Great glass in American architecture : decorative windows and doors before 1920 / H. Weber Wilson.

Main entry:

Wilson, H. Weber.

Title & Author:

Great glass in American architecture : decorative windows and doors before 1920 / H. Weber Wilson.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York, N.Y. : E.P. Dutton, 1986.

Description:

vi, 122 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 119-120) and index.
An American legacy of color and light. Some contradictions and confusions ; Painters, glaziers, and anonymous art ; Decorative windows in American houses -- Romantic architecture and colored glass. The new material : glass ; Antebellum windows -- Decorative windows for a decorative age. Light for the brown decades ; The best years of American residential stained glass ; Louis Comfort Tiffany and Art Nouveau ; Arts and Crafts stained glass ; Frank Lloyd Wright and the Chicago Exposition of 1893 ; Decorative windows at the turn of the century -- Breaking the barriers of glass art. Glass grain and shaded windows ; Special leading techniques ; Subtle support systems ; Large figural and scenic windows ; Floral and small scenic windows ; Stained-glass animals ; Stained and beveled combinations ; American experiments and innovations ; Special decorative inserts -- The American stained-glass business. Commercial decorative windows ; American windows for American churches ; American stained glass in the fading years.

ISBN:

0525243186 (cloth)
9780525243182 (cloth)
0525481761 (pbk.)
9780525481768 (pbk.)
(pbk.)
0525248176
0525043186
9780525043188
0525043187

Subject:

Glass painting and staining United States History.
Glass painting and staining.
Stained glass windows United States History.
Artist-designed windows United States History.
Peinture sur verre États-Unis Histoire.
Peinture sur verre.
Vitraux États-Unis Histoire.
Artist-designed windows.
Stained glass windows.
Glasmalerei
Vitraux États-Unis.
Verre ornemental États-Unis.
Architecture victorienne États-Unis.
Glass painting and staining, Victorian United States.
Glass, Ornamental
Glass, Colored United States
Architecture, Victorian United States
Architecture, American
United States.
USA.

Form/genre:

History.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 138534
Call No.: ID:87-B16906
Status: Available

Actions:

Add to folder

Request these items

Email this list to yourself (or someone else)

Your folder is empty.

Please complete this form to make a request for consultation. A copy of this list will also be forwarded to you.

Your contact information

First name:

Last name:

Email:

Phone number:

Notes (optional):

We will contact you to set up an appointment. Please keep in mind that your consultation date will be based on the type of material you wish to study. To prepare your visit, we'll need:

— At least 2 weeks for primary sources (prints and drawings, photographs, archival documents, etc.)
— At least 48 hours for secondary sources (books, periodicals, vertical files, etc.)

Back to list

Submit