Antique French Paperweights Hardcover

Alternate Views 1 | 2 | 3

Item: Antique French Paperweights Hardcover

Price: US$110.00

Item description:

Antique French Paperweights By Paul Jokelson [Hardcover]
Limited edition 2000
Paperweight subjects include flowers, buds, bouquets, butterflies, fruit, snakes, lizards, caterpillars and the like, executed in flat or three dimensional versions. They may be realistically depicted, but more often they were interpreted in a stylized manner. Millefiori canes, small cross sections cut from glass rods to reveal the inner patterns, were commonly used to create paperweight designs, either by themselves or in conjunction with floral and other motifs. Canes can be found set closely packed together at random or in a pattern on clear, colored or 'upset muslin' backgrounds, and as flowers themselves. Other paperweight styles, such as crowns, swirls and the rare marbrie were part of the general production, which also included paperweights enclosing cameos, usually of figures of some importance.
The paperweights made during the "Classic Era" of paperweight production, a time span from about 1845 to 1870 set standards for paperweights that still exist today. Modern paperweights, made in the 20th and 21st centuries, to be deemed fine art objects such as those of the 19th century, must live up to the criteria established so long ago
This Book is USED and is sold AS IS
FREE SHIPPING WITHIN MAINLAND US!
insurance NOT included