- Hardcover: 192 pages
- Publisher: Jacqui Small LLP (26 Sep 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1903221099
- ISBN-13: 978-1903221099
- Product Dimensions: 28 x 23.6 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,194,051 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Whatever you collect, you’re bound to glean something useful from A Passion for Collecting.’ (Homes & Gardens 200301)
‘Whatever your collecting passion might be, you’ll gain inspiration from this book and find your desire to indulge is made all the stronger once you have leafed through its many visually tempting pages.’ (The English Home 200212)
‘Including a wide selection of stunning photography of objet d’art and curious curios in full colour, it’s one book that you’ll definitely want to collect’ (Ireland’s Homes Interiors & Living 20021005)
‘A fascinating, inspirational book which will have you throwing out your store-bought furniture and beachcombing in a matter of hours.’ (Antiques Magazine )
‘Whatever your collecting passion might be, you’ll gain inspiration from this book and find your desire to indulge is made all the stronger once you have leafed through its many visually tempting pages.’ (The English Home 200212)
‘Including a wide selection of stunning photography of objet d’art and curious curios in full colour, it’s one book that you’ll definitely want to collect’ (Ireland’s Homes Interiors & Living 20021005)
‘A fascinating, inspirational book which will have you throwing out your store-bought furniture and beachcombing in a matter of hours.’ (Antiques Magazine )
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The passion for collecting – whether it is of fine paintings, wonderful artefacts or everyday ephemera – is about the hunt, the satisfaction of tracking down the perfect object to enhance your life. For many, the desire to collect is instinctive, a habit that never leaves but that pushes on from one great find to the next, and often from one collecting enthusiasm to a new one. This book reveals the personalities and the collecting fervour of some of the most eminent and unusual collectors of the present and the past. There are dedicated antiquarians and collectors interested in the utilitarian or the miniature; explorers who search the world for exotic objects; and others who forge ingenious plans for collections they have inherited. There are collectors who are perfectionists, decorators, naturalists or simply enthusiasts, and all their finds are discussed and illustrated. The collectors featured here live with their treasures displayed around them in their homes, rather than stored away in boxes. Their varied and original arrangements of the pieces provide an insight into a unique style of interior decoration, performed with a keen eye for texture, colour and shape. The book illustrates extraordinary visual worlds, some cool and posed and others teeming with objects of interest, and talks to the passionate people who create them – and it is bound to pass on the colleting bug to all those who enter its pages. (200210)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I found this an interesting book. I bought it because I had looked at it at a friend's house. Happy with it in my collection of coffe table books.
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37 of 41 people found the following review helpful
Great photos, poorly arranged collections
27 Nov 2002
Format:Hardcover
If you've ever wanted to start collecting anything, as a hobby or as an investment or for any other reason, and you weren't sure of just what to collect, the amazing number of color photographs of collections from around the world will surely whet your appetite.
The author of this book has broken down the subject of collecting into 9 loose categories of collectors: The Antiquarians (descendants of Renaissance and 18th century collectors), The Explorers (those interested in ethnic and curious pieces from all over the world), The Perfectionists (those who only want the best in its field), The Naturalists (those who collect natural objects of minerals, flora or fauna), The Utilitarians (who collect practical things), The Inheritors (those who receive existing collections from other people), The Enthusiasts (those who collect anything that pleases them), The Decorators (those who collect for the purpose of decorating) and The Miniaturists (those who are fascinated with things that are tiny).
Just browsing through this book and looking at the great collections people have put together is a breathtaking experience and shows how wide the variety and how personal the tastes. There's plenty of descriptive explanation that goes with each of the nine categories and the photographs are grouped accordingly to make it easy to skip to the styles that most interest you.
My only major problem with the book is that, while the photographs are absolutely beautiful, and the collections are phenomenal, the photos makes one think that these collections are well arranged and displayed. The majority are not! The displaying of these collections often appears to have been thrown together without much regard to how to display them in such a way so they will attract attention and enhance the room as well.
It's one thing to create a great collection. It's quite another thing to feel compelled to display every single piece all at the same time. When you get into that, it's just overkill and the collection ceases to be that interesting and becomes a burden to try to absorb. Better to put out a few pieces here and a few there and store the rest and exchange what's out for what's stored periodically, rather than put everything out at the same time. Doing so is more a matter of the ego of the collector and less of a desire to enhance the collection with an attractive display.
I recognize that a sizeable portion of these collections are from all over the world and displayed in homes where their owners reside, still there are display concepts that should be universally used if you really want other people to appreciate your collection. In this case, less would definitely be more!
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
interesting
23 Aug 2004
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Perhaps I'm too much of an American, but the preponderance of human(?) skulls, animal skeletons, and taxidermied animals freaked me out. Still I have to give the author points for not just including the usual collected suspects. There are small knitted sweaters, used paint palettes, and brightly colored Tin Tin posters. Some of the interiors look quite ugly to me (turquoise paint with gilded trim), but entertaining nonetheless.
I hated the organization of the book or rather the lack thereof. The same collections can appear in three different chapters. The repetition made me nuts. The redundancy really annoyed me.
I hated the organization of the book or rather the lack thereof. The same collections can appear in three different chapters. The repetition made me nuts. The redundancy really annoyed me.
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