Paulding Farnham: Tiffany's Lost Genius, John Loring, 2000, Near Fine hardcover w/dust jacket.

Loring, John. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2000.

English, Near Fine, HC, 4to, 12 1/4" x 9 1/4", 151 pp. 

ISBN: 0810935112

Hardcover in light purple cloth, Very Good pictorial dust jacket. Light soiling to back panel, minor sunning to edges, light shelf wear to dust jacket, now in Mylar. 151 pp. Includes 184 images, with 147 in full-color. Study on the brief, yet impactful, career of American jewelry designer, sculptor, and metallurgist, Paulding Farnham, a  celebrated former designer for Tiffany & Co. in the late 19th and early 20th century. This book looks at the watercolor-and-ink drawings from Farnham's sketchbooks, as well as many jewelry pieces he designed with his influences and eras of design sectioned as: Nature, Orchids, Native American Design, Orientalism, The Louis Revival, Victorianism, and The Renaissance Revival. Featured here are also his famed enamel orchid brooches.