French Furniture and Gilt Bronzes

French Furniture and Gilt Bronzes
Author: J. Paul Getty Museum
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 408
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780892368747

Download French Furniture and Gilt Bronzes Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

"Each object is described and analyzed in terms of its provenance and published history, as well as its construction, materials, and conservation. With its painstaking attention to detail, this volume is the definitive catalogue of the Getty Museum's collection of French Baroque furniture and will be of interest to scholars, conservators, and all students of French decorative arts."--BOOK JACKET.

Furniture and Gilt Bronzes

Furniture and Gilt Bronzes
Author: Theodore Dell
Publisher:
Total Pages: 335
Release: 1992
Genre:
ISBN:

Download Furniture and Gilt Bronzes Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

French Rococo Ébénisterie in the J. Paul Getty Museum

French Rococo Ébénisterie in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Author: Gillian Wilson
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 721
Release: 2021-03-30
Genre: Design
ISBN: 1606066323

Download French Rococo Ébénisterie in the J. Paul Getty Museum Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

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.

The Frick Collection

The Frick Collection
Author: Frick collection
Publisher:
Total Pages: 335
Release: 1992
Genre:
ISBN:

Download The Frick Collection Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

The Frick Collection, an Illustrated Catalogue, Volumes V and VI

The Frick Collection, an Illustrated Catalogue, Volumes V and VI
Author: David DuBon
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 746
Release: 1993
Genre: Furniture
ISBN: 9780691038674

Download The Frick Collection, an Illustrated Catalogue, Volumes V and VI Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

As part of a projected nine-volume complete catalogue of The Frick Collection's wide variety of holdings, this set of books provides rich documentation of the furniture. The twenty-nine Italian and French Renaissance pieces, shown in Volume V, include cassoni, tables, cabinets, and chairs. Together Volumes V and VI present 101 pieces of French eighteenth-century furniture--desks, tables, chests of drawers, cabinets, and chairs--featuring major works by Boulle, Carlin, Heurtaut, Lacroix, Riesener, and Vanrisamburgh. Among the examples of French gilt bronzes are clock cases, andirons, candelabra, candlesticks, and mounted vases by Caffiri, Duplessis, and Gouthire.

Gilded Interiors

Gilded Interiors
Author: Helen Jacobsen
Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers
Total Pages: 128
Release: 2017-07-30
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781781300589

Download Gilded Interiors Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

The Wallace Collection has an internationally-renowned collection of French eighteenth-century art but perhaps lesser known today is their stunning collection of gilt-bronze objects. These bronzes d'ameublement - from clocks and mounted Sèvres porcelain to wall lights and candelabra - epitomised the levels of luxury achieved in Parisian interiors. Highly expensive and expertly wrought, they illustrate the heights of skilled craftsmanship achieved by French bronze workers in the eighteenth century as well as showcasing the wealth and connoisseurship o f their owners. Lavishly illustrated with new photography, this publication will be a book of 'highlights' to include the very best of what the Wallace Collection has to offer in this field.