Case Histories: The Packaging And Presentation Of The Photographic Portrait In Victorian Birtain 1840-1845 - Rilegato

Hannavy, John

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ISBN 10: 1851494812 ISBN 13: 9781851494811

Casa editrice: Antique Collectors Club Ltd, 2005

Riassunto

This is the first book to make a comprehensive study of the cased portraiture market. While there are individual books on the daguerreotype, the ambrotype, and the carte-de-visite and the thermoplastic union case, Case Histories examines the history of the portrait and its packaging as component parts of a single integrated industry. The book looks at the structure of the case, and its evolution, as well as exploring the range of materials used in case manufacture, the manufacturing techniques employed, and the emergence of moulding technology.
Illustrated throughout, this book highlights British manufacturers of cases and trims, and identifies the only British manufacturer yet found who made moulded thermoplastic cases. Such was the importance of the cased photographic portrait, that moulded picture cases were one of the world's first uses for moulded plastic.

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L'autore:

John Hannavy is Research Professor in Art & Design at the University of Bolton.

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Book by Hannavy John

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Antique Collectors Club Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1851494812
• ISBN 13: 9781851494811
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 144