Antiques From The Garden - Hardcover

Morris, Alistair

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1870673336 ISBN 13: 9781870673334

Publisher: Garden Art Press, 1999

Synopsis

The success of the first edition of this book and its subsequent reprint has demonstrated the demand and created the opportunity for a new, enlarged edition. A great deal of the new content directly reflects the interest expressed by the media in their requests for articles, radio and TV interviews following the original publication. Particular interest has been generated in garden tools and accessory items, terracotta wares, cast-iron containers, garden furniture and all manner of related novelties. Clearly there is an enthusiasm to know more about the everyday garden related items which are likely to have been made in the last hundred years or so. Perhaps less accessible but certainly of current interest is the desire for 'antique' garden structures. This is evident from the number of garden make-over programmes introducing the concept of incorporating pergolas, gazebos, arbours and summer houses. The book will include over 100 new colour illustrations and additional black and white material in

About this title

About the Author:

Alistair Morris is a Director of Sotheby's.

From Booklist:

Since many types of home furnishing antiques have now been depleted by collectors, one of the last fertile categories remaining is the garden and all its wares. With the publication of British auction expert Morris' catalog, however, few items will be found at bargain prices. Quite simply, this is a list of every implement, structure, or leisure activity intended for the residential out-of-doors; in many cases, the appropriate photograph or illustration has been lifted (with permission, of course) directly from a manufacturer's brochure. Descriptions of each are straightforward and without prices, but occasionally lightened by a representative painting or family photograph (Mrs. Dempster with her dogs being a priceless example). Once in a while, a bit of a snicker creeps in--as in his mention of the cucumber straightener and the existence of a real British Lawnmower Museum. Barbara Jacobs

About this edition

• Publisher: Garden Art Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1870673336
• ISBN 13: 9781870673334
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 280