Title & Author:

Between fences / exhibition organized and catalog edited by Gregory K. Dreicer ; essays by Diana Balmori [and others].

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Building Museum ; New York : Princeton Archtectural Press, ©1996.

Description:

88 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 x 28 cm

Notes:
"On view at the Museum from May 31, 1996 through January 5, 1977"--Page facing title page.
"Published in conjunction with an exhibition ... presented at the National Building Museum, Washington, D.C., May 31-January 5, 1997"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-88).
Foreword / Susan Henshaw Jones -- Introduction / Gregory K. Dreicer -- Fences and the Settlement of New England / Anne Stillman -- The Worm Fence / Gary Kulik -- The Picket Fence at Home / Philip Dole -- America Fenced: Photo Essay / Estella M. Chung and Gregory K. Dreicer -- Live Fences: Hedges / Diana Balmori -- Fencing with Meaning: Robert Frost's "Mending Wall" / Anne M. Lange -- Barbed Wire Fences and the American West / John B. Jackson -- Wired! The Fence Industry and the Invention of Chain Link / Gregory K. Dreicer.

Summary:

Looked over but often overlooked, fences have played an essential role in the American building tradition from the time of colonization. Skirting the nation's private and public spaces, they define our borders and boundaries while playing an integral part in the visual environment. Thousands of types of fences have been created, and millions of miles of fencing have been constructed across the American landscape. Lavishly illustrated, between fences assembles a distinguished group of architects, theorists, and historians who address this fundamental yet neglected aspect of our built environment. Together, they examine how fences reflect the way Americans think about their land and how they relate to those who share it with them. Included are provocative essays by Diana Balmori on landscape and the hedge, Philip Dole on the American home and the picket fence, Gregory K. Dreicer on the ubiquitous chain-link fence, Gary Kulik on the worm fence, John Brinkerhof Jackson on barbed wire fences, Anne M. Lange on Robert Frost's poem "Mending Wall", and Anne Stillman on fences and the settlement of New England.

Resources:
Table of contents
Publisher description

ISBN:

1568980809 (pbk.)
9781568980805 (pbk.)

Subject:

Fences United States History Exhibitions.
Clôtures États-Unis Histoire Expositions.
Fences.
United States.
Geschichte

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.

Added entries:

Dreicer, Gregory K., 1957-
Balmori, Diana.
National Building Museum (U.S.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 120327
Call No.: ID S790.B48; ID:96-B449
Status: Available