Antique Garden Ornament

by Barbara Israël

Book Overview

Nothing adds drama to an outdoor space like a marble fountain or a stone statue. This history of American garden ornament presents a wealth of information on American gardens and their decoration from 1740 to 1940.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810942038
• ISBN13: 9780810942035
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

A fantastic book!

At long last, an authoritative book on garden ornament in America! Barbara Israel delivers a beautiful tome with scholarly punch in her Antique Garden Ornament: Two Centuries of American Taste. Many books exist on gardens and landscape history, but none addresses the issue of the statues, fountains, and furniture used within them with such depth and clarity as Ms. Israel. In addition to the chapters themselves, the catalogue of objects in the back of the book and the list of makers provide a greatly needed reference for this growing field. I highly recommend this book.