolls, all-china dolls and reproduction china dolls are described in chapters that are separate from the ten decades of china doll production.
Author : Marie Tedford
Publisher : Random House Digital, Inc.
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 36,54 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0375722939
The antiquarian's reference to old books features thousands of listings, including hundreds of new titles, a new Internet buying guide, a complete glossary of book-collecting terms, research resources, information on dealers, and advice on buying, selling, and maintaining fragile acquisitions. Original.
Author : Mary Gorham Krombholz
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,54 MB
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Dollmaking
ISBN : 9780615296838
This book identifies glazed-porcelain shoulder heads dolls made in Thuringia, Germany from the 1840s on.
