With roots in the quest for orderly terminology by pioneer conservator (and Monuments Man) George Stout, beginning in 1938, and continuing through the Getty's Art and Architecture Thesaurus of the 1980s, a 21^st-century vocabulary is now available in A Visual Dictionary of Decorative and Domestic Arts. We thank respected conservator Nancy Odegaard and talented graphic illustrator Gerry Crouse for this guide to 'just the right word' to describe the indescribable details of candlesticks, frames, historical jewelry, and much much more.

This visual dictionary is an excellent resource for curators, registrars, and collection managers for use in condition checking artworks or cataloging collections.

As anyone involved in the cataloging of decorative arts knows, there are myriad ways for objects to be described. Nowhere, however, can one turn to an easily understood and comprehensive compendium of commonly employed terms. This volume sets out to change that by defining easily understood descriptive terms for common classes of material objects. These terms are then tied to exploded drawings of common classes of decorative arts to show the reader how they might be employed. Finally, a resource that provides a common descriptive terminology for everyday use. A must for the bookshelf of museum curators, serious collectors and auction professionals.

Nancy Odegaard is Conservator at the Arizona State Museum and Professor at the University of Arizona. She has over forty years of experience working with and describing material culture, including countless condition and conservation and treatment reports, exhibit labels, catalog cards, over 100 museum surveys.

She has utilized three scholar residency awards to conduct intellectual research on the parts or vocabularies for handcrafted domestic and decorative objects. In 2001 she conducted research while a research fellow at the Winterthur Library and Archives, in 2007 she continued research while a fellow at the Getty Conservation Institute, and in 2015 she added research as a fellow at ICCROM in Rome. She has maintained an ongoing effort to continue to add to and update her notes through existing glossaries in art history and decorative arts, craft manufacture guides, interviews with specialists, and conservation reference materials.

Her published books include: Curating Human Remains: A Guide for Museums and Academic Institutions, 2006; Old Poisons New Problems: Information and Resource Guide for Contaminated Cultural Materials in Museum Collections, 2005; Material Characterization Tests for Objects of Art and Archaeology, 2nd edition, 2005. Material Characterization Tests for Objects of Art and Archaeology, 2000. A Guide to Handling Anthropological Museum Collections, 1991; Training for Collections Care and Vol 1. Archaeology & Ethnology, 1990.

She has received three Kress Publication Awards from the AIC. She has published over 200 chapters, journal articles, conference proceedings, newsletter pieces, posters, and electronic media. She is an elected fellow of the AIC and IIC, and has been an active member in AAM, ATALM, ICOM.

Gerry Wagner Crouse has worked in illustration and graphic media for over 20 years. She has extensive experience and training with scientific line-drawing illustration as well as 3D animation graphics.

She has worked for the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and Buhl Planetarium, Houston Museum of Natural History Science Planetarium, Louisiana Art and Science Museum, and National Geographic Television. Currently, she works by contract with museums, tribal communities, contract resource management firms, planetariums, and educational agencies. Her work examples include: NASA MMS Mission Outreach, 2015 Houston Museum of Natural History; Construction of Pueblo Grande, 2017 Paleowest Archaeology; Artifact Documentation for Repatriation, 2017 - present, Gila River Indian Community.

Dedication

Table of Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Section I: Decorative objects

1. Basket

2. Bells

3. Bottle, Beverage

4. Bottle, Case

5. Bowl/Porringer

6. Candlestick, Glass

7. Candlestick Metal and Douter

8. Cup/bowl

9. Cutlery Knife

10. Flatware

11. Jar/Jug

12. Lamp, Oil with Oxidation Surface

13. Saucer/Plate

14. Stemware, Goblet

15. Teapot

16. Vase (Amphora)

17. Vase, Glass

Section II: Domestic Furnishings

1. Bed and Bedding

2. Bed, Child's Cradle

3. Chair, Straight

4. Chair, Upholstery

5. Furniture, Case

6. Rug

7. Rug Foundation

8. Table, Drop-leaf

9. Table, Pedestal

10. Table, Side

11. Window and Coverings

Section III: Artistic Works and Tools

1. Book

2. Frescos

3. Mosaic

4. Painting, Auxiliary Support for Canvas

5. Painting (Layers) on Canvas

6. Painting, Frame Molding Profile with Canvas

7. Painting on Wood Panel / Icon

8. Print

9. Print Package

10. Print/Artwork Frame (Reverse) with Hardware

11. Photograph and Slides

12. Sculpture, Armature (Miniature) on Column

13. Sculpture, Figure (Life Size) on Platform

14. Sculpture, Metal Cast (Colossal Size) on Acropodium/Pedestal

15. Sculpture, Portrait Bust (Life-Size) on Socle

16. Sculpture, Statue/Herm (Heroic Size)

17. Artist Tools for Applying

18. Artist Tools for Carving and Modeling

19. Artist Tools for Cutting

Section IV: Jewelry Adornment Items

1. Bolo

2. Bracelets

3. Buckles

4. Earrings

5. Neck Jewelry

6. Pins

7. Rings

8. Sartorial Jewelry

9. Watches

Section V: Accessory Articles

1. Buttons

2. Combs

3. Eyeglasses

4. Fan

5. Flag

6. Hat

7. Pipes

8. Umbrella/Parasol

About the Authors