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7%OFFLanmon, Dwight P.; Lanmon, Lorraine Welling; Du Gard, Dominique Coulet - Josephine Foard and the Glazed Pottery of Laguna Pueblo - 9780826343079 - V9780826343079
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Josephine Foard and the Glazed Pottery of Laguna Pueblo

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Description for Josephine Foard and the Glazed Pottery of Laguna Pueblo In 1899, at the age of fifty-six, Josephine Jefferson Foard moved from the East Coast to Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, where she built her own house and a kiln for firing pottery. This book provides a glimpse into the life of this remarkable woman who ventured to the Southwest as an artist, potter, and entrepreneur. Num Pages: 280 pages, 17 colour photos, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; ACV; AGB; BGH; WFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 794.
In 1899, at the age of fifty-six, Josephine Jefferson Foard moved from the East Coast to Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, where she built her own house and a kiln for firing pottery. Her intent was to show Pueblo potters how to strengthen their pottery by using better firing methods and by glazing it on the interior to make it waterproof. She also aimed to assist potters by marketing their products in the East, not just as decorative items but as functional additions to Anglo households. Through collecting and studying historic pueblo pottery and with access to Foard's correspondence with ... Read more

Product Details

Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
280
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Albuquerque, NM, United States
ISBN
9780826343079
SKU
V9780826343079
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About Lanmon, Dwight P.; Lanmon, Lorraine Welling; Du Gard, Dominique Coulet
Dwight P. Lanmon is director emeritus of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware. He is retired director of the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, London, and research associate at the Indian Arts Research Center, School for Advanced Research, and the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture in Santa Fe, ... Read more

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