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Informationen zum Autor Nancy N. Schiffer is an art historian whose interest in jewelry has evolved from studies of porcelain and decorative arts. She has written other books on jewelry and various fields of popular culture. She lives in Pennsylvania. Klappentext In 176 pages of gorgeous colour and black-and-white photographs, Nancy Schiffer pays homage to baskets as functional objets d'art and includes hundreds of baskets from all over the United States and some from abroad. This pictorial survey of splint, wicker, and coil baskets will familiarise you with baskets used for storage, carrying, winnowing, gathering, and trapping. A section on baskets in use as decoration provides ideas for those who love the warmth and character provided by baskets. Updated prices are included with the captions. Zusammenfassung Baskets as functional and art objects, includes over 300 pictures of baskets from all over the United States and abroad. This pictorial survey of splint, wicker, and coil baskets shows them used for storage, decorating, carrying, winnowing, gathering and trapping. They will inspire basket makers, and the up-to-date price guide will be a help to collectors.
