Author: BOSLEY, EDWARD R. MALLEK, ANNE E. HENRY E. HUNTINGTON LIBRARY AND ART GALLERY
Title: A new and native beauty : the art and craft of Greene & Greene / edited by Edward R. Bosley and Anne E. Mallek
Description: London : Merrell in association with The Gamble House. First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; Physical description; 265 pages : illustrations (some color). plans. portraits ; 30 cm. Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Huntington Library. San Marino. Calif. Oct. 18. 2008-Jan. 26. 2009; Renwick Gallery. Washington D.C. Mar. 13-June 7. 2009; and Museum of Fine Arts. Boston. July 14-Oct. 18. 2009. Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-261) and index. Contents; The beauty of a house : Charles Greene. the Morris movement. and James Culbertson / Anne E. Mallek -- Charles and Henry Greene / Virginia Greene Hales and Bruce Smith -- Sunlight and elsewhere : finding California in the work of Greene and Greene / Bruce Smith -- The forest. the copper mine. and the sea : the alchemical and social materiality of Greene and Greene / Margaretta M. Lovell -- An international studio : the furniture collaborations of the Greenes and the Halls / Edward S. Cooke. Jr. -- 'The spell of Japan' : Japonism and the metal work of Greene and Greene / Nina Gray -- 'A glimmer of vivid light' : the stained glass of Greene and Greene / Julie L. Sloan -- Independent women. widows. and heiresses : Greene and Greene's women clients / Ann Scheid -- Charles Greene and Englishness / Alan Crawford -- Divergent threads in the garden art of Greene and Greene / David C. Streatfield -- Out of the woods : Greene and Greene and the modern American house / Edward R. Bosley. Summary; The architects Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene worked together in California at the turn of the twentieth century. developing a distinctly American interpretation of the Arts and Crafts style. Between 1902 and 1910 the brothers produced their finest work. not only creating private residences but also providing design and construction supervision of furniture and other interior elements. This superbly illustrated book celebrates the decorative arts of Greene and Greene. and features essays exploring their furniture designs. metalwork and stained glass. among other aspects of their exquisite craftsmanship. Biography; Edward R. Bosley is James N. Gamble Director of The Gamble House. Pasadena. California. and the author of Greene & Greene (2000). Anne E. Mallek is Curator at The Gamble House. Subjects; Greene. Charles Sumner 1868-1957 - Exhibitions. Greene. Henry Mather 1870-1954 - Exhibitions. David B. Gamble House (Pasadena. Calif.). Greene & Greene. Arts and crafts movement - California - Exhibitions. Architecture. Domestic - California. Individual architects.Weight in Kg appr.:

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