Glass Worlds: Paperweights from the ROM's Collection

Glass Worlds: Paperweights from the ROM's Collection image
ISBN-10:

0888544499

ISBN-13:

9780888544490

Author(s): Musselwhite
Released: May 01, 2007
Publisher: ROM
Format: Paperback, 96 pages
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Description:

This small format (6 inch by 6 inch) exhibit catalog documents the 2007 exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Canada. 75 paperweights are illustrated in the catalog, each with a description. This book includes a history of paperweights and paperweight collecting and glossary of paperweight types and terms (see the sections on Description of Paperweights and Unusual Types of Paperweights).This exhibit catalog includes a wide range of paperweights, ranging from fine French antique paperweights from Baccarat, St. Louis, and Clichy to more modern paperweights by Rick Ayotte, Paul Stankard, James Kontes (see picture), Josh Simpson, Debbie Tarsitano, and others. The catalog also includes more common paperweights not usually featured in a museum show and catalog. In all there are 75 paperweights in the catalog each with a clear color photograph.












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