American Decorative Arts And Paintings In The Bayou Bend Collection; Author: Warren, David B.; Joint Author: Neff, Emily Ballew; Hardback; Book

Author: Warren, David B.; Joint Author: Neff, Emily Ballew
Hardback; Book; 70 Colour Plates, 700 Halftones
492 pages
Published: December 1998
University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
ISBN: 0691059624
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This handsome volume records over 1,100 superb examples of furniture, paintings, and decorative arts found in Ima Hogg's magnificent Houston home, Bayou Bend. Miss Hogg, the daughter of a Texas governor, began an extensive collection in 1920 that would chronicle America's tastes, styles, and customs from colonial times to the Victorian era. 70 color plates. 700 halftones.This text documents the Bayou Bend collection of art and antiques, which chronicles America's tastes and styles from colonial times to the Victorian era. Included are over 1100 examples of furniture, paintings and decorative arts.