Painted Ponies is teh classic book of antique carousel art. This extraordinary coffee table style book presents the finest carving examples by the most renowned carousel artists. The rarest horses and most unique menagerie animals were selected from America's premier private collections and antique operating carousels. Painted Ponies contains useful guides, charts, and directories for collectors, carvers, artists, and enthusiasts. This book contains over 650 color photographs, 256 pages, 9"x11.5", deluxe hardcover edition.
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Marianne Stevens began collecting carousel art over 40 years ago, when she first fell in love with the carousels of Coney Island. She is a leading authority on carousel art and history, and was a founding member of the American Carousel Society and National Carousel Association.
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
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An excellent reference book!,
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This review is from: Painted Ponies: American Carousel Art (Hardcover)
Painted Ponies is THE best book on carousel art. We own 80 carousel animals & every book on fairground art but Painted Ponies is the only book we use as a reference. Whether you are an enthusiast, a first time buyer or an experienced collector, the hundreds of color photos are very useful to identify horses. It was also a wonderful source for paint & color ideas during the restoration of our antique carousels & animals.
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Great Carvings,
By Nathan A. Unterman (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Painted Ponies: American Carousel Art (Hardcover)
A delightful book on a vanishing art form: hand carved carousel animals, sleighs, and ornaments. The color photographs are excellent. The background on merry-go-rounds and round-abouts is fun. The carvers and their companies are discussed in detail. Timelines, a directory, publications, restoration services, music, and a brief bibliography are included. I would have preferred an annotated bibliography, and citations of non-bound materials. In any event, this one is a keeper, and will give many hours of enjoyment.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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A must for ANY carousel lover,
This review is from: Painted Ponies: American Carousel Art (Hardcover)
I absolutely adore this book. The full color photos throughout the book are worth the pricetag, not to mention the extremely detailed history of the carousel and some of the more reknowned carvers. You can't pass this one up.
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Rollicking music pumped into the air by a carousel organ tempted everyone within earshot to join the circular parade. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Philadelphia Toboggan Company, Allan Herschell, Daniel Muller, United States, Harry Bartlett, North Tonawanda, Marcus Illions, Armitage Herschell, Charles Carmel, Crescent Park, Dickenson County Historical Society, Susan Foley, World War, San Francisco, Cedar Point, Gustav Dentzel, Smithsonian Institution, Tony Orlando, Frederick Savage, Long Beach, Spillman Engineering, William Mangels, Atlantic City, Joy Morris New!
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Rollicking music pumped into the air by a carousel organ tempted everyone within earshot to join the circular parade. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Philadelphia Toboggan Company, Allan Herschell, Daniel Muller, United States, Harry Bartlett, North Tonawanda, Marcus Illions, Armitage Herschell, Charles Carmel, Crescent Park, Dickenson County Historical Society, Susan Foley, World War, San Francisco, Cedar Point, Gustav Dentzel, Smithsonian Institution, Tony Orlando, Frederick Savage, Long Beach, Spillman Engineering, William Mangels, Atlantic City, Joy Morris New!
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