Exhibit catalog which examines the sources of Japanese design in furniture, clocks and decorative arts. A Brass Menagerie celebrates the fanciful productions in brass and bronze. It also pays hommage to those late Nineteenth Century manufacturers that produced the fanciful creations. The objects on view are grouped according to maker (where that information is known) except for door hardware, where objects are on view together.


The publication has over 100 color images, talks about the Victorian era development of the American Art Brass industry, important manufacturers and offers new research into conservation of mixed metals and decorative arts.