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    Under glass : a Victorian obsession / John Whitenight.

    By: Whitenight, John [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing Ltd., [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0764344072; 9780764344077Subject(s): Parlor domes | Parlor domes -- Pictorial works | Art objects, Victorian | Art objects, Victorian -- Pictorial works | Decorative arts, Victorian | Decorative arts, Victorian -- Pictorial works | Pictorial works. $2 fast | Parlor domes | Art objects, Victorian | Decorative arts, Victorian | Kunsthandwerk | Ziergegenstand | Glassturz | Kuriosität | Stopfpräparat | Wachsbildnerei | GroßbritannienGenre/Form: Pictorial works.LOC classification: NK775 | .W45 2013
    Contents:
    Acknowledgments -- Foreword / Timothy Rub -- Introduction -- Wax : "Beauties from the beehive" -- Shell work : "Flowers from the sea" -- Hair work : "Hair today, hair tomorrow" -- Nature contained : "Birds, dogs, frogs, and monkeys too!" -- Feather work : "Birds of a feather" -- Beautiful in death : "Skeleton leaves and phantom bouquets" -- Wool work : "Have you any wool?" -- Glass whimsies : "Confections in glass" -- Fancy that! : "Paper, muslin, silk, bead, and seed work" -- Automata : "Musical mechanical masterpieces" -- Esoterica -- Gone but not forgotten.
    Summary: "An in-depth exploration of a unique segment of the Victorian decorative arts. In 650 beautiful images and fascinating text, many glass domes and the objects displayed under them are revealed and discussed in detail. Items from glorious taxidermy presentations of nature, seashell works, wax flowers and fruit, and even art formed of human hair are studied carefully"--Jacket.
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    Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-287) and index.

    Acknowledgments -- Foreword / Timothy Rub -- Introduction -- Wax : "Beauties from the beehive" -- Shell work : "Flowers from the sea" -- Hair work : "Hair today, hair tomorrow" -- Nature contained : "Birds, dogs, frogs, and monkeys too!" -- Feather work : "Birds of a feather" -- Beautiful in death : "Skeleton leaves and phantom bouquets" -- Wool work : "Have you any wool?" -- Glass whimsies : "Confections in glass" -- Fancy that! : "Paper, muslin, silk, bead, and seed work" -- Automata : "Musical mechanical masterpieces" -- Esoterica -- Gone but not forgotten.

    "An in-depth exploration of a unique segment of the Victorian decorative arts. In 650 beautiful images and fascinating text, many glass domes and the objects displayed under them are revealed and discussed in detail. Items from glorious taxidermy presentations of nature, seashell works, wax flowers and fruit, and even art formed of human hair are studied carefully"--Jacket.

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