Anna Thomson Dodge, heiress to the automotive fortune, built a great home and decorated it with one of the finest groups of 18th-century French decorative arts in America. Here are more than 130 pieces of furniture, sculpture, metalwork, tapestries, Sevres porcelain, and paintings, many from royal collections.

Excerpt from French Eighteenth Century Furniture: Oriental Rugs, Tapestries, Hangings, French and Georgian Silver and Other Fine Appointments for Interiors; Property of Mrs. Henry Fonda, Formerly Mrs. George T. Brokaw, Mrs. Mortimer W. Loewi Removed From Her Long Island Home at King's Point Pair vieux paris porcelain cachepots Mortar-shaped jardiniere handsomely painted with flowers and gilded with scrolls in an apple green, white, and gold ground. (loewi) Height, inches [see illustration of one on page 56. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Important Tapestries, Brussels and Flemish Renaissance, French Gothic, Louis XVI Aubusson Examples: Oriental Rugs, Including and Early Oushak Medallion Carpet; Queen Anne and Georgian Silver, French, English, and Chinese Furniture, Antique Jeweled Watches and Other Objets D'art French School, Early XVIII Century Head and shoulders portrait of a man in a periwig, in gold frame inset with tiny diamonds and rubies and two rose diamond bowknots. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.