THE WALPOLE SOCIETY |
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THE WALPOLE SOCIETY |
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Founded in 1910, The Walpole Society has been dedicated
to the appreciation and scholarship of American arts for over 85 years. Its initial
membership included S.P. Avery, Edwin Atlee Barber, Francis H. Bigelow, Dwight Blaney, H.
Eugene Bolles, Thomas B. Clarke, George Munson Curtis, Henry Wood Erving, Harry H.
Flagler, Hollis French, Henry W. Kent, Luke Vincent Lockwood, Albert H. Pitkin, Charles
Hitchcock Tyler, and Theodore S. Woolsey. Books by its members, both past and
present, rank among the most important and long-lasting works in the fields of American
decorative arts scholarship.
The private publications of the Society are less well-known. In its early years the
Society published several Glossaries of the decorative arts, and its publication of Hollis
French's book on American silver was the first study of the marks of American
silversmiths. Since 1926 the Society has also published a yearly Note Book, containing
articles and essays by members, as well as accounts of meetings at a variety of
interesting and historic places. Published by fine presses on rag paper and in extremely
limited editions, these Note Books are extremely difficult to come by. Certain essays have
also been issued as offprints. We are pleased to present a selection of Walpole Society
publications-
Montgomery,
Charles (tribute). Charles F. Montgomery and Florence M. Montgomery. A
Tribute. New Haven; Yale University Art Gallery: June, 1978. Edited by
Barbara M. and Gerald W.R. Ward. Charles Montgomery was Curator of the Garvan Collections
at Yale as well as the author of respected books on pewter and American federal furniture.
This tribute volume was intended for Montgomery's retirement party, but turned into a
memorial book instead after his sudden death. It includes his important essay “Some
Remarks on the Practice and Science of Connoisseurship”, as well as contributions
from Alan Shestack, Wendell Garrett and Constance Clement, photographs, and bibliographies
of both Charles and Florence Montgomery's writings. Edited by Barbara M. and Gerald W.R.
Ward. Hardcover. 6.5"x9.5", 71 pages, b/w illustrations; a fine copy. [90136]
$20.00
Sizer, Theodore. John
Trumbull -Museum Architect. Hartford; The Walpole Society: 1940. 1st
Edition. "A Paper read at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Walpole Society on May 18th,
1940 ... by Theodore Sizer, Director of the Yale University Art Gallery (successor of the
Trumbull Gallery". Inscribed by Sizer- "To G.H.H. ftom T.S. June
1941". Softcover. 6.5"x9.5", 16 pages, 1 b/w illustration, with the
pages not bound in (as issued). A little light soil; three-punch holed on the spine.
[00198] $60
Sizer,
Theodore. Trumbull's New York. Reprinted from the 1949 Walpole
Society Note Book in an edition of 100 copies. The Walpoleans visit the Big Apple and take
a tour in the spirit of Jonathan Trumbull- visiting the sites of his house and studio, and
viewing his paintings at City Hall, as well as paying homage to Trumbull-associated
personages such as Alexander Hamilton and General Richard Montgomery. A short but pleasing
essay filled with notes on architecture, paintings, silver, and the gigantic hole just off
the East River highway then being dug to house the foundations of the United Nations
buildings. Softcover 6"x9", 8 pages, 1 b/w illustrations; light soil. [05123]
$20.00
Walpole Society. The
Walpole Society Note Book -1984. Portland; Printed
by the Anthoensen Press in an edition of 50 copies. This issue
contains Henry Streeter's "Palladio in Italy", and "Recollections of Thomas
W. Streeter and His Collecting" by Frank S. Streeter; "Palladio in America"
by Frederick D. Nichols; "Autumn in Pennsylvania" by Jonathan Fairbanks;
"Winslow Homer's 'Dad's Coming' " by John Wilmerding; and "Some Foods for
Thought" and "An Order for a Dining Table, 1810" by Mills Lane.
Hardcover. 6"x9", 70 pages, 13 b&w illustrations. [19733] $75.00
Walpole Society. The
Walpole Society Note Book -1988. South Portland; Printed
by the Shagbark Press in an edition of 40 copies. This issue includes
"Bingham's Geometries and the Shape of America" by John Wilmerding and
"Aristocracy in Early America" by Wendell Garrett. Hardcover.
6"x9", 40 pages plus 17 b&w illustrations. [19741] $60.00
