Item Number: 123255 Title: STRETCH : America's First Family of Clockmakers Author: Fennimore, Donale L. ; Frank L. Hohmann III ; Onie Rollins (ed) Price: Not Available ISBN: 9780912724706 Description: Winterthur: Winterthur Museum , Hohmann Holdings, 2013. 31cm., hardcover, 343pp. with numerous color illus. Summary: This volume presents the definitive history of the UK-born Stretch family of clockmakers who emigrated to Philadelphia in 1703 and played an influential role in the city's early clockmaking, civic, and Quaker communities. Initial essays discuss the family and the importance of their Quaker beliefs; time-telling and the clockmaking community in pre-1750 Philadelphia; innovative mechanical advances made by the Stretches; and their notable civic and cultural contributions to the city. The catalog section of the book features 84 of the 133 Peter, Thomas, and William Stretch clocks discovered during the course of the project, illustrating and fully describing both the cases and the works. The majority of the clocks, passed down through the generations and still in private collections, are being published for the first time. We regret to inform you that this title is no longer available. P.O. Box 3904, Kingston, New York 12402 US Phone: 845-331-8519 Fax: 845-331-0852 Email: michael@artbooks.com |
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