Coffee, tea, and chocolate were all the rage in Enlightenment Europe. These fashionable beverages profoundly shaped modes of sociability...
The Swedish toy industry has long produced vast quantities of colorful, quality wooden items that reflect Scandinavian design...
Among the world’s great technological and imaginative achievements is the invention and development of the timepiece. Examining...
This sumptuously illustrated book celebrates a curious masterpiece of German Renaissance art - the Landsknecht armor of Wilhelm...
The advent of the crossbow more than 2,500 years ago effected dramatic changes for hunters and warriors. For centuries, it was...
From rare books, valuable sculpture and paintings, the relics of saints, and porcelain and other precious items, through stamps,...
The china used by the First Families, both at the White House and in their private homes, reveals a fascinating story of culture...
Tin toys have been made in Japan for more than 100 years, but during World War II their productionand international salesended....
Commemorating the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudsons voyage and the lasting legacy of Dutch culture in New York, this book explores...
Text in English & German. This volume contains articles of relevance for books, manuscripts and libraries, for example new acquisitions...
At the outset of the twentieth century the debut of the American picture postcard incited widespread enthusiasm for collecting...
Objects have always been and continue to be carriers of personal and communal memories. Although the significance of objects for...
In the 18th century, Newport, Rhode Island, was home to some of the most skillful craftsmen in colonial North America. Among them...
Beginning with Cesar Ghiselin in 1681, Philadelphia has a long and storied history of silversmithing that includes notable artists...
Eberhardt (1758-1839) was master clockmaker in Salem for more than thirty-eight years. Albright attributes more than thirty clocks...
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