Art of the CarouselAccompanied by over 400 color photographs, a guide to the art of the carousel, or merry-go-round, traces its development by describing style variations and identifiable features of carousel animals produced by the major American carving companies; and includes descriptions and illustrations of restoration techniques; advice on buying, shipping and insuring carousel animals, and a census of operating carousels in the United States and Canada. |
Contents
American Carving Styles | 41 |
Gustav and William Dentzel | 47 |
Charles W Parker | 102 |
Copyright | |
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Allan Herschell Company American carousel Amusement Park Armitage Herschell armoured author's collection Beach body Brooklyn Bushnell Park C.W. Parker Company carousel animals Carousel Company carousel figures carousel horse Carretta carved by M.C. carver CARVINGS Menagerie Animals century chariot Charles Carmel Charles Looff Charles Wallace Parker Cherni cherubs coat collectors Coney Island Coney Island Style Courtesy Crane Sokolow Daniel and Alfred Daniel Muller decorated Dentzel carousel Dentzel Company early elaborate faceted jewels factory fancy Feltman finish giraffe glass eyes glaze goat Gustav Dentzel hair tails head Herschell-Spillman high cantles Horses circa intricate John Zalar jumper KENNYWOOD PARK legs lion M.C. Illions machines manes Mangels Marcus Charles Illions menagerie figures original paint park carousel Parker horses Philadelphia Toboggan Company Photo Photo-Geoff Weedon Photo-George King Photo-Joe Leonard Playland portable carousel pose prancers produced restoration Richard Ward ride saddles Spillman stander Stein and Goldstein Swen Swenson tiger trappings Weedon and Richard wood wooden zebra