Catalogue of the magnificent collection of works of art and vertu, formed by mr. David Falcke, who is about finally retiring from business. Which will be sold by auction, by messrs. Christie and Manson, April.19, 1858, and 18 following days PDF Download

Author: David Falcke
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Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 268

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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 602

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Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712

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Author: Gillian Wilson
Publisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892362545
Category : Art
Languages : fr
Pages : 225

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Among the finest examples of European craftsmanship are the clocks produced for the luxury trade in the eighteenth century. The J. Paul Getty Museum is fortunate to have in its decorative arts collection twenty clocks dating from around 1680 to 1798: eighteen produced in France and two in Germany. They demonstrate the extraordinary workmanship that went into both the design and execution of the cases and the intricate movements by which the clocks operated. In this handsome volume, each clock is pictured and discussed in detail, and each movement diagrammed and described. In addition, biographies of the clockmakers and enamelers are included, as are indexes of the names of the makers, previous owners, and locations.

Author: Mark Westgarth
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000050629
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 171

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Rather than the customary focus on the activities of individual collectors, The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815–1850: The Commodification of Historical Objects illuminates the less-studied roles played by dealers in the nineteenthcentury antique and curiosity markets. Set against the recent ‘art market turn’ in scholarly literature, this volume examines the role, activities, agency and influence of antique and curiosity dealers as they emerged in the opening decades of the nineteenth century. This study begins at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, when dealers began their wholesale importations of historical objects; it closes during the 1850s, after which the trade became increasingly specialised, reflecting the rise of historical museums such as the South Kensington Museum (V&A). Focusing on the archive of the early nineteenth-century London dealer John Coleman Isaac (c.1803–1887), as well as drawing on a wide range of other archival and contextual material, Mark Westgarth considers the emergence of the dealer in relation to a broad historical and cultural landscape. The emergence of the antique and curiosity dealer was part of the rapid economic, social, political and cultural change of early nineteenth-century Britain, centred around ideas of antiquarianism, the commercialisation of culture and a distinctive and evolving interest in historical objects. This book will be of interest to scholars in art history, histories of collecting, museum and heritage studies and nineteenth-century culture.

Author: John Tallis
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Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 328

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Author: Charles Roach Smith
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Category : Classical antiquities
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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Author: Charles Roach Smith
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Author: Peter J. Atkins
Publisher: London ; New York : Mansell
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 760

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Author: Frederick Litchfield
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Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 468

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