Christmas 1960 to the Present

Author: Robert Brenner
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780764322457
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 159

Book Description
Christmas celebrations of the past forty years are shown through historical photographs, catalogue pages, and over 530 photographs of artificial and real trees, Christmas ornaments, interior and exterior lights, candy containers, cards, tinsel garlands, and cheerful holiday figurines. Innovations in Christmas ornamentation, lighting, and display are presented -- including artificial trees of the 1960s, country-style ornaments of the 1970s, 1980s chaser lights, and sophisticated 1990s European glass ornaments. Updated values are provided in the captions. With this wonderful book to inspire your search, you can carry the spirit of Christmas with you all year 'round!

Christmas

Author: Robert Brenner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 159

Book Description

Christmas, 1940-1959

Author: Robert Brenner
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764318993
Category : Christmas
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Contains a guide with prices for Christmas ornaments made from 1940 through 1959.

Christmas Past

Author: Robert Brenner
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 224

Book Description

Christmas Revisited

Author: Robert Brenner
Publisher: Schiffer Book for Collectors
ISBN: 9780764319068
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Christmas decorations, advertising, trade cards, post cards, toys, games, and puzzles, are among the areas of collecting interest explored. With over 350 color photographs as well as 50 black and white illustrations, this book is an authoritative guide to the entire field of Christmas collecting. Over 1000 Christmas items shown in color photos with historical descriptions and updated values.

Christmas Ornaments, Lights and Decorations

Author: George Johnson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christmas decorations
Languages : en
Pages : 319

Book Description

Christmas Through the Decades

Author: Robert Brenner
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780887405457
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 256

Book Description
A chronological illustrated history of how people decorated and celebrated for Christmas. Many antique ornaments from German origins project various customs. Includes newly revised price guide!

Kitschmasland

Author: Travis Smith
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
ISBN: 9780764323560
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A fun, nostalgic look at an infatuation with Christmas holiday decor from the 1950s and through the 1970s. Decorations some whimsical, some beautiful are part of a treasure trove of campy kitsch that the author calls "Kitschmas!" Features vintage Christmas ornaments, trees, ceramics, and more, as they are used in today's homes. This book is a delight for Kitschmas fans, decorators, and the 1000s of people devoted to mid-century dcor and design.

Silver Christmas Ornaments

Author: Clara Johnson Scroggins
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780873415163
Category : Christmas decorations
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Silver Christmas Ornaments have been popular for over a hundred years and continue to generate renewed enthusiasm every year when new issues are announced. Ornament collecting has never been more widespread and silver ornaments are especially sought after. Because they are made from precious metal, they not only hold their value, but become more valuable as time passes. Designs are as diverse as the traditional bell and snowflake to modern interpretative art, and they are stunningly beautiful adornments for a Christmas tree! Collectors and lovers of silver ornaments will find the most complete compilation of information available in Silver Christmas Ornaments. Author Clara Johnson Scroggins has done a superb job of identifying and describing more than 100 ornaments produced from 1980 to 1997. She also lists pre-1980 ornaments, with year of issue price and includes a price guide of selected prices.

Midcentury Christmas: Holiday Fads, Fancies, and Fun from 1945 to 1970

Author: Sarah Archer
Publisher: The Countryman Press
ISBN: 1581575386
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 425

Book Description
A celebration of Christmas in the 1950s and '60s Midcentury America was a wonderland of department stores, suburban cul-de-sacs, and Tupperware parties. Every kid on the block had to have the latest cool toy, be it an Easy Bake Oven for pretend baking, a rocket ship for pretend space travel, or a Slinky, just because. At Christmastime, postwar America's dreams and desires were on full display, from shopping mall Santas to shiny aluminum Christmas trees, from the Grinch to Charlie Brown's beloved spindly Christmas tree. Now design maven Sarah Archer tells the story of how Christmastime in America rocketed from the Victorian period into Space Age, thanks to the new technologies and unprecedented prosperity that shaped the era. The book will feature iconic favorites of that time, including: • A visual feast of Christmastime eats and recipes, from magazines and food and appliance makers • Christmas cards from artists and designers of the era, featuring Henry Dreyfuss, Charles & Ray Eames, and Alexander Girard • Vintage how-to templates and instructions for holiday decor from Good Housekeeping and the 1960's craft craze • Advice from Popular Mechanics on how to glamorize your holiday dining table • Decorating advice for your new Aluminum Christmas Tree from ALCOA (the Aluminum Company of America) • The first American-made glass ornaments from Corning Glassworks Midcentury Christmas is sure to be on everyone’s most-wanted lists.