The National Union Catalogs, 1963-

The National Union Catalogs, 1963-
Title The National Union Catalogs, 1963- PDF eBook
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Pages 744
Release 1964
Genre American literature
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French Rococo Ébénisterie in the J. Paul Getty Museum

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

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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.

Fodor's New Orleans

Fodor's New Orleans
Title Fodor's New Orleans PDF eBook
Author William Travis
Publisher Fodor's
Pages 290
Release 2006
Genre Travel
ISBN 1400016924

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Provides concise information on New Orleans from accommodations and travel to restaurants and sightseeing, plus a walking tour of the French Quarter

National Union Catalog

National Union Catalog
Title National Union Catalog PDF eBook
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Pages 744
Release 1973
Genre Union catalogs
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Fodor's New Orleans 2009

Fodor's New Orleans 2009
Title Fodor's New Orleans 2009 PDF eBook
Author Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc.
Publisher Fodors Travel Publications
Pages 290
Release 2008-09-23
Genre Travel
ISBN 1400019516

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Provides concise information on New Orleans from accommodations and travel to restaurants and sightseeing, plus a walking tour of the French Quarter

The Dodge Collection of Eighteenth-century French and English Art in the Detroit Institute of Arts

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
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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.

Summary Catalogue of European Decorative Arts in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Summary Catalogue of European Decorative Arts in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Title Summary Catalogue of European Decorative Arts in the J. Paul Getty Museum PDF eBook
Author Gillian Wilson
Publisher Getty Publications
Pages 289
Release 2002-03-07
Genre Design
ISBN 089236632X

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J. Paul Getty had a passion for the exquisitely made furniture and decorative objects of eighteenth-century France, which he began collecting in the 1930s. Gillian Wilson, curator of decorative arts since 1971, has broadened and strengthened the collection, adding Boulle furniture, mounted oriental porcelain, tapestries, clocks, ceramics, and more. In the 1980s and 1990s the Museum continued to enlarge its decorative arts holdings, creating a European sculpture department in 1984 and adding glass, maiolica, goldsmiths’ work, pietre dure, and furniture from Italy and Northern Europe. This book is a revised and expanded edition of Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum (1993). In addition to more than forty recent acquisitions—among these four wall sconces from Versailles that once belonged to Marie Antoinette and an elaborate upholstered bed from the collection of Karl Lagerfeld—it includes the results of years of research. Designed for scholars, students, and devotees of the decorative arts, this volume provides a comprehensive look at the Getty's fine collection.