[Hardware]. Blumin, Leonard.

Victorian Decorative Art; A Photographic Study of Ornamental Design in Antique Doorknobs

Mill Valley, CA: Victorian Design Press, 1983. First edition. Paperback. 12 mo (5 1/2 X 8 1/2), pp. 118 (text), bibliography, over 200 photographic illustrations with explanatory text for each item in the calligraphic hand of Renee Locks. Very Good; mild ex-library. Item #19286

The author traces the history of the hardware industry in the United States between 1870 and 1910, and examines many products of the hardware firms active in that period. He tries to sort out who made each design, what it was named, when it was made, and what style or "school" of design it belongs to. A very scarce title and a good source of decorative hardware information.

Price: $30.00