The Complete Color Encyclopedia of Antiques
Title | The Complete Color Encyclopedia of Antiques PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 712 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN |
French Rococo Ébénisterie in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Title | French Rococo Ébénisterie in the J. Paul Getty Museum PDF eBook |
Author | Gillian Wilson |
Publisher | J. Paul Getty Museum |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2021-03-30 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 9781606066300 |
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 Connoisseur's Guide to Antique Furniture
Title | The Connoisseur's Guide to Antique Furniture PDF eBook |
Author | L. G. G. Ramsey |
Publisher | Michael Joseph |
Pages | 378 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN |
The Encyclopedia of Furniture
Title | The Encyclopedia of Furniture PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Aronson |
Publisher | Potter Style |
Pages | 500 |
Release | 1961-12-13 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 0517037351 |
A completely revised edition, covering every period and development to the present, the designers and makers, the woods and other materials, the architecture and decoration. 2,000 photographs. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.
European Furniture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title | European Furniture in The Metropolitan Museum of Art PDF eBook |
Author | Daniëlle O. Kisluk-Grosheide, |
Publisher | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 2006-05-30 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 0300104847 |
This beautifully produced volume is the first to survey the Metropolitan Museum's world-renowned collection of European furniture. One hundred and three superb examples from the Museum's vast holdings are featured. They originated in workshops in England, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Russia, or Spain and date from the Renaissance to the late nineteenth century. A number of them belonged to such important historical figures as Pope Urban VIII, Louis XIV, Madame de Pompadour, and Napoleon. The selection includes chairs, tables, beds, cabinets, commodes, settees and sofas, bookcases and standing shelves, desks, fire screens, athéniennes, coffers, chests, mirrors and frames, showcases, and lighting equipment. There is also one purely decorative piece, a superb vase made for a Russian noble family who, according to one awestruck viewer, "owned all the malachite mines in the world." The makers of some of the objects are unknown, but most of the pieces can be identified by label, documentation, or style as the work of an outstanding European designer-craftsman, such as André-Charles Boulle, Thomas Chippendale, David Roentgen, or Karl Friedrich Schinkel.
The Eighteenth Century in France
Title | The Eighteenth Century in France PDF eBook |
Author | Pierre Verlet |
Publisher | Rutland, Vt. : Charles E. Tuttle Company |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | Decoration and ornament |
ISBN |
Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle
Title | Athenaeum and Literary Chronicle PDF eBook |
Author | James Silk Buckingham |
Publisher | |
Pages | 888 |
Release | 1884 |
Genre | |
ISBN |