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Drawings for Architecture, Design and Ornament: The James A. de Rothschild Bequest at Waddesdon Manor (2 volumes in box)

Door Alastair Laing e.a.

Categorie	Grafiek & Tekeningen
Boeknummer	#312486-KL18
Titel	Drawings for Architecture, Design and Ornament: The James A. de Rothschild Bequest at Waddesdon Manor (2 volumes in box)
Auteur	Laing, Alastair & Martin Meade & J.W. Niemeijer & Christopher White - and others
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire : The Alice Trust
Jaar van uitgave	2006
ISBN10	0954731026
ISBN13	9780954731021
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	2 uniform gilt lettered cloths, dust jackets, slipcase, illustrations in colour and b/w, 4to. From the collection of J.W. Niemeijer (one of the authors).
Samenvatting	This major addition to the Waddesdon Catalogue series introduces for the first time Waddesdon's corpus of over 1000 decorative drawings. Remarkabl e for the sheer abundance and quality of works by virtually every French 18th-century ornemaniste or architect of note, the catalogue also includes key contributions from their 17th-century precursors. Remarkable for the sheer abundance and quality of works by virtually every French 18th-century ornementiste or architect of note (Oppenord, Meissonier, Delafosse, Pillement, Cauvet, Gillot and Berain to name but a few), the catalogue also includes key contributions from their 17th-century precursors and a significant complement of German as well as Dutch and Italian designs. 2 volumes, 1080 entries, 1100 drawings reproduced in black and white, 96... (Lees verder) colour plates. The catalogue has been compiled by leading scholars in the field and as a result is a major contribution to the understanding of an as yet little explored area of art history, collecting and material culture. The majority of the drawings are previously unpublished, so the collection is not as well-known as it deserves to be, although a small selection are displayed in changing exhibitions annually at the Manor.
Pagina's	847
Conditie	Goed — Book plate of J.W. Niemeijer on upper pastedown both volumes;
Prijs	€ 600,00