Catalogue of the Andrew Alpern Collection of Drawing Instruments
Language: English
Published by Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, New York, 2010
- Hardcover
- New
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Oblong, maroon cloth, dustjacket. Profusely illustrated in color. The Andrew Alpern Collection is comprised of 170 English, Continental and American writing sets and individual instruments crafted in silver, ivory, steel and brass spanning over three centuries. New copy in the original shrinkwrap.
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- Title
- Catalogue of the Andrew Alpern Collection of Drawing Instruments
- Author
- Andrew Alpern; Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library
- Publisher
- Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, New York
- Publication year
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0978903730
- ISBN 13
- 9780978903732
- Seller catalogs
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This elegant volume documents three hundred years of exquisite drawing tools, richly photographed and described, for architects, draftsmen, and engineers.
Crafted in silver, ivory, steel, and brass, the instrument sets catalogued here range from small silver-mounted tortoiseshell pocket étuis to multitiered mahogany cases housing every professional aid imaginable. Computers have supplanted their manufacture and use, yet these exquisite traditional instruments are still fully functional. 225 color photographs"Synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author
James F. O'Gorman, professor emeritus Wellesley College Department of Art, is widely acclaimed as a prolific author, lecturer, editor, consultant, and historian. He is best known for his works on H.H. Richardson and the recent monograph on Henry Austin. O'Gorman has written extensively about architectural drawings for exhibitions in Portland, Wellesley, Philadelphia, and Boston.
Carole Ann Fabian is the director of the Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library. For many years as an architectural design professional, she became intimately familiar with drawing instruments such as those in this catalogue, and used them as extensions of her hands, just as she now uses a mouse.
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