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The ultimate in garden style right now is antique garden ornaments."-Art & Auction Nothing adds drama to an outdoor space like a magnificent marble fountain or an impressive stone statue. With more and more collectors seeking out these fine pieces, there is a genuine need for this beautiful book-the first history of antique garden ornament in America ever published. The author presents a wealth of newly discovered information on American gardens and their ornament from 1740 to 1940. The superb colorplates, photographed especially for this book, show many historic American gardens for the first time. A black-and-white catalogue section, which serves as a collector's guide to some 300 individual objects, is followed by three essential appendixes, including a never-before-published list of more than 130 American and European garden ornament makers.
BARBARA ISRAEL is a highly regarded authority on garden ornament and one of the foremost dealers in the field. She lives with her family in New York City. MICK HALES is one of the best-known landscape and garden photographers working today. He lives in Carmel, New York. MARK HAMPTON, who died in 1998 shortly after writing the preface to this book, was an eminent and nationally known New York City interior designer.
