Author: Publisher:
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Category : Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 824
Book Description
The Athenaeum
Author: The Athenæum
Author: James Silk BuckinghamPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 862
Book Description
Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Author: “The” Athenaeum
Author: European Clocks in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Author: Gillian WilsonPublisher: Getty Publications
ISBN: 0892362545
Category : Art
Languages : fr
Pages : 225
Book Description
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.
English Book Collectors
Author: William Younger FletcherPublisher:
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Category : Book collectors
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Pedigree and Panache
Author: Shireen HudaPublisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 1921313722
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
"Art auctions have long captured the public imagination. They regularly make news headlines and have become synonymous with glamour, money and social distinction. The marketing of auction houses and the works they sell has resulted in firms attaining authoritative positions and the ability both to influence and reflect collecting tastes. Pedigree and panache is the first comprehensive history of the art auction in Australia. In this fascinating work, Shireen Huda investigates the construction of the glamorous reputation of art auctions and art auction houses. Featuring absorbing case studies of key art auctions and major art auction houses in Australia (including Christies, Sothebys and Deutscher-Menzies) the work provides an overview of the origin and international development of art auctions. The development of the Australian marketplace is then explored, detailing colonial inception and continuing until Christies' withdrawal of its saleroom presence in 2006."--Provided by publisher.
Past and Present of DeKalb County, Illinois
Author: Lewis M. GrossPublisher:
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Category : De Kalb County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Illustrated History of Furniture
Author: Frederick LitchfieldPublisher:
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Category : Furniture
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
Monsieur Tonson
Author: John TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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