- Gebundene Ausgabe: 224 Seiten
- Verlag: Rizzoli; Auflage: illustrated edition (15. September 1998)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 084782098X
- ISBN-13: 978-0847820986
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 30,3 x 23,1 x 3 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (3 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.384.818 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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For collectors and aficionados of American art tile, this thoroughgoing, historically detailed book of more than 2,000 tiles from 149 potteries, studios, and factories will prove indispensable. And for casual readers who happen on its amazing array of delectable color photographs, it will be a seductive invitation to join the club. Author Norman Karlson was a photographer who shot some hand-painted Florentine tiles for a Ladies' Home Journal article in 1962. After 500 readers asked where to find them, Karlson started a European tile store in the basement of his home, branching into American art tiles in the 1980s. Here he has written brief, fascinating histories of each manufacturer, starting in New England and ending in California, with many down-to-earth details. Discussing Mississippi's Newcomb pottery, at the Southern women's college, Karlson mentions George Ohr, whose turn-of-the-century pots are now highly prized. "It is assumed that Newcomb asked Ohr to leave because his bawdy character was unsuited for the refined young ladies," Karlson notes dryly, next to photos of ceramic brothel tokens with ribald pictograms that Ohr sold as souvenirs at his own studio. Karlson provides pictures of scores of tile-clad surfaces, from cozy Arts and Crafts mantelpieces to the New York subway system. He also includes photos of potteries' identifying marks, biographical sketches of six leaders of the American art-tile movement, a glossary, and a detailed bibliography. --Margaret Moorman
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Who better than a dedicated, devoted collector to document the history of American art tile? In 1962, while in Italy, photographer Karlson picked out some blue-and-white tiles and installed them at home, then photographed them for a magazine assignment. Requests flooded the editors, and Karlson started his collection and a retail shop exclusively for flooring products. Thirty stores later arrives this definitive reference source, arranging factories by state or area and illustrating each with at least a few photographs of actual ceramics output. Each entry includes not only a description of ownership, location, business size, and other corporate data, but also, whenever possible, notes about major installations, techniques, awards, and artisans associated with the pottery. Biographical profiles, a glossary, and selected reading appended. Barbara Jacobs
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This is a must for anyone interested in the history of tiles and tile makers.
The book gives a history of every tile making outfit in America from 1876-1941, and shows as many color samples of the tiles they produced as the author seems to have gotten his hands on, many from his own collection. It was sobering to notice, when reading about all the tile companies, how many went under during the depression or just afterwards. This country lost a wonderful heritage, as many never came back after the depression lifted. Too bad, really. There are currently some companies making copies or remakes of some designs (what with the renewed interest in all things Arts and Crafts). Maybe this book and the Neo Arts and Crafts movement will spark some new American tile making shops? I hope so.
The book is beautifully laid out and would be a nice coffee table addition for those who are not tile collectors, but who just enjoy looking at tiles.
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
For the pragmatic who truly needs to see "slide-show" type arrangements of tiles and short descriptions of tile makers and their beginnings...this is for you! Practical and absolutely beautiful.
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
This is a wonderful book. It is well planned with a neat, concise design. The tiles are beautifully photographed in color and arranged both geographically and chronologically. There are 225 pages full of histories of potteries and manufacturers along with biographies of tile makers. If you are into Tiles, then this book is a 'must have' for your education.
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