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9781857592894

Three Centuries of Tradition

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  • ISBN13:

    9781857592894

  • ISBN10:

    1857592891

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2003-07-01
  • Publisher: Scala Books
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Summary

This book's focus is on examples of work by American gunmakers known for their contemporary translations of traditional European, British, and American sporting arms of various styles made between 1640 and 1940. Examples of antique sporting arms that served as stylistic and technological guides for contemporary work are also included. Three Centuries of Tradition presents custom-made sporting arms as consummate examples of the decorative arts, demonstrating the highest artistic achievements in carving, inlay, and engraving of metal and wood.

Table of Contents

Forewordp. 12
Acknowledgmentsp. 13
Tribute to John Bivins, Jr.p. 14
Three Centuries of Tradition: The Renaissance of Custom Sporting Arms in Americap. 17
Introductionp. 25
Exhibition Cataloguep. 29
Seventeenth-Century Parisian Stylep. 30
Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Germanic Stylep. 54
Mid-Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century American Stylep. 64
Mid-Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century London Stylep. 128
Single-Shot Rifles in the American Style of 1877-90p. 142
Centerfire Sporting Rifles of the Twentieth Centuryp. 146
Muzzleloading Accessories and Associated Arms in the Style of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuriesp. 174
Endnotesp. 188
Suggested Readingp. 190
Index of Makersp. 191
Photo Creditsp. 192
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