The Connoisseur
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Published: 1976
Total Pages: 246
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Author: Sotheby's Belgravia (Firm)
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Published: 1975
Total Pages: 52
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDictionary of Enamelling
Author: Erika Speel
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2018-10-26
Total Pages: 209
ISBN-13: 0429858140
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 1998 , The Dictionary of Enamelling is the first book to provide a comprehensive guide to this most diverse of the decorative arts.Indispensable for anyone interested in the evolution of enamelling technique, the book includes some 400 entries covering every aspect of its history. There are entries on key pieces, individual enamellers, designers, schools, techniques, and the major achievements are described in every era. The knowledge and insight of Erika Speel’s account are supported and enhanced by a brilliantly researched collection of 200 illustrations, 100 in colour, portraying the most dazzling and important pieces, a unique visual record of enamelling history. The Dictionary of Enamelling will be invaluable to people who collect, study, create and enjoy enamels.
Trademarks on Base-metal Tableware
Author: Eileen Woodhead
Publisher: National Historic Sites Parks Service Environment Canada
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 354
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKOver the past decade the Metal Unit of the Material Culture Section, Archaeology Research Division, Canadian Parks Service, has maintained a reference file identifying marks found on metal artifacts. This document is a selection of marks on file that relate primarily to tableware items, from the late 18th century to about 1900.
Copper and Bronze in Art
Author: David A. Scott
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 536
ISBN-13: 9780892366385
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a review of 190 years of literature on copper and its alloys. It integrates information on pigments, corrosion and minerals, and discusses environmental conditions, conservation methods, ancient and historical technologies.
European Clocks in the J. Paul Getty Museum
Author: Gillian Wilson
Publisher: Getty Publications
Published: 2013-08-15
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 0892362545
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmong the finest examples of European craftsmanship are the clocks produced for the luxury trade in the eighteenth century. The J. Paul Getty Museum is fortunate to have in its decorative arts collection twenty clocks dating from around 1680 to 1798: eighteen produced in France and two in Germany. They demonstrate the extraordinary workmanship that went into both the design and execution of the cases and the intricate movements by which the clocks operated. In this handsome volume, each clock is pictured and discussed in detail, and each movement diagrammed and described. In addition, biographies of the clockmakers and enamelers are included, as are indexes of the names of the makers, previous owners, and locations.
Fake?
Author: Mark Jones
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1990-01-01
Total Pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9780520070875
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the methods used to make artistic, literary, documentary, and political forgeries and the recent scientific advances in their detection. Includes over 600 objects from the British Museum and many other major collections, from ancient Babylonia to the present day.
The Working of the National Gallery
Author: National Gallery (Great Britain)
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 72
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Wrightsman Galleries for French Decorative Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 1588393666
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe authors, Danielle Kisluk-Grosheide and Jeffrey Munger, are curators in the Metropolitan Museum's Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts. They oversaw the recent reinstallation of the Wrightsman Galleries --Book Jacket.
