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“The Decorative Arts and Crafts of Nantucket” By Charles Carpenter & Mary Grace Carpenter. Published in New York by Dodd, Mead & Co. in 1987. description continues below the picture- - - - DISCUSSION: A beautifully produced study of the arts and crafts of this legendary whaling and seaport community. Scrimshaw, basketry, glass, silver, ceramics, furniture, textiles, weathervanes and mariners' tools are all illustrated and described here. The Carpenters also discuss the exotic objects brought back to Nantucket by her world-traveling mariners, from intricately-carved Chinese boxes to dramatic Samoan war clubs. Chapters include: -At Home in Nantucket: Life-Styles, 1700-1900 -Furniture -Mariners' Things, Boxes, Toys, Woodenware -Textiles -Ceramics, Glass & Lighting Devices -Silver -Iron, Pewter, Brass, Copper & Tin -Scrimshaw -Baskets -Carvings & Drawings -Souvenirs from Far-Away Places -Occupations in Colonial Nantucket. His March 26, 2006 obituary in the Cape Cod Times noted- "Charles H. Carpenter Jr. [was a] Chemical company VP, art collector, author, and lecturer. His business trips took him all over the world, setting up chemical manufacturing plants in Japan, Brazil, Mexico, German India. While on these trips, he developed a love for Eastern art. After retiring in 1974, his interests expanded to the decorative arts. He co-wrote 'Tiffany Silver' and 'The Decorative Arts and Crafts of Nantucket' with Mary Grace Carpenter, and wrote 'Gorham Silver' and 'The Odyssey of a Collector.' He also lectured on and wrote many articles about American silver. He and his wife also collected early 19th century furniture, Shaker furniture and artifacts, scrimshaw and 17th-century Chinese and Japanese ceramics. He made many contributions of his art to the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh, Whitney Museum in New York and Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Conn." A delightful book, well illustrated and enthusiastically written. DESCRIPTION: Hardcover. 8.5"x10", 257 pages, color and black & white illustrations, dust jacket. CONDITION NOTES: The dust jacket has some light wear and soil (please see the photos, above and below). The book itself has some minor soil, but otherwise is clean and nice, with a tight binding. - - - - - - OVERSEAS BUYERS PLEASE NOTE: Our International shipping charges are based on the weight, when boxed for shipping, of each book -please check the postage chart for the cost of shipping to your country. We offer “combined shipping charges” for orders for more than one book –this often means the shipping cost for the books is less than it would have been if they had been purchased and shipped one at a time, so please ask us for a shipping quote if you are thinking about buying more than one book. Thanks! - QUESTIONS about this item? If you have any questions regarding this item, please let us know and we will respond promptly. We have more books like this listed in our Ebay store! Joslin Hall Books Selling books since 1983 INSURANCE??? As a seller we take responsibility for properly packing and delivering your purchase safely to you. You do not have to spend extra for insurance to guarantee that. RETURNS: We want you to be completely satisfied- anything is returnable for any reason at all within 14 days of receipt; we do ask that you notify us that you are returning it. OVERSEAS CUSTOMERS PLEASE NOTE: -We always welcome orders from customers outside the United States. The “Free Shipping” marker found on many of our books only applies to shipping within the United States –we wish we could afford to offer free overseas shipping, but we cannot. Please use the “Shipping & Payments” tab (above) to check the cost of shipping. We charge actual shipping based on weight, so sometimes large, heavy, inexpensive books can actually cost more to ship than the book itself costs –I know that seems odd, but the shipping cost i... read more

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