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Antique Tools and Instruments : From the Nessi Collection
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| NZ$ 180.00 each |
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| Author: Alessandro Cesati, Luigi Nessi, Peter Plassmayer |
| Published by: Antique Collectors' Club |
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This publication looks at craft-produced 'use objects' and utensils manufactured from the Renaissance to the middle of the 19th century.
This book looks at the manufacture of a whole range of functional objects from the Renaissance to the mid-nineteenth century, before the production of such pieces became almost entirely industrialised. It includes tools and implements employed in sciences, crafts and trades, as well as in domestic and personal life, and explains the context that led craftsmen to fashion these pieces with such dexterity and attention to detail that the end-products can be considered true works of art.
Exceptional scientific instruments from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries are strongly represented, focusing especially on Germany. There are detailed reproductions of astrolabes, topographical instruments, sundials and balances, often commissioned by princes and aristocrats for inclusion in their
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Carter's Mid 20th Century : Collectables / Design / Decor
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| Author: William Hall |
| Published by: CARPAU |
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This book is about many of the mid 20th Century products that have become, or are likely to become, collectables in Australia.
One reason for today’s considerable interest in the mid 20th Century is because of the special nature of many of the products’ designs, summarised as ‘fifties and sixties modern’, covered extensively in this book.
The book has a broad coverage, but with an Australian focus. It is written for collectors who are able to spend as little or as much as they wish for mid 20th Century collectables.
It is also written for the décor conscious, because it has a design and décor theme throughout, showing the uses to which collectables may be put within different room settings.
The book provides structure to the complexity of mid 20th Century collecting, and provides an overview of the main features of the period’s products. Also, and primarily, the book should be enjoyed by everyone.
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