Main entry:

Israel, Barbara.

Title & Author:

Antique garden ornament : two centuries of American taste / by Barbara Israel ; with a preface by Mark Hampton ; photographs by Mick Hales.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : H.N. Abrams, 1999.

Description:

256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 238-247).
Introduction -- Fountains -- Statues -- Urns -- Furniture -- Sundials and armillary spheres -- Gates, fencing, and finials -- Other garden ornament: obelisks, plant stands, wellheads, and more -- Postscript -- Illustrated catalogue -- Appendix I: Manufacturers of garden ornament -- Appendix II: Maintenance, identification, and security of garden ornament -- Appendix III: Selected historic gardens of America.

Summary:

"Antique Garden Ornament: Two Centuries of American Taste is the most complete history of garden ornament in America from 1740 to 1940 ever published. In chapters devoted to fountains, urns, statues, sundials seating, fencing, and many other beautiful objects, Barbara Israel presents a wealth of newly discovered information on American gardens and their ornament, including the historical background for developments in landscape architecture, which influenced the design of individual pieces, houses, and plantations. The book traces the development of American garden ornament from the austerity of the colonial period, through the complexities of the Victorian era, the grandeur of the Gilded Age, and into the refined styles of the early twentieth century."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0810942038
9780810942035

Subject:

Garden ornaments and furniture United States History.
Jardins Meubles et ornements États-Unis Histoire.
Garden ornaments and furniture.
United States.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Hales, Michael.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 203821
Call No.: SB473.5 .I76 1999
Status: Available