Bidspirit auction | American Decorative Arts and Paintings

American Decorative Arts and Paintings in the Bayou Bend Collection by David B Warren (Author) - USA, Princeton University Press, 1998.  468 pp., il., 31.5 by 23.4 cm Ex-Library book, but otherwise in very good condition with some wear to the dust jacket. In 1920, Ima Hogg began an extensive collection of art and antiques that would chronicle America's tastes, styles and customs from colonial times to the Victorian era. Miss Hogg continued to acquire works for her Houston home, Bayou Bend, until her death in 1975. This book documents the collection, which is now owned and operated by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, recording over 1100 examples of furniture, paintings and decorative arts, including many key pieces acquired since Miss Hogg's death. The furniture collection features important high-style examples from America's principal urban centres. Paintings by such artists as John Smibert, John Singleton Copley, Charles Willson Peale and Gilbert Stuart are also included. About the Author David B. Warren is Director of Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens. Michael K. Brown is Curator of the Bayou Bend Collection. Elizabeth Ann Coleman, formerly Curator of Textiles and Costume at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, is David and Roberta Logie Curator of Textiles and Costume at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Emily Ballew Neff is Curator of American Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. English Edition. Rare to find & sold out book.