Brightwork: Classic American Car Ornamentation
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.15 (539 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0811826635 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 120 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-04-27 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Three Stars America It could have more information. Robin said Brightwork Classics. Oh, wow!. Just incredible! Page after page of dazzling chrome car ornaments and Ken Steacy has 'em all. His collection has the best an exuberant Detroit could offer through the mid thirties to the late fifties.Page "Brightwork Classics" according to Robin. Oh, wow!. Just incredible! Page after page of dazzling chrome car ornaments and Ken Steacy has 'em all. His collection has the best an exuberant Detroit could offer through the mid thirties to the late fifties.Page 27 shows the famous pin-up artist George Petty working on a 19Brightwork Classics Robin Oh, wow!. Just incredible! Page after page of dazzling chrome car ornaments and Ken Steacy has 'em all. His collection has the best an exuberant Detroit could offer through the mid thirties to the late fifties.Page 27 shows the famous pin-up artist George Petty working on a 1949 Nash ornament, possibly the only one in the world that had the artist's name stamped on it, page 41 has a 1935 Hupmobile hood rocket ship straight out of a Buck Rogers comic and pages 64-65 with four futuristic rocket designs for a fifties Oldsmobile.Not only hood ornaments but horn buttons, emblems and my favourite section 'S. 9 Nash ornament, possibly the only one in the world that had the artist's name stamped on it, page Brightwork Classics Robin Oh, wow!. Just incredible! Page after page of dazzling chrome car ornaments and Ken Steacy has 'em all. His collection has the best an exuberant Detroit could offer through the mid thirties to the late fifties.Page 27 shows the famous pin-up artist George Petty working on a 1949 Nash ornament, possibly the only one in the world that had the artist's name stamped on it, page 41 has a 1935 Hupmobile hood rocket ship straight out of a Buck Rogers comic and pages 64-65 with four futuristic rocket designs for a fifties Oldsmobile.Not only hood ornaments but horn buttons, emblems and my favourite section 'S. 1 has a 19Brightwork Classics Oh, wow!. Just incredible! Page after page of dazzling chrome car ornaments and Ken Steacy has 'em all. His collection has the best an exuberant Detroit could offer through the mid thirties to the late fifties.Page 27 shows the famous pin-up artist George Petty working on a 19Brightwork Classics Robin Oh, wow!. Just incredible! Page after page of dazzling chrome car ornaments and Ken Steacy has 'em all. His collection has the best an exuberant Detroit could offer through the mid thirties to the late fifties.Page 27 shows the famous pin-up artist George Petty working on a 1949 Nash ornament, possibly the only one in the world that had the artist's name stamped on it, page 41 has a 1935 Hupmobile hood rocket ship straight out of a Buck Rogers comic and pages 64-65 with four futuristic rocket designs for a fifties Oldsmobile.Not only hood ornaments but horn buttons, emblems and my favourite section 'S. 9 Nash ornament, possibly the only one in the world that had the artist's name stamped on it, page Brightwork Classics Robin Oh, wow!. Just incredible! Page after page of dazzling chrome car ornaments and Ken Steacy has 'em all. His collection has the best an exuberant Detroit could offer through the mid thirties to the late fifties.Page 27 shows the famous pin-up artist George Petty working on a 1949 Nash ornament, possibly the only one in the world that had the artist's name stamped on it, page 41 has a 1935 Hupmobile hood rocket ship straight out of a Buck Rogers comic and pages 64-65 with four futuristic rocket designs for a fifties Oldsmobile.Not only hood ornaments but horn buttons, emblems and my favourite section 'S. 1 has a 1935 Hupmobile hood rocket ship straight out of a Buck Rogers comic and pages 6Brightwork Classics Robin Oh, wow!. Just incredible! Page after page of dazzling chrome car ornaments and Ken Steacy has 'em all. His collection has the best an exuberant Detroit could offer through the mid thirties to the late fifties.Page 27 shows the famous pin-up artist George Petty working on a 1949 Nash ornament, possibly the only one in the world that had the artist's name stamped on it, page 41 has a 1935 Hupmobile hood rocket ship straight out of a Buck Rogers comic and pages 64-65 with four futuristic rocket designs for a fifties Oldsmobile.Not only hood ornaments but horn buttons, emblems and my favourite section 'S. -65 with four futuristic rocket designs for a fifties Oldsmobile.Not only hood ornaments but horn buttons, emblems and my favourite section 'S. 5 Hupmobile hood rocket ship straight out of a Buck Rogers comic and pages 6Brightwork Classics Robin Oh, wow!. Just incredible! Page after page of dazzling chrome car ornaments and Ken Steacy has 'em all. His collection has the best an exuberant Detroit could offer through the mid thirties to the late fifties.Page 27 shows the famous pin-up artist George Petty working on a 1949 Nash ornament, possibly the only one in the world that had the artist's name stamped on it, page 41 has a 1935 Hupmobile hood rocket ship straight out of a Buck Rogers comic and pages 64-65 with four futuristic rocket designs for a fifties Oldsmobile.Not only hood ornaments but horn buttons, emblems and my favourite section 'S. -65 with four futuristic rocket designs for a fifties Oldsmobile.Not only hood ornaments but horn buttons, emblems and my favourite section 'S. 7 shows the famous pin-up artist George Petty working on a 19Brightwork Classics Robin Oh, wow!. Just incredible! Page after page of dazzling chrome car ornaments and Ken Steacy has 'em all. His collection has the best an exuberant Detroit could offer through the mid thirties to the late fifties.Page 27 shows the famous pin-up artist George Petty working on a 1949 Nash ornament, possibly the only one in the world that had the artist's name stamped on it, page 41 has a 1935 Hupmobile hood rocket ship straight out of a Buck Rogers comic and pages 64-65 with four futuristic rocket designs for a fifties Oldsmobile.Not only hood ornaments but horn buttons, emblems and my favourite section 'S. 9 Nash ornament, possibly the only one in the world that had the artist's name stamped on it, page Brightwork Classics Robin Oh, wow!. Just incredible! Page after page of dazzling chrome car ornaments and Ken Steacy has 'em all. His collection has the best an exuberant Detroit could offer through the mid thirties to the late fifties.Page 27 shows the famous pin-up artist George Petty working on a 1949 Nash ornament, possibly the only one in the world that had the artist's name stamped on it, page 41 has a 1935 Hupmobile hood rocket ship straight out of a Buck Rogers comic and pages 64-65 with four futuristic rocket designs for a fifties Oldsmobile.Not only hood ornaments but horn buttons, emblems and my favourite section 'S. 1 has a 19Brightwork Classics Oh, wow!. Just incredible! Page after page of dazzling chrome car ornaments and Ken Steacy has 'em all. His collection has the best an exuberant Detroit could offer through the mid thirties to the late fifties.Page 27 shows the famous pin-up artist George Petty working on a 19Brightwork Classics Robin Oh, wow!. Just incredible! Page after page of dazzling chrome car ornaments and Ken Steacy has 'em all. His collection has the best an exuberant Detroit could offer through the mid thirties to the late fifties.Page 27 shows the famous pin-up artist George Petty working on a 1949 Nash ornament, possibly the only one in the world that had the artist's name stamped on it, page 41 has a 1935 Hupmobile hood rocket ship straight out of a Buck Rogers comic and pages 64-65 with four futuristic rocket designs for a fifties Oldsmobile.Not only hood ornaments but horn buttons, emblems and my favourite section 'S. 9 Nash ornament, possibly the only one in the world that had the artist's name stamped on it, page Brightwork Classics Robin Oh, wow!. Just incredible! Page after page of dazzling chrome car ornaments and Ken Steacy has 'em all. His collection has the best an exuberant Detroit could offer through the mid thirties to the late fifties.Page 27 shows the famous pin-up artist George Petty working on a 1949 Nash ornament, possibly the only one in the world that had the artist's name stamped on it, page 41 has a 1935 Hupmobile hood rocket ship straight out of a Buck Rogers comic and pages 64-65 with four futuristic rocket designs for a fifties Oldsmobile.Not only hood ornaments but horn buttons, emblems and my favourite section 'S. 1 has a 1935 Hupmobile hood rocket ship straight out of a Buck Rogers comic and pages 6Brightwork Classics Robin Oh, wow!. Just incredible! Page after page of dazzling chrome car ornaments and Ken Steacy has 'em all. His collection has the best an exuberant Detroit could offer through the mid thirties to the late fifties.Page 27 shows the famous pin-up artist George Petty working on a 1949 Nash ornament, possibly the only one in the world that had the artist's name stamped on it, page 41 has a 1935 Hupmobile hood rocket ship straight out of a Buck Rogers comic and pages 64-65 with four futuristic rocket designs for a fifties Oldsmobile.Not only hood ornaments but horn buttons, emblems and my favourite section 'S. -65 with four futuristic rocket designs for a fifties Oldsmobile.Not only hood ornaments but horn buttons, emblems and my favourite section 'S. 5 Hupmobile hood rocket ship straight out of a Buck Rogers comic and pages 6Brightwork Classics Robin Oh, wow!. Just incredible! Page after page of dazzling chrome car ornaments and Ken Steacy has 'em all. His collection has the best an exuberant Detroit could offer through the mid thirties to the late fifties.Page 27 shows the famous pin-up artist George Petty working on a 1949 Nash ornament, possibly the only one in the world that had the artist's name stamped on it, page 41 has a 1935 Hupmobile hood rocket ship straight out of a Buck Rogers comic and pages 64-65 with four futuristic rocket designs for a fifties Oldsmobile.Not only hood ornaments but horn buttons, emblems and my favourite section 'S. -65 with four futuristic rocket designs for a fifties Oldsmobile.Not only hood ornaments but horn buttons, emblems and my favourite section 'S. "Valuable reference book" according to Michael P. Manning. The book contains outstanding photos and some history. Beautiful theme presentation. There are some year designations of ornaments that may be incorrect but easily verified by other sources. However this does not deter from the overall beauty of the book. It needs to be in your collection.
Steacy begins with an introduction about his initial and combined interest in brightworks, followed by a very readable, fact-filled history lesson about car design and insight into the how-to of collecting ornamentation. Heavier on pictures than text, the book still achieves a balance as fine as the buffed chrome on the author's assorted artifacts. Factoids and period illustrations are integrated with the photographic spreads, making each page fun to browse. From School Library JournalAdult/High School-This look at automobiles of the past is filled with facts and color ph
In the golden age of the American automobile--from the early 1930s to the late 1950s--cars were festooned with elegant chrome and colorful enamel decorations that manufacturers called "brightwork." If you ever forgot what kind of car you were driving, numerous emblems, horn buttons, script, and hood ornaments were there to remind you. Filled with hundreds of dazzling photographs of these rare and beautiful artworks, Brightwork is a book for all those who appreciate the undeniable style and craftsmanship of the little details that make a classic.. There was no missing such futuristic-sounding features as "Dynaflow" and "Merc-O-Matic" when they were boldly t
. Ken Steacy is an avid brightwork collector and author/illustrator who resides in Victoria, British Columbia