An Encyclopaedia of Famous Clock and Watchmakers - Details of Famous and World Renowned Watch and Clock Makers

Author: Anon
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473380502
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 136

Book Description
This little book contains an alphabetical list of world famous watch and clock makers. Each entry signifies the period when the person referred to was connected with the Clockmaker's Company, or known to be in business, or when some example of their work was made. Following the names and addresses of some makers is a description of their work which has been met with, or of some invention or distinguishing trait.

Miller's World Encyclopedia of Antiques

Author: Martin Miller
Publisher: Penguin Putnam
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 282

Book Description
From the team that created the increasingly popular annual Miller's International Antiques Price Guide comes the most comprehensive reference ever published in the world of antiques. 750 full-color photographs and 350 black-and-white photographs and drawings.

The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture

Author: Colum Hourihane
Publisher:
ISBN: 0195395360
Category : Architecture, Medieval
Languages : en
Pages : 4064

Book Description
This volume offers unparalleled coverage of all aspects of art and architecture from medieval Western Europe, from the 6th century to the early 16th century. Drawing upon the expansive scholarship in the celebrated 'Grove Dictionary of Art' and adding hundreds of new entries, it offers students, researchers and the general public a reliable, up-to-date, and convenient resource covering this field of major importance in the development of Western history and international art and architecture.

A Grand Complication

Author: Stacy Perman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439190089
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 342

Book Description
"The race between two ambitious, complicated men in the early 1900s to create the most extravagant, complicated timepiece ever"--

The Encyclopedia Americana

Author: Alexander Hopkins McDannald
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 816

Book Description

Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World

Author: Granville Hugh Baillie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Clock and watch makers
Languages : en
Pages : 432

Book Description

Mid-Continent Jeweler

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 788

Book Description

The Encyclopedia of Victoriana

Author: Elizabeth Drury
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Decorative arts
Languages : en
Pages : 376

Book Description
This book contains information on furniture, antigues, photographs, jewlery, silver, wallpaper, sculpture, pottery, porcelain, glass, textiles, fashion, Morris wallpaper, Eastlake furniture, Tiffany and more ...

The Blind Watchmaker

Author: Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science Richard Dawkins
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613913812
Category : Evolution (Biology)
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Patiently and lucidly, this Los Angeles Times Book Award and Royal Society of Literature Heinemann Prize winner identifies the aspects of the theory of evolution that people find hard to believe and removes the barriers to credibility one by one. As readable and vigorous a defense of Darwinism as has been published since 1859.--The Economist.

The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts

Author: Gordon Campbell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195189485
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1277

Book Description
The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts covers thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western culture. With over 1,000 entries, as well as hundreds drawn from the 34-volume Dictionary of Art, this topical collection is a valuable resource for those interested in the history, practice, and mechanics of the decorative arts. Accompanied by almost 100 color and more than 500 black and white illustrations, the 1,290 pages of this title include hundreds of entries on artists and craftsmen, the qualities and historic uses of materials, as well as concise definitions on art forms and style. Explore the works of Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, and the Wiener Wekstatte, or delve into the history of Navajo blankets and wing chairs in thousands of entries on artists, craftsmen, designers, workshops, and decorative art forms.