Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hallmarks
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
Three Centuries of French Domestic Silver. Its Makers and Its Marks. Vol. II.
Author: Faith DennisFrench Silver in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Author: Charissa Bremer-DavidPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 1606068288
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Vividly illustrated, this is the first comprehensive catalogue of the J. Paul Getty Museum’s celebrated collection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French silver. The collection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French silver at the J. Paul Getty Museum is of exceptional quality and state of preservation. Each piece is remarkable for its beauty, inventive form, skillful execution, illustrious provenance, and the renown of its maker. This volume is the first complete study of these exquisite objects, with more than 250 color photographs bringing into focus extraordinary details such as minuscule makers’ marks, inscriptions, and heraldic armorials. The publication details the formation of the Museum’s collection of French silver, several pieces of which were selected by J. Paul Getty himself, and discusses the regulations of the historic Parisian guild of gold- and silversmiths that set quality controls and consumer protections. Comprehensive entries catalogue a total of thirty-three pieces with descriptions, provenance, exhibition history, and technical information. The related commentaries shed light on the function of these objects and the roles they played in the daily lives of their prosperous owners. The book also includes maker biographies and a full bibliography. The free online edition of this open-access publication is available at getty.edu/publications/french-silver/ and includes 360-degree views and zoomable high-resolution photography. Also available are free PDF and EPUB downloads of the book, and JPG downloads of the main catalogue images.
Vienna Circa 1780
Author: Wolfram KoeppePublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588393682
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Wolfram Koeppe is Curator, Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. --Book Jacket.
English and Other Silver in the Irwin Untermyer Collection
Author: Irwin UntermyerPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN:
Category : Silverware
Languages : en
Pages : 415
Book Description
The Wrightsman Galleries for French Decorative Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588393666
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
The authors, Danielle Kisluk-Grosheide and Jeffrey Munger, are curators in the Metropolitan Museum's Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts. They oversaw the recent reinstallation of the Wrightsman Galleries --Book Jacket.
Silver at Williamsburg
Author: John A. HymanPublisher: Colonial Williamsburg
ISBN: 9780879351250
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Colonial Williamsburg's extensive collection of silver drinking vessels is the legacy of three distinct sensibilities and reflects different philosophies of collecting over six decades.
Early American Silver in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Wees, Beth CarverPublisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 1588394913
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
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Philadelphia, Three Centuries of American Art
Author: Philadelphia Museum of ArtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
A Guide to the Wrightsman Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870991868
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Summary Catalogue of European Decorative Arts in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Author: Gillian WilsonPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 089236632X
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
J. Paul Getty had a passion for the exquisitely made furniture and decorative objects of eighteenth-century France, which he began collecting in the 1930s. Gillian Wilson, curator of decorative arts since 1971, has broadened and strengthened the collection, adding Boulle furniture, mounted oriental porcelain, tapestries, clocks, ceramics, and more. In the 1980s and 1990s the Museum continued to enlarge its decorative arts holdings, creating a European sculpture department in 1984 and adding glass, maiolica, goldsmiths’ work, pietre dure, and furniture from Italy and Northern Europe. This book is a revised and expanded edition of Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum (1993). In addition to more than forty recent acquisitions—among these four wall sconces from Versailles that once belonged to Marie Antoinette and an elaborate upholstered bed from the collection of Karl Lagerfeld—it includes the results of years of research. Designed for scholars, students, and devotees of the decorative arts, this volume provides a comprehensive look at the Getty's fine collection.