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Collector Bookstore is a retailer of new books located in Leavenworth, Kansas. We specialize in price guides and reference books for the antiques and collectibles industry. Table of Contents
Venetian glass, with more than one thousand years of historic tradition, is the oldest branch of artistic glassware production in Europe. It is precisely for this reason that it has been a constant source of interest for scholars and collectors alike throughout the world, not to mention for the countless numbers of enthusiastic purchasers.
This fascinating volume traces the historic course of Venetian artistic glassware through the Twentieth century: from Art Nouveau to the most recent of contemporary trends, including the Memphis experience. The book is thus the first organic review of a period to date only sporadically or superficially studied.
The rich illustrative section contains more than 200 colour photographs and gives a close-up and detailed view of this remarkable art. Its historic value is greatly enhanced by the inclusion of many of the rarest pieces from private collections, never before photographed or published.
Both collectors and enthusiasts will find all the necessary information to identify the artisans and styles which have literally made the history of Venetian glass.
The attention paid to the works of the great names in the Murano glassmaking trade - Barovier, Cappellin, Moretti, Salviati, Seguso, Venini - as well as those of great Italian and foreign designers - Andries Dirk Copier, Tyra Lundgren, Vico Magistretti, Yoichi Ohira, Carlo Scarpa, Ettore Sottsass, Tapio Wirkkala, Marco Zanuso - restores to glass not only its formal and artistic value, but also the subtlety of its exceptional, innovative techniques.
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