1998-2000 Resource Library articles and essays with the topic "American 18-19th Century Decorative Arts"

1998-2000 Resource Library articles and essays with the topic "American 18-19th Century Decorative Arts"

(above: Rookwood Pottery (United States, Ohio, Cincinnati, 'Birds and Wild Grass' Teacup and Saucer, 1884, hand-colored paint on earthenware, Cup: height: 2.25 in (57.15 mm); diameter: 3 in (76.20 mm); Saucer: 4.75 ? 5.13 in (12.06 ? 13.03 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Decorative Arts and Design - Ellen Palevsky Cup Collection, Gift of Max Palevsky, AC1998.265.17.1-.2. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

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(above: New England Glass Company (United States, Massachusetts, East Cambridge, 1818-1888), Kerosene Table Lamp, c. 1850, glass, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by Michael J. Connell Foundation, M.85.32. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

Resource Library articles and essays honoring the American experience through its art:

A Bountiful Plenty from the Shelburne Museum: Folk Art Traditions in America (11/22/00)

Athens Treasures: A Bicentennial Celebration by the Athens Historical Society (10/19/00)

Keeping Time: Clockmaking in Concord, 1790-1835 (5/26/00)

The Woodlawn Vase and the Preakness Stakes (5/16/00)

Paul Revere: Artisan and Patriot (4/3/00)

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Acquires Historic American Furniture (3/18/00)

Art of Grace and Passion: Antique American Indian Art (3/2/00)

Lyman Allyn Museum of Art at Connecticut College Acquires Rare Chippendale Chair (10/9/99)

Colorful Survivors: Embossed Leather from Eighteenth Century Norwich (10/9/99)

"His Horne Made": Engraved Powder Horns from the Collection of James E. Routh, Jr. (9/24/99)

Tiffany's Rare 1893 Chapel Opens at the Morse Museum (9/1/99)

Useful Beauty: Early American Decorative Arts from St. Louis Collections (6/17/99)

Worldly Goods: The Arts of Early Pennsylvania, 16801758 (6/23/99)

19th Century Children's Fashions Opens Relocated Costume Gallery at Mint Museum of Art (5/13/99)

Art for Everyday Living: The American Arts and Crafts Movement, 1890-1920 (4/10/99)

Shaker: Furnishings for the Simple Life (3/16/99)

American Dreams: Paintings and Decorative Arts from the Warner Collection

Scrimshaw: the Whalers'Art (12/19/98)

Tiffany and Art Nouveau from the Segel Collection (12/9/98)

Splendid Heritage: Masterpieces of the Masco Collection (10/18/98)

(above: John Bennett's American Pottery (United States, 1877-1883), Charger, 1877, earthenware, diameter: 17 7/8 in. (45.4 cm); Depth: 1 7/8 in. (4.76 cm), Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Max Palevsky and Jodie Evans, M.91.375.6. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)

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