Livre - A guide to Czech & Slovak glass

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B 4481

Description

Livre

European Community Imports

Foulds Diane E.

Presentation materielle : 208 p.

Dimensions : 21 cm

A Guide to Czech & Slovak Glass is the first resource book ever written on a nation's glass industry. In 208 pages it outlines the artists, factories, associations, museums, schools, shops, and history of Bohemian glass. It is color-illustrated throughout, with an index, glossary, and Czech and Slovak- to English lexicon of glass terms, plus 3 maps. Time magazine described it as About the Author Diane E. Foulds fell in love with Bohemian crystal in 1979, while studying Czech at Charles University in Prague. She has written articles on Czechoslovakia for United Press International, The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, and for the German newswire, Deutsche Presse-agentur. A native of Vermont, she is a frequent tour leader and lecturer on historic and modern Czech glass.