Catalog - The City Library

Format:

Book

Author:

Wilson, R. L. (Robert Lawrence), 1939-2016

Title:

Steel canvas : the art of American arms / R.L. Wilson ; foreword by William R. Chaney ; photography by Peter Beard [and others].

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher, Date:

Description:

xi, 384 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 x 29 cm

Summary:

"Present[s] ... [a] panorama of America's extraordinary engravers and embellishers of arms, from 1700's to modern times ... features works of decorative art by Tiffany & Co., Gustave Young, A.A. White, Kentucky longrifles to Colt, Winchester, Smith & Wesson, Remington, Marlin, Ruger, Sharps, Deringer, and many, many more ..."--Inside flap.

Subjects:

Firearms -- Decoration -- United States.

Engraving (Metalwork) -- United States -- Themes, motives.

Chasing (Metalwork) -- United States -- Themes, motives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-375) and index.

Contents:

Five centuries of deluxe arms -- From colonial arms to the Kentucky rifle -- Handcraftsmanship and the Industrial Revolution -- Colonel Colt's deluxe revolvers -- Winchester's repeating masterpieces -- Handguns supreme: c. 1860-1914 -- Best-quality longarms: c. 1860-1914 -- A tradition in flux: 1914-1960 -- Tiffany treasures -- The golden age rekindled: 1960 to the present -- Pursuing the ultimate -- American arms engravers from colonial times to the present -- Glssary.

Web Site:

Publisher description

LCCN:

94019344

ISBN:

0679406735

9780679406730

078581891X

9780785818915

Other Number:

30593535

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

156417

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

739.74 Wilson