Drinks of the World
Title | Drinks of the World PDF eBook |
Author | James Mew |
Publisher | |
Pages | 382 |
Release | 1892 |
Genre | Alcoholic beverages |
ISBN |
Covers the history and origins of all kinds of beverages: from water to cocktails.
Memories of the Kaiser's Court
Title | Memories of the Kaiser's Court PDF eBook |
Author | Anne Topham |
Publisher | London : Methuen |
Pages | 362 |
Release | 1914 |
Genre | Germany |
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Pottery and Porcelain in Colonial Williamsburg's Archaeological Collections
Title | Pottery and Porcelain in Colonial Williamsburg's Archaeological Collections PDF eBook |
Author | Ivor Noël Hume |
Publisher | Colonial Williamsburg |
Pages | 52 |
Release | 1969 |
Genre | Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | 9780910412070 |
A review of the pottery and porcelain found in Williamsburg, with a summary of the wares and their datable characteristics.
The Architecture of Sir Ernest George
Title | The Architecture of Sir Ernest George PDF eBook |
Author | Hilary J. Grainger |
Publisher | |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2011 |
Genre | Architects |
ISBN | 9781904965312 |
Sir Ernest George (1839-1922) was one of England's greatest architects of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He specialised in domestic work and was responsible for beautiful and imaginative houses in both town and country, and with his three successive partners, he carried out over 200 works both in Britain and abroad. He was also a watercolourist of considerable stature whose work in the medium was acclaimed in his own time. This richly illustrated book is the first study of the man and his work and will establish him as one of the major names in his profession. His life and career is fully documented, the buildings are described and a full catalogue of works is provided. A special feature is a study of pupils and assistants who passed through George's office, including several who went on to be famous and successful - Edwin Lutyens, Guy Dawber, J. J. Joass, R. Weir Schultz - and also the first woman to be become a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Ethel Mary Charles. Hilary Grainger is a dean at the London College of Fashion and is the recognised expert on George and his architecture. She is also a leading authority on the architecture of cremation and is the chair of the Victorian Society.
The Tastemakers
Title | The Tastemakers PDF eBook |
Author | Diana Davis |
Publisher | Getty Publications |
Pages | 322 |
Release | 2020-07-07 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 1606066412 |
An examination of the development, role, and influence of the British decorative art dealers who invented an Anglo-Gallic style for elite interiors. In this volume Diana Davis demonstrates how London dealers invented a new and visually splendid decorative style that combined the contrasting tastes of two nations. Departing from the conventional narrative that depicts dealers as purveyors of antiquarianism, Davis repositions them as innovators who were key to transforming old art objects from ancien régime France into cherished “antiques” and, equally, as creators of new and modified French-inspired furniture, bronze work, and porcelain. The resulting old, new, and reconfigured objects merged aristocratic French eighteenth-century taste with nineteenth-century British preference, and they were prized by collectors, who displayed them side by side in palatial interiors of the period. The Tastemakers analyzes dealer-made furnishings from the nineteenth-century patron’s perspective and in the context of the interiors for which they were created, contending that early dealers deliberately formulated a new aesthetic with its own objects, language, and value. Davis examines a wide variety of documents to piece together the shadowy world of these dealers, who emerge center stage as a traders, makers, and tastemakers.
The Kaiser's Daughter
Title | The Kaiser's Daughter PDF eBook |
Author | Viktoria Luise (Herzogin zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg) |
Publisher | Prentice Hall |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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The Complete Pocket-guide to Europe
Title | The Complete Pocket-guide to Europe PDF eBook |
Author | Edmund Clarence Stedman |
Publisher | |
Pages | 594 |
Release | 1898 |
Genre | Europe |
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