Item Number: 111637 Title: Treasures of American and English Painting and Decorative Arts: From The Julian Wood Glass Jr. Collection Author: Rudolph, William Keyse ; Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley Price: Not Available ISBN: 9780847836260 Description: New York: Skira Rizzoli, 2010. 30cm., hardcover, 246pp. 242 color illus. Summary: An important catalog of one of the preeminent collections of British and American art. This volume highlights 126 of the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley’s outstanding examples of English and American paintings and decorative arts. Julian Wood Glass Jr. (1910–1992) created this distinctive collection to furnish his living quarters, particularly his ancestral home Glen Burnie Historic House in Winchester, Virginia. Among its treasures are stunning eighteenth-century British portraits by Sir Thomas Lawrence, Thomas Gainsborough, and George Romney, American paintings by Rembrandt Peale, John Singleton Copley, and William Merritt Chase, antique English and American silver and furniture, including outstanding objects by the Seymour family of Boston and a couch owned by Queen Charlotte of England. The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley is a dynamic museum complex located in Winchester, Virginia; it is dedicated to interpreting, presenting, and celebrating the art and culture of its region. The museum's main building was designed by Michael Graves and Associates. It opened in 2005. (Museum of the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia) We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com |
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