The Newcomb Style

Newcomb College Arts & Crafts and Art Pottery

Jean Moore Bragg and Dr. Susan Saward

$40.00

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CLEARANCE –  VERY GOOD CONDITION – TEAR ACROSS BOTTOM OF DJ (SEE PHOTO) – ONE AVAILABLE

This lavish and definitive book on Newcomb Arts and Crafts from the collector’s viewpoint is thorough in the scholarship of the New Orleans Women’s College, H. Sophie Newcomb, with its remarkable Art School. The fascinating history is complete with clear easy-to-read charts of the craft markings and of the decorators and their signatures, as well as guides to value and preservation of art works. This is the book the collector needs to identify valuable Newcomb crafts in the marketplace and at national arts and crafts shows with a range of items never before seen.

The book itself is in excellent condition.  The dust jacket has a closed tear across the width of the bottom – see photo detail.

Hardcover, 228 pages

Additional information

Author

Jean Moore Bragg and Dr. Susan Saward

Format

Hardcover, 228 pages

ISBN

0-9717529-0-7

Year

2002