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American fancy : exuberance in the arts, 1790-1840
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- Creator
- Sumpter Priddy
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- English
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- Milwaukee : Chipstone Foundation ; New York : Distributed by D.A.P.-Distributed Art Publishers, [2004]
- ©2004
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- xxxiv, 267 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780972435390, 0972435395
- OCLC
- ocm54001423
- "Set in Galliard, the typeface designed by Matthew Carter ... the decorative script is Snell Roundhand also drawn by Matthew Carter ... It has been printed computer to plate offset lithography on a Heildelberg Speedmaster 102 F + L, on 170 gsm Magno Satin Text suppled by Sappi with Sun Chemicals Gibbons Finaset QS Sharp ink by Balding + Mansell in Norwich, Norfolk, England under the expert eye of Mike Boyce ... The first printing is 3,500 copies, case bound using handmade paste papers by the book designer, reproduced on sky extra matt 170 gsm text with Brillianta cloth by Skyline Bookbinders, Ltd., in Dorking, Surrey, England. Typeset by Mary Gladue, Aardvark Type. Book design by Wynne Patterson."--Colophon.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-255) and index.
- Brief history of fancy -- Fancy takes form -- Early fancy furnishings -- Kaleidoscope -- Spirited ornamentation -- Bold furniture for all Americans -- Wares to enrich the home and the mind -- Farewell to fancy