Pennsylvania German Designs: A Portfolio of Silk Screen Prints
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket; Bookseller's label inside front folder, folder split and heavily worn at spine and corners, tonin
- Seller
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Selkirk, New York, United States
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About This Item
NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Good with no dust jacket; Bookseller's label inside front folder, folder . split and heavily worn at spine and corners, toning to text pages and . edges of prints.. 1943. Hardcover. A collection of 20 loose color prints of Pennsylvania German designs from pottery, furniture, and other decorative arts printed on cardboard with descriptions of each design on the verso. Research was done by the Pennsylvania WPA Art Project, under the auspices of The National Gallery of Art. The prints are housed in a cloth backed printed burnt orange and white folder. A four-page insert with text by Benjamin Knotts precedes the plates. Plates and folder measure 36 x 28 cm. ; The Index of American Design; Folio 13" - 23" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Saratoga Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33582
- Title
- Pennsylvania German Designs: A Portfolio of Silk Screen Prints
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket; Bookseller's label inside front folder, folder split and heavily worn at spine and corners, tonin
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1943
- Keywords
- Pennsylvania Dutch Designs, American Folk Art, Decorative Arts, Pennsylvania German Design
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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About the Seller
Old Saratoga Books
Biblio member since 2005
Selkirk, New York
About Old Saratoga Books
Old Saratoga Books owners Dan and Rachel Jagareski have been selling books since 1996. After running an open shop for twenty years in the historic village of Schuylerville we now sell books online and at book fairs. We are members of the Independent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA). Our specialties include books about history, science, cooking, children's books, and the arts. Rachel is a graduate of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar and has attended Rare Book School in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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