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Paperweights
Sibylle Jargstorf
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Description for Paperweights
Num Pages: 224 pages, 455 photos & maps. BIC Classification: WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 238 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1762.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780887403750
SKU
V9780887403750
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-2
About Sibylle Jargstorf
Sibylle Jargstorf, a highly respected glass historian, lives in Braunschweig, Germany. She is also the author of Glass in Jewelry, and several books on nutrition in German.
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