John Channon and Brass-inlaid Furniture 1730-60
Author: Christopher Gilbert
Publisher:
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9780300058123
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John Channon and Brass-inlaid Furniture, 1730-1760
Author: Christopher Gilbert
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1993-01-01
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780300058123
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A reinvestigation of brass inlaid furniture made between 1730-1760, usually attributed to the Channon workshop. Research indicates that there were five London cabinet makers specializing in this furniture. This is the catalogue for an exhibition in Leeds on 22nd September 1993 and later in London.
Eighteenth-Century Furniture
Author: Clive Edwards
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9780719045257
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The eighteenth century has been seen as a Golden Age of design and craftsmanship. This book goes well beyond these ideas and investigates the various developments in the infrastructure of the eighteenth-century furniture world.
A Cultural History of Furniture in the Age of Enlightenment
Author: Sylvain Cordier
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2022-02-24
Total Pages: 321
ISBN-13: 1350280119
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The 18th century saw the height of court culture in Europe as well as the beginnings of its demise with conflicts such as the American and French Revolutions. The Scientific Revolution, which had begun in the preceding centuries, also ushered in a new intellectual era which advocated the use of reason to effect change in government and to advance progress in society. For furniture, this meant ever-higher standards of luxury in the designs, techniques and materials utilized for the best pieces, and more structure and specialization in the furniture-making process itself. Furniture also came into its own during this period as a collectable work of art on its own merits. Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, this volume presents essays that examine key characteristics of the furniture of the period on the themes of Design and Motifs; Makers, Making, and Materials; Types and Uses; The Domestic Setting; The Public Setting; Exhibition and Display; Furniture and Architecture; Visual Representations; and Verbal Representations.
A Cultural History of Furniture in the Age of Exploration
Author: Christina M. Anderson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2022-02-24
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1350280046
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The 16th and 17th centuries in Europe witnessed a significant paradigm shift. Rooted in medieval beliefs and preoccupations, the exploration so characteristic of the period stemmed from religious motives but came to be propelled by commerce and curiosity as Europeans increasingly engaged with the rest of the world. Interiors in both public and private spaces changed to reflect these cultural encounters and, with them, the furniture with which they were populated. Visually, furniture of this period displayed new designs, forms and materials. In its uses, it also mirrored developments in science, technology, government and social relationships as prints became more widely distributed, the Wunderkammer developed and there was religious strife and resistance to absolute monarchical rule. Drawing upon a wealth of visual and textual sources, this volume presents essays that examine key characteristics of the furniture of the period on the themes of Design and Motifs; Makers, Making, and Materials; Types and Uses; The Domestic Setting; The Public Setting; Exhibition and Display; Furniture and Architecture; Visual Representations; and Verbal Representations.
The Tastemakers
Author: Diana Davis
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2020-07-07
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1606066412
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.
Extravagant Inventions
Author: Wolfram Koeppe
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 1588394743
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Catalogue published in conjunction with the exhibition "Extravagant Inventions: the Princely Furniture of the Roentgens" on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from October 30, 2102, through January 27, 2013.
Encyclopedia of Furniture Materials, Trades, and Techniques
Author: Clive Edwards
Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Limited
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Comprehensive account of both historical and modern furniture manufacture ... offers invaluable insights into the social status of furniture, the economic history of the industry, and the lives of the craftsmen and craftswomen working within it ... The entries are supported by 148 black-and-white illustrations and 24 colour plates"--Dustjacket.
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The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts
Author: Gordon Campbell
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006-11-09
Total Pages: 1277
ISBN-13: 0195189485
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts covers thousands of years of decorative arts production throughout western and non-western culture. With over 1,000 entries, as well as hundreds drawn from the 34-volume Dictionary of Art, this topical collection is a valuable resource for those interested in the history, practice, and mechanics of the decorative arts. Accompanied by almost 100 color and more than 500 black and white illustrations, the 1,290 pages of this title include hundreds of entries on artists and craftsmen, the qualities and historic uses of materials, as well as concise definitions on art forms and style. Explore the works of Alvar Aalto, Charles and Ray Eames, and the Wiener Wekstatte, or delve into the history of Navajo blankets and wing chairs in thousands of entries on artists, craftsmen, designers, workshops, and decorative art forms.
