Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
The Connoisseur
Author: Hobbies
Author: Otto C. LightnerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Collectors and collecting
Languages : en
Pages : 1012
Book Description
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, Art, and Finance
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Literary and political reviews
Languages : en
Pages : 814
Book Description
French and English Furniture
Author: Esther SingletonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 690
Book Description
The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art
Author: Country Life
Author: Antiques
Author: Hyde's Weekly Art News
Author: French Rococo Ébénisterie in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Author: Gillian WilsonPublisher: 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.
Illustrated History of Furniture
Author: Frederick LitchfieldPublisher:
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Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description