Author: Fitzgerald, Ken
Title: Weathervanes and Whirligigs
Description: NY, Bramhall House, 1967. Hardcover. Red cloth. 186 pp. 180 illustrations. This book takes you through the history of weathervanes and whirligigs from back in knighthood days when the boys who earned the banners used them as part of their heraldic tradition. The designs have also been used as totems, mascots, symbols and stemmed from both superstition and religion as well as representational origins. From the whittled wooden whirligigs of the 18th and 19th century to Walt Disney's Tower of the Four Winds, it's all here with a whole series of accompanying illustrations drawn by the author. Contents as follows: Introduction -- "Every wind has its weather" -- Weathercocks and other birds -- Banners, arrows, and devices -- Indians and angels -- Horses, Horses, Horses -- In the wind -- Zoo on high -- By these signs -- For pleasure -- Today and tomorrow -- Miscellany. VG, 4 or 5 sheets have been cut and are laid-in .

Keywords: 20th Century; Art; Folk Art; Weathervanes; Whirligigs ; Weathervanes ; Art ; Folk Art General Reference - American Decorative Arts


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