{"product_id":"birds-of-a-feather-isbn-9780847860609","title":"Birds of a Feather","description":"A book that celebrates one of the most breathtaking and comprehensive collections of wildfowl decoys in America. Bird decoys were used for hunting in North  America until the advent of hunting regulations in the early twentieth  century, when decoys started to be prized and collected as masterpieces  of American folk art. This handsome book is the first examination of the  historic and unparalleled decoy collection at Shelburne Museum.  Featuring new photography of 250 of the museum’s most important and  artistically carved decoys, it includes examples made by the most  respected American carvers: Charles Osgood, Lem and Steve Ward, John  Blair, Bill Bowman, Nathan Cobb, Jr., Lee Dudley, James Holly, Jr.,  Nathan Horner, Albert Laing, Joseph Lincoln, A. Elmer Crowell, and  Charles “Shang” Wheeler. The story of the collection begins with Joel  Barber, the pioneer decoy enthusiast and New York architect, artist, and  carver, whose gift of 400 superior examples established the collection  in 1952. Several essays provide groundbreaking scholarship on the  origins, construction, and attribution of bird decoys, imparting  critical advancements to our modern understanding of this revered  tradition.\"The unparalleled collection of 1,400 wildfowl decoys at Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vt., was established with a 1952 gift of more than 400 superior examples from Joel Barber, a New York City architect, artist, and carver. Barber's groundbreaking 1934 book “Wild Fowl Decoys” was the first to identify the importance of bird decoys as a uniquely American art form.\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eAntiques \u0026amp; Auction News\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The unparalleled collection of wildfowl decoys at Shelburne Museum are featured in the newly published \u003ci\u003eBirds of a Feather: Wildfowl Decoys at Shelburne Museum\u003c\/i\u003e...\"\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eVermont Country Sampler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Denenberg \u003c\/b\u003eis the director, \u003cb\u003eKory W. Rogers \u003c\/b\u003eis a curator, and \u003cb\u003eNancie Ravenel\u003c\/b\u003e is the objects conservator at Shelburne Museum. \u003cb\u003eCynthia Byrd i\u003c\/b\u003es the executive director at the Julia A. Purnell Museum, in Salisbury, Maryland","brand":"Skira Rizzoli","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300775874789,"sku":"NP9780847860609","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780847860609.jpg?v=1767722644","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/birds-of-a-feather-isbn-9780847860609","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}