Author: Bonhams (Firm : 2001)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antique auctions
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Fine English and Continental Furniture, Works of Art and Tapestries
Author: Bonhams (Firm : 2001)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antique auctions
Languages : en
Pages : 155
Book Description
Fine English and Continental Furniture, Works of Art and Tapestries
Author: BonhamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antique auctions
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Connoisseur
Author: The Dodge Collection of Eighteenth-century French and English Art in the Detroit Institute of Arts
Author: Detroit Institute of ArtsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Anna Thomson Dodge, heiress to the automotive fortune, built a great home and decorated it with one of the finest groups of 18th-century French decorative arts in America. Here are more than 130 pieces of furniture, sculpture, metalwork, tapestries, Sevres porcelain, and paintings, many from royal collections.
Art and Auctions
Author: Fragile Diplomacy
Author: Maureen Cassidy-GeigerPublisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300126815
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
While imported Chinese porcelain had become a valuable commodity in Europe in the seventeenth century, local attempts to produce porcelain long remained unsuccessful. At last the secret of hard-paste porcelain was uncovered, and in 1710 the first European porcelain was manufactured in Saxony. Meissen porcelain, still manufactured today, soon ranked in value with silver and gold. This thorough and lavishly illustrated volume explores the early years of Meissen porcelain and how the princes of Saxony came to use highly prized porcelain pieces as diplomatic gifts for presentation to foreign courts. An eminent team of international contributors examines the trade of Meissen with other nations, from England to Russia. They also investigate the cultural ambience of the Dresden Court, varying tastes of the markets, the wide range of porcelain objects, and their designers and makers. Individual chapters are devoted to gifts to Denmark, other German courts, the Holy Roman Empire, Italy, France, and other nations. For every Meissen collector or enthusiast, this book will be not only a treasured handbook but also a source of visual delight.
Art & Auction
Author: New York Magazine
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Great Houses of London
Author: James StourtonPublisher: Frances Lincoln
ISBN: 0711276285
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Great Houses of London tells the stories of some of the grandest and most fascinating houses in this historic city, from their famous owners and occupants to their renovations and the many riches held within each.
New York Magazine
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.