The Dodge Collection of Eighteenth-century French and English Art in the Detroit Institute of Arts
Title | The Dodge Collection of Eighteenth-century French and English Art in the Detroit Institute of Arts PDF eBook |
Author | Detroit Institute of Arts |
Publisher | |
Pages | 280 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Art |
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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.
Objects of Art and Clocks, Fine Continental Furniture and Musical Instruments, Eastern Rugs and Carpets
Title | Objects of Art and Clocks, Fine Continental Furniture and Musical Instruments, Eastern Rugs and Carpets PDF eBook |
Author | Christie, Manson & Woods |
Publisher | |
Pages | 398 |
Release | 1972 |
Genre | Clocks and watches |
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National Union Catalog
Title | National Union Catalog PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 620 |
Release | 1978 |
Genre | Union catalogs |
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Arts of France: Important French Furniture, Paintings, Sculpture ...
Title | Arts of France: Important French Furniture, Paintings, Sculpture ... PDF eBook |
Author | Christie, Manson & Woods International Inc |
Publisher | |
Pages | 466 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | Art, French |
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Library Catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Title | Library Catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York PDF eBook |
Author | Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1038 |
Release | 1960 |
Genre | Art |
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Library Catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Supplement
Title | Library Catalog of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Supplement PDF eBook |
Author | Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Library |
Publisher | |
Pages | 870 |
Release | 1962 |
Genre | Art |
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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.