| Wallace Collection Catalog of Furniture Contributor(s): Hughes, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0900785519 ISBN-13: 9780900785511 Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing OUR PRICE: $148.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2020 Annotation: Now available in a slip-cased paperback edition, this catalogue has 337 entries, some covering more than one piece of furniture, and is divided into three volumes illustrated with 384 color plates and numerous black and white details. The entries cover the materials, construction and decoration of each piece, with an account of its history and a commentary on its dating, style and maker. Volume One comprises Gothic and Renaissance Furniture, Carved Furniture, Lacquer Furniture and Barometers and Clocks. The second volume covers Boulle and Veneered Furniture and the third, Gilt Bronze. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Antiques & Collectibles | Furniture - Antiques & Collectibles | Reference - General |
| Dewey: 749 |
| Series: Wallace Collection |
| Physical Information: 5.03" H x 7.81" W x 9.58" (13.25 lbs) 1700 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: *Three Volume Set* The Wallace Collection has the finest collection of eighteenth-century furniture outside France. Numbering over five hundred pieces, it includes furniture by the greatest Parisian cabinet makers, beginning with Andr -Charles Boulle and continuing through the major craftsmen of the reigns of Louis XV and Louis XVI. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hughes, Peter: - Peter Hughes has been a member of the Western Front Association since 1981 and has been visiting the battlefields of France and Belgium for over thirty years. He now spends his time researching many aspects of the Great War and guiding others around its battlefields and cemeteries. After reading French and German at the Universities of Leeds and Tübingen, he spent thirty years policing London and retired in 2010. |