Paperweights

Paperweights

EnglishHardback
Jargstorf Sibylle
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
EAN: 9780887403750
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Old books on glass paperweights are shattered by this beautiful new presentation of previously unknown facts! Hundreds of beautiful old and new paperweights are displayed in over 450 color photographs. This meticulously researched book presents a new historical view of French, Italian, Bohemian, Czechoslovakian, Scandinavian, British, and American examples and their talented makers. Millefiori, lampworked, overlay, Baccarat, Clichy, studio weights, and more are explained with documented facts which dispel some myths and give credit where it is due. With this book, the many collectors of paperweights world-wide have a factual reference to help correctly identify and interpret their collections.
EAN 9780887403750
ISBN 0887403751
Binding Hardback
Publisher Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Publication date January 8, 1997
Pages 224
Language English
Dimensions 305 x 229
Country United States
Readership General
Authors Jargstorf Sibylle
Illustrations 455 photos & maps