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Birds of a Feather - Wildfowl Decoys At Shelburne Museum (Hardcover)
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Birds of a Feather - Wildfowl Decoys At Shelburne Museum (Hardcover)
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Bird decoys were used for hunting in North America until the advent
of hunting regulations in the early twentieth century, when decoys
started to be prized and collected as masterpieces of American folk
art. This handsome book is the first examination of the historic
and unparalleled decoy collection at Shelburne Museum. Featuring
new photography of 250 of the museum s most important and
artistically carved decoys, it includes examples made by the most
respected American carvers: Charles Osgood, Lem and Steve Ward,
John Blair, Bill Bowman, Nathan Cobb, Jr., Lee Dudley, James Holly,
Jr., Nathan Horner, Albert Laing, Joseph Lincoln, A. Elmer Crowell,
and Charles Shang Wheeler. The story of the collection begins with
Joel Barber, the pioneer decoy enthusiast and New York architect,
artist, and carver, whose gift of 400 superior examples established
the collection in 1952. Several essays provide groundbreaking
scholarship on the origins, construction, and attribution of bird
decoys, imparting critical advancements to our modern understanding
of this revered tradition.
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