Collecting and Display | Alistair McAlpine, Cathy Giangrande

Collecting and Display | Alistair McAlpine, Cathy Giangrande | Eye Candy for Collectors

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Collecting and Dis...

	Collecting and Display Alistair McAlpine, Cathy Giangrande Conran Octopus, 1998 - 192 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
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"The only rules are your own"

This subject is limitless, and in fact there are an endless number of books on the subject. This book is a brief but beautiful approach to give an overview. To a modest collector it does a good job of covering what can ce collected,why collections are made and the things to consider when deciding how and where to diplay them.
It is of very large, high quality (10" X 13") book with many excellent color photographs and makes a fine coffee table book. The photos are almost all of high end to museum type collections. That, however; does not suggest that the same principles cannot be used in displaying personal collections of moderate objects. The one thing you won't find in the book is anything about how to go about assembling a collection.
You will find some very imaginative ideas in displaying collections of a small number,a large number and even mixing very different objects.
Probably the strongest part of the book is in how it shows how importrant the lighting of the collection really is.It has pictures showing the same objects displayed with different lighting; and the differences are startling. At the back of the book, you will find an extensive list of sources and suppliers;conservation organizations,conservation references,consrvators and restorers,suppliers of display units,materials,installers, framers and security.There is also a list of books the authors used as references in writing the book.
A delightful book by anyone who has a collection or just enjoys looking a one.

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Eye Candy for Collectors

This book is a joy! If you are stricken by the incurable disease of collecting, you will love having this book on your shelf and refer back to it often. Entertaining and inspirational, and very well photographed.

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