Antique Collectors Club Dist A/C. Used - Very Good. 2006. Hardcover. 4to. Cloth, d.j. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good. (Subject: Art History). Antique Collectors Club Dist A/C ISBN 1851494812 9781851494811 [US]

ACC Distribution 2006 Hardcover Used-Very Good in Very Good jacket The cased photographic portrait was fashionable from the early 1840s until the end of the 1860s. Around it grew a considerable industry supplying everything from simple leather covered cases, to sophisticated creations in moulded thermoplastic. This book looks at the photographic portrait from daguerrotype to carte de visite, and at the range of cases in which it was marketed. The cased Victorian photographic portrait was a sophisticated product, with the delicate hand-colouring of the image echoed in the colours of the protective velvet pad and trim with which the case was finished. Hitherto, the relationship between the portrait and its packaging and presentation has not been explored in book form. Case Histories also 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 moulde A history of the packing and presentation of the Victorian cased photographic portrait. The first book to take a holistic view of the cased portraiture market. Look at the structure of the case and its evolution. Explores the range of material used in case manufacture, the manifacturing techniques employed and the Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. Wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector.

Antique Collectors' Club Ltd, Date: 2005-11-15. Hardcover. New. **HARDBACK** 2005. Antique Collectors' Club Ltd ISBN 1851494812 9781851494811 [GB]

Woodbridge, UK: Antique Collectors Club, Date: 2005. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fine in dust jacket. 2005. Antique Collectors Club ISBN 1851494812 9781851494811 [US]

Woodbridge, Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, Date: 2005. Hardcover in dustwrapper.144 pages, well illustrated with photographs, contemporary ephemera, woodcut engravings etc.10.75 X 8.5 inches.Near fine book in a near fine dustwrapper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 2005. Antique Collectors' Club ISBN 1851494812 9781851494811 [GB]

Antique Collectors Club Dist, Date: 2006-01-30. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2006. Antique Collectors Club Dist ISBN 1851494812 9781851494811 [US]

ISBN10: 1851494812, ISBN13: 9781851494811, [publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist A/C] Hardcover 2006. Hardcover. 4to. Cloth, d.j. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good.
[Chicago, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]

ISBN10: 1851494812, ISBN13: 9781851494811, [publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist A/C] Hardcover 2006. Hardcover. 4to. Cloth, d.j. Some shelf-wear. Else clean copy. Very Good.
[Chicago, IL, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]