Author: Giacomo Wannenes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780970016805
Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This guide discusses the period from the Regence to Neoclassicism. Its clear language and comprehensive coverage enables newcomers to identify the differenc styles at once with all the assurance of an expert. Giacomo Wannenes examines over a thousand pieces used in their construction, decorative elements, marquetry and stylistic variations. For each piece he provides an overall valuation taking account of both its commercial and aesthetic worth He also considers the problem of fakes, describing the tricks, modifications and copies that may deceive even the most keen of collectors.
Eighteenth Century French Furniture
Author: Giacomo Wannenes
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780970016805
Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This guide discusses the period from the Regence to Neoclassicism. Its clear language and comprehensive coverage enables newcomers to identify the differenc styles at once with all the assurance of an expert. Giacomo Wannenes examines over a thousand pieces used in their construction, decorative elements, marquetry and stylistic variations. For each piece he provides an overall valuation taking account of both its commercial and aesthetic worth He also considers the problem of fakes, describing the tricks, modifications and copies that may deceive even the most keen of collectors.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780970016805
Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This guide discusses the period from the Regence to Neoclassicism. Its clear language and comprehensive coverage enables newcomers to identify the differenc styles at once with all the assurance of an expert. Giacomo Wannenes examines over a thousand pieces used in their construction, decorative elements, marquetry and stylistic variations. For each piece he provides an overall valuation taking account of both its commercial and aesthetic worth He also considers the problem of fakes, describing the tricks, modifications and copies that may deceive even the most keen of collectors.
French Rococo Ébénisterie in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Author: Gillian Wilson
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
ISBN: 9781606066300
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The first comprehensive catalogue of the Getty Museum’s significant collection of French Rococo ébénisterie furniture. This catalogue focuses on French ébénisterie furniture in the Rococo style dating from 1735 to 1760. These splendid objects directly reflect the tastes of the Museum’s founder, J. Paul Getty, who started collecting in this area in 1938 and continued until his death in 1976. The Museum’s collection is particularly rich in examples created by the most talented cabinet masters then active in Paris, including Bernard van Risenburgh II (after 1696–ca. 1766), Jacques Dubois (1694–1763), and Jean-François Oeben (1721–1763). Working for members of the French royal family and aristocracy, these craftsmen excelled at producing veneered and marquetried pieces of furniture (tables, cabinets, and chests of drawers) fashionable for their lavish surfaces, refined gilt-bronze mounts, and elaborate design. These objects were renowned throughout Europe at a time when Paris was considered the capital of good taste. The entry on each work comprises both a curatorial section, with description and commentary, and a conservation report, with construction diagrams. An introduction by Anne-Lise Desmas traces the collection’s acquisition history, and two technical essays by Arlen Heginbotham present methodologies and findings on the analysis of gilt-bronze mounts and lacquer. The free online edition of this open-access publication is available at www.getty.edu/publications/rococo/ and includes zoomable, high-resolution photography. Also available are free PDF, EPUB, and Kindle/MOBI downloads of the book, and JPG downloads of the main catalogue images.
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
ISBN: 9781606066300
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The first comprehensive catalogue of the Getty Museum’s significant collection of French Rococo ébénisterie furniture. This catalogue focuses on French ébénisterie furniture in the Rococo style dating from 1735 to 1760. These splendid objects directly reflect the tastes of the Museum’s founder, J. Paul Getty, who started collecting in this area in 1938 and continued until his death in 1976. The Museum’s collection is particularly rich in examples created by the most talented cabinet masters then active in Paris, including Bernard van Risenburgh II (after 1696–ca. 1766), Jacques Dubois (1694–1763), and Jean-François Oeben (1721–1763). Working for members of the French royal family and aristocracy, these craftsmen excelled at producing veneered and marquetried pieces of furniture (tables, cabinets, and chests of drawers) fashionable for their lavish surfaces, refined gilt-bronze mounts, and elaborate design. These objects were renowned throughout Europe at a time when Paris was considered the capital of good taste. The entry on each work comprises both a curatorial section, with description and commentary, and a conservation report, with construction diagrams. An introduction by Anne-Lise Desmas traces the collection’s acquisition history, and two technical essays by Arlen Heginbotham present methodologies and findings on the analysis of gilt-bronze mounts and lacquer. The free online edition of this open-access publication is available at www.getty.edu/publications/rococo/ and includes zoomable, high-resolution photography. Also available are free PDF, EPUB, and Kindle/MOBI downloads of the book, and JPG downloads of the main catalogue images.
The French Interior in the Eighteenth Century
Author: John Whitehead
Publisher: Penguin Putnam
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher: Penguin Putnam
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Dangerous Liaisons
Author: Harold Koda
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0300107145
Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
An alluring look at the relationship of clothing and interior design in 18th-century France
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0300107145
Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
An alluring look at the relationship of clothing and interior design in 18th-century France
French Architectural and Ornament Drawings of the Eighteenth Century
Author: Mary L. Myers
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870996258
Category : Architectural drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870996258
Category : Architectural drawing
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Furnishing the Eighteenth Century
Author: Dena Goodman
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 041594953X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher description
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 041594953X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher description
The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs
The Wrightsman Collection. Vols. 1 and 2, Furniture, Gilt Bronze and Mounted Porcelain, Carpets
Author:
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 773
Book Description
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 773
Book Description
The Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
New ser. v. 6-29 include 77th-100th Annual report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1946-1969-70 (previously and subsequently published separately).
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 706
Book Description
New ser. v. 6-29 include 77th-100th Annual report of the Trustees of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1946-1969-70 (previously and subsequently published separately).