Chelsea Porcelain
Chelsea Porcelain

Author: B. Elizabeth Adams

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13:

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Elizabeth Adams charts the progress of Sprimont's venture and describes in detail the wares now known as Chelsea. She reconstructs the history of the Chelsea porcelain factory, from its setting up to its final destruction.

Excavations in the Donyatt Potteries
Excavations in the Donyatt Potteries

Author: Richard Coleman-Smith

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13:

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Donyatt, in Somerset, has been the site of continuous pottery production from the 13th century. Its products had a wide distribution, throughout the west country, to London and beyond. This comprehensive account of the Donyatt industry includes a thorough study of the pots and their changing styles and decoration, the development of their kilns, the lives and working conditions of the potters, and their migrations to and from other potteries. It is based on the author's extensive excavations and on study of rich documentary sources, and combines two sorts of information rarely so adequately available for any site or industry.

Sunnylands
Sunnylands

Author: David Gilson De Long

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9780812241617

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Sunnylands, the Annenberg estate in Rancho Mirage, California, is one of America's great estates. This richly illustrated book chronicles its extensive history, and individual essays by distinguished specialists document each major collection and the home's significance as an example of California midcentury modernist architecture.

Pedigree and Panache
Pedigree and Panache

Author: Shireen Huda

Publisher: ANU E Press

Published: 2008-04-01

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1921313722

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"Art auctions have long captured the public imagination. They regularly make news headlines and have become synonymous with glamour, money and social distinction. The marketing of auction houses and the works they sell has resulted in firms attaining authoritative positions and the ability both to influence and reflect collecting tastes. Pedigree and panache is the first comprehensive history of the art auction in Australia. In this fascinating work, Shireen Huda investigates the construction of the glamorous reputation of art auctions and art auction houses. Featuring absorbing case studies of key art auctions and major art auction houses in Australia (including Christies, Sothebys and Deutscher-Menzies) the work provides an overview of the origin and international development of art auctions. The development of the Australian marketplace is then explored, detailing colonial inception and continuing until Christies' withdrawal of its saleroom presence in 2006."--Provided by publisher.