Art & enterprise
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"Art and Enterprise: The Virginia Carroll Crawford Collection of American Decorative Art, 1825-1917 is the first comprehensive catalogue of one of the outstanding public assemblages of American decorative art.
The Crawford Collection in the High Museum of Art in Atlanta comprises major examples of American craftsmanship and design - including works by Frank Lloyd Wright, John Henry Belter, the Herter Brothers, Gustav Stickley, and Louis Comfort Tiffany, as well as many items from groundbreaking firms such as Gorham Manufacturing Company, Tiffany and Company, Rookwood Pottery, and New England Glass Company.
The collection celebrates the achievements of diverse designers, workers, craftspeople, and technicians from the period when the United States came to prominence as an industrial, enterprising, and artistic nation."--BOOK JACKET.
The Crawford Collection in the High Museum of Art in Atlanta comprises major examples of American craftsmanship and design - including works by Frank Lloyd Wright, John Henry Belter, the Herter Brothers, Gustav Stickley, and Louis Comfort Tiffany, as well as many items from groundbreaking firms such as Gorham Manufacturing Company, Tiffany and Company, Rookwood Pottery, and New England Glass Company.
The collection celebrates the achievements of diverse designers, workers, craftspeople, and technicians from the period when the United States came to prominence as an industrial, enterprising, and artistic nation."--BOOK JACKET.
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