Start with a House, Finish with a Collection
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (641 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1857599195 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 300 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Alexandra Kirtley is The Montgomery-Garvan Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Leslie Anne Miller, a Philadelphia attorney and community leader, has been collecting American art and antiques with her husband Richard Worley for more than 25 years.
Sublime! A beautiful book, wonderfully done. Lush and ample photography. I would love to see Ms Miller do more books on other collections to the degree she has documented this one. And thanks to the owners of the home/collection for sharing it, it is a treat every time I pick it up for a few more minutes.. "Five Stars" according to Roberta P.. Beautiful book!. A 21st century approach to collecting and decorating with Fine Americana A beautiful book with wonderful photography about a great personal collection of American antiques written by the collector. A record of passionate collectors with the means to beautifully decorate their much loved home with fine traditional American antiques. The book is unique in its focus on the life style of the decorating aspect of collecting classic American antiques, both inside the home and the exterior landscape. I enjoyed the opportunity to view many of the rooms seasonally decorated over a variety
For nearly fifty years, the Hartman name has been synonymous with purveying fine antiques from southeastern Pennsylvania. (Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley The Magazine Antiques, March 2014)A stunning armchair house and garden tour in all seasons e book is hard to put down. (M.A.D. This house and collection show that off. Staff Maine Antique Digest, July 2014)
The compendium catalogues the diversified and important collection, making this a valuable scholarly reference as well as a reading pleasure.Author Bio: Leslie Anne Miller, a Philadelphia attorney and community leader, has been collecting American art and antiques with her husband Richard Worley for more than 25 years. Alexandra Kirtley is The Montgomery-Garvan Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.- See more at: accdistribution/us/store/pv/9781857599190/start-with-a-house-finish-with-a-collection/leslie-anne-miller-alexandra-kirtley?layout=popup#sthashbLePCk.dpuf. Featuring exquisite examples of Hollingsworth and Morris family furniture, Weber boxes, Pennsylvania clocks and Kirk-Stieff silver, as well as American paintings by the Peale family, Edward Hicks, Edward Redfield and Horace Pippin, this museum-calibre collection reveals a pride in the early American sensibility. The combination of text and extraordinary photographs traces this remarkable journey and demonstrates that life can be more than comfortable living among these collections. Offers a unique personal perspective on the journey of collecting American art and antiquesStart with House, Finish with a Collection is the story of how a couple's use of American art and antiques evolved from furnishing a house into a full-blown passion f