Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 872
Book Description
The Athenaeum
Author: Athenaeum
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 936
Book Description
Athenaeum
Author: Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
“The” Athenaeum
Author: The Spirit of the English Magazines
Author: Mounted Oriental Porcelain in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Author: Gillian WilsonPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892365625
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The Getty Museum’s large and exceptional collection of oriental porcelain embellished with Parisian gilt bronze or silver is comprehensively illustrated in this revised catalogue. The European practice of mounting exotic objects such as oriental porcelain dates from the Middle Ages and found its height of expression during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when Chinese and Japanese porcelains reached the West in considerable quantities. To meet the growing taste for such objects in fashionable Parisian society, marchands-merciers—guild members who combined the functions of the modern interior decorator, antique dealer, and picture dealer—devised ingenious settings in silver and gilt bronze for oriental porcelains, adapting their exotic character to the French interiors of the period. With the publication of this catalogue, the beauty and rarity with which buyers of these pieces were so enamored is vividly brought to life.
Illustrated History of Furniture
Author: Frederick LitchfieldPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Mounted Oriental Porcelain
Author: Francis John Bagott WatsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain
Author: Adrian SassoonPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892361735
Category : Decorative arts
Languages : en
Pages : 221
Book Description
This volume documents the Getty Museum's important holdings of Vincennes and Sèvres porcelain. Entries are arranged in chronological order and include descriptions, commentary, and a complete bibliography and exhibition list. Every object is illustrated in color and all incised and painted marks are reproduced. The volume also includes an index of painters, gilders, and previous owners.