French Furniture of the Eighteenth Century
Title | French Furniture of the Eighteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Pierre Verlet |
Publisher | University of Virginia Press |
Pages | 390 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
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The late Pierre Verlet, conservateur en chef du Departement des Objets d'Art at the Louvre, was the unquestioned expert on pre-Revolutionary French decorative arts. His definitive book French Furniture of the 18th Century (Les Meubles Francais du XVIIIe Siecle) has now been translated into English for the first time by Penelope Hunter-Stiebel, noted specialist in 18th century French furniture and former student of Verlet. The book contains a vast amount of information on the art of furniture in 18th century France. It examines the tools and techniques used in furniture making during that period; defines the various types of furniture developed; explores the organisation of the furniture industry, the working of the guilds and the relationships among makers, dealers, and clients; lists the outstanding makers and reproduces their marks; and discusses the market, restoration, forgeries, and the growth of public collections. Since the book was first published in 1955, previously unknown pieces of furniture have been discovered, and new documents and analyses have been taken into account in this augmented text.The book is enhanced by 16 pages of full colour and 174 black-and-white illustrations. The illustrations range broadly to allow for the juxtaposition of elegant and simple furniture and to include a variety of types, forms and decorations. This book is a valuable research tool for all curators, collectors, dealers, and art historians.
The French Interior in the Eighteenth Century
Title | The French Interior in the Eighteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | John Whitehead |
Publisher | Penguin Putnam |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Architecture |
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French Architectural and Ornament Drawings of the Eighteenth Century
Title | French Architectural and Ornament Drawings of the Eighteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Mary L. Myers |
Publisher | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Architectural drawing |
ISBN | 0870996258 |
The Victorians and the Eighteenth Century
Title | The Victorians and the Eighteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Francis O'Gorman |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 285 |
Release | 2017-07-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1351880616 |
Disrupting the common assumption that the Victorians regarded their eighteenth-century predecessors with little interest or with disdain, this volume re-examines these relationships, exposing some of the significant and complex ways in which key aspects and texts of the eighteenth century were situated, read, and transacted with during the post-Romantic nineteenth century. The contributors challenge long-held assumptions about Victorian uses of the past, and offer new insights into how the literature and culture of the eighteenth century helped shape the culture and identity of the nineteenth. This collection of essays by an impressive array of scholars, with a Preface by David Fairer, offers a sharply new assessment of the energizing place of eighteenth-century literature and culture in the nineteenth century. While obviously of great interest to students of eighteenth-century and Victorian literature, the collection will also appeal to readers broadly concerned questions of literary influence, periodization, and historiography.
Dangerous Liaisons
Title | Dangerous Liaisons PDF eBook |
Author | Harold Koda |
Publisher | Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Pages | 130 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Clothing and dress |
ISBN | 0300107145 |
An alluring look at the relationship of clothing and interior design in 18th-century France
Furnishing the Eighteenth Century
Title | Furnishing the Eighteenth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Dena Goodman |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 262 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 041594953X |
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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.