Author: Lloyd, Clive
Title: The Arts and Crafts of Napoleonic and American Prisoners of War, 1756-1816
Description: Woodbridge, Antique Collector's Club, 2007. Hardcover. A dark navy casebound book with the title in gilt lettering across the front cover and down the spine. There is a color-illustrated glossy dust jacket, with the title printed in black down a white spine. Thre is a small color illustration on the spine. The free and pasted end pages are illustrated. Pages: (7), 8-334. Profusely illustrated with majority color images. "Illustrated here is an extensive selection of items from museums around the world and the author's own collection - one of the largest private collections of prisoner of war artefacts in existence. All reveal the incredible skills of these imprisoned craftsmen. The items - delicate, intricate and highly detailed - include boxes, toys and automata made from bone, straw or paper, as well as paintings by artists whose work is now much in demand. The creation of these pieces seems even more remarkable when the conditions under which they would have been made and the extreme limitations the prisoners would have endured in terms of access to materials and resources are considered." Contents are as follows: Introduction and authenticity -- The depot markets -- The inner markets -- The straw workers, plaiters, and marquetry artists -- The prisoner bone-workers -- Rolled paper work and paper sculpture -- Automata and mechanical toys -- Games, games-boxes and pastime trivia -- Artists -- The Freemason prisoner of war -- An English/American officer in France -- The gamblers and the brokers -- The entertainers -- The forgers and the coiners. VG+/VG+ .

Keywords: American Art ; American Folk Art ; ;


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