The flamingo in the garden : American yard art and the vernacular landscape / Colleen J. Sheehy.

Main entry:

Sheehy, Colleen J. (Colleen Josephine), 1953-

Title & Author:

The flamingo in the garden : American yard art and the vernacular landscape / Colleen J. Sheehy.

Publication:

New York : London : Garland Pub., 1998.

Description:

xxviii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Series:

Garland studies in American popular history and culture

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-196) and index.
I: Yard art as public art: contemporary scenes and historical antecedents -- II: Travel, play, and celebration in American landscapes -- III: The flamingo in the garden: an iconography of American yard art -- IV: Creating the domestic landscape: the home handyman and craftswomen respond to consumer culture -- V: Neighborhood and nation: shared and distinctive practices in American yard art.

Resources:
Publisher description

ISBN:

0815329148 (alk. paper)
9780815329145 (alk. paper)

Subject:

Decorative arts United States History 20th century.
Garden ornaments and furniture United States.
Arts décoratifs États-Unis Histoire 20e siècle.
Jardins Meubles et ornements États-Unis.
Decorative arts.
Garden ornaments and furniture.
United States.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Garland studies in American popular history and culture.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 176148
Call No.: ID NK808.S53; ID:98-B2362
Status: Available

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