Continental and English Furniture, Steinway and Other Grand Pianos, European Porcelains, Crystal and China, Art Nouveau Including Tiffany Lamps, Chinese and Japanese Furniture, Porcelains, Bronzes and Hardstones, European and American Paintings, Objet D'art
Title | Continental and English Furniture, Steinway and Other Grand Pianos, European Porcelains, Crystal and China, Art Nouveau Including Tiffany Lamps, Chinese and Japanese Furniture, Porcelains, Bronzes and Hardstones, European and American Paintings, Objet D'art PDF eBook |
Author | Butterfield & Butterfield |
Publisher | |
Pages | 40 |
Release | 1979 |
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18th and 19th Century English, Continental, and American Furnishings
Title | 18th and 19th Century English, Continental, and American Furnishings PDF eBook |
Author | Butterfield & Butterfield |
Publisher | |
Pages | 24 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | Decorative arts |
ISBN |
Fine 17th, 18th, and 19th Century Continental and English Furniture, Steinway, Baldwin and Other Grand Pianos, European and American Paintings, European Porcelains, Crystal, Including Lalique, Persian and Chinese Carpets, Bronzes, China, Objets D'art
Title | Fine 17th, 18th, and 19th Century Continental and English Furniture, Steinway, Baldwin and Other Grand Pianos, European and American Paintings, European Porcelains, Crystal, Including Lalique, Persian and Chinese Carpets, Bronzes, China, Objets D'art PDF eBook |
Author | Butterfield & Butterfield |
Publisher | |
Pages | 30 |
Release | 1979 |
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Sir Thomas Lawrence's Cabinet Gems
Title | Sir Thomas Lawrence's Cabinet Gems PDF eBook |
Author | Peter George Patmore |
Publisher | |
Pages | 86 |
Release | 1837 |
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ISBN |
Delight in Design
Title | Delight in Design PDF eBook |
Author | Vidya Dehejia |
Publisher | Mapin Publishing Pvt |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Decorative arts |
ISBN | 9780944142431 |
This is a richly illustrated volume that focuses on the remarkably ornamented silverware produced by Indian craftsmen during the period of the British Raj. Silversmiths created elegant silver tea services, bowls, wine and water ewers, beer mugs, and goblets to adorn the sideboard or mantelpiece in a British Raj home, creating European forms fulfilling European requirements. These same silversmiths then adopted a unique manner of embellishing these objects with a variety of different motifs that reflect local taste and carry a recognizably local pattern. This book carries a set of five essays that explore different facets of the production and consumption of Indian silver for the Raj. It considers the silverware in terms of its clearly distinguishable regional styles, which is prefaced by two thematic sections, one on calling card cases and the other on tea services, which demonstrate its wide prevalence. The visual presentation of the silverware does justice to it dazzling quality. The book is published in conjunction with an exhibition that opens at the Miriam & Ira D Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University, New York, in September 2008.
Continental and English Furniture, European Porcelains of Merit Including Large Sevres Vases and Meissen Figures, Art Nouveau Including Tiffany Lamp, European and American Paintings, Crystal, China, Bronzes, Grand Pianos, African Art Including Collection of Ashanti Gold Weights, Ceremonial Masks, and a Bini Bronze Leopard, Also Collection of New Guinea Art Including Flutes, Canoe Prow, and Masks, Objets D'art
Title | Continental and English Furniture, European Porcelains of Merit Including Large Sevres Vases and Meissen Figures, Art Nouveau Including Tiffany Lamp, European and American Paintings, Crystal, China, Bronzes, Grand Pianos, African Art Including Collection of Ashanti Gold Weights, Ceremonial Masks, and a Bini Bronze Leopard, Also Collection of New Guinea Art Including Flutes, Canoe Prow, and Masks, Objets D'art PDF eBook |
Author | Butterfield & Butterfield |
Publisher | |
Pages | 39 |
Release | 1979 |
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ISBN |
Holding On to the Air
Title | Holding On to the Air PDF eBook |
Author | Suzanne Farrell |
Publisher | University Press of Florida |
Pages | 498 |
Release | 2002-09-15 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 0813059321 |
Suzanne Farrell, world-renowned ballerina, was one of George Balanchine's most celebrated muses and remains a legendary figure in the ballet world. This memoir, first published in 1990 and reissued with a new preface by the author, recounts Farrell's transformation from a young girl in Ohio dreaming of greatness to the realization of that dream on stages all over the world. Central to this transformation was her relationship with George Balanchine, who invited her to join the New York City Ballet in the fall of 1961 and was in turn inspired by her unique combination of musical, physical, and dramatic gifts. He created masterpieces for her in which the limits of ballet technique were expanded to a degree not seen before. By the time she retired from the stage in 1989, Farrell had achieved a career that is without precedent in the history of ballet. One third of her repertory of more than 100 ballets were composed expressly for her by such notable choreographers as Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and Maurice Bejart. Farrell recalls professional and personal attachments and their attendant controversies with a down-to-earth frankness and common sense that complements the glories and mysteries of her artistic achievement.