Crescent City Silver
Presenting a comparison of examples from New Orleans’s three intermingled silver traditions—French, American, and German—Crescent City Silver features 130 pieces, by 32 makers, from the holdings of the Historic New Orleans Collection, the Louisiana State University Museum of Art, and several private collections. Originally produced to accompany a 1980 exhibition of nineteenth-century New Orleans silver, Crescent City Silver remains a valuable resource for scholars, collectors, and art enthusiasts.
Praise for Crescent City Silver
“For students of material culture, Crescent City Silver whets the appetite for additional publications devoted to other aspects of New Orleans’s rich cultural history.”
—Winterthur Portfolio
Details
- Published 1980 by HNOC; 2nd printing 2007
- Softcover • 8½" x 11" • 148 pp.
- 242 b&w images
- ISBN: 978-0-917860-05-8
Crescent City Silver
Presenting a comparison of examples from New Orleans’s three intermingled silver traditions—French, American, and German—Crescent City Silver features 130 pieces, by 32 makers, from the holdings of the Historic New Orleans Collection, the Louisiana State University Museum of Art, and several private collections. Originally produced to accompany a 1980 exhibition of nineteenth-century New Orleans silver, Crescent City Silver remains a valuable resource for scholars, collectors, and art enthusiasts.
Praise for Crescent City Silver
“For students of material culture, Crescent City Silver whets the appetite for additional publications devoted to other aspects of New Orleans’s rich cultural history.”
—Winterthur Portfolio
Details
- Published 1980 by HNOC; 2nd printing 2007
- Softcover • 8½" x 11" • 148 pp.
- 242 b&w images
- ISBN: 978-0-917860-05-8