[Rarebooks] FS: 1929 Girl Scout Loan Exhibition of Antique American Furniture and Antiques

[Joslin Hall Rare Books]

1929 Girl Scout Loan Exhibition of Antique American Furniture and 
Antiques

"Loan Exhibition of Eighteenth Century and Early Nineteenth Century 
Furniture & Glass... Portraits by Stuart, Peale and others, for the 
Benefit of the National Council of Girl Scouts, Inc."  Published in New 
York by the American Art Galleries in 1929.

The importance of the Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition cannot be overstated, 
although sometimes it seems it has become something of a cliché. Simply 
put, it was the most important and richest loan exhibition of American 
antique furniture and other decorative arts ever staged to be drawn in 
large part from private collections; although it did not start the 
popularization of American antiques, it contributed largely to its 
continued success and gave both scholars and collectors new focus; it 
brought a large number of prominent dealers and collectors together in a 
way which had not been accomplished since the Hudson-Fulton exhibition 
of 1909; it provided the first broad popular showing of American 
Federal-period antiques; finally, it inspired an enthusiasm which gave 
impetus to new books, catalogs and research. The Girl Scout Exhibition 
is seen by many as the starting point for all serious modern scholarship 
in the fields of American decorative arts. The catalog features 
illustrations of fine furniture, textiles, glass, ceramics and 
paintings, drawn from notable collections from across the country.

Hardcover. 8"x11", 926 items, hundreds of black & white illustrations. 
Newly bound into hardcovers with most of the original front cover 
mounted and bound in. Minor wear, light soil. [42858]  $250

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