Author: Sotheby's Sussex
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Languages : en
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Oil Paintings, Watercolours and Prints; Antique and Modern Furniture; Antique and Modern Silver and Plate; Jewellery, Fans and Objects of Vertu; Glass, English and European Ceramics; Coins, Cigarette Cards and Postcards; Medals, Militaria, Antique Firearms and Edged Weapons; Modern and Vintage Sporting Guns and Firearms; Oil Paintings, Watercolours and Prints; Antique and Modern Furniture; Himalayan and South-East Asian Art
Author: Sotheby's Sussex
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Languages : en
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Portrait Miniatures, Fans and Objects of Vertu
Author: Sotheby's (Firm)
Publisher:
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Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Category : Art objects
Languages : en
Pages : 142
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Divided Kingdoms
Author: John Sills
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780956688934
Category : Coins
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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ISBN: 9780956688934
Category : Coins
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Howth and Its Owners
Author: Francis Elrington Ball
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Category : Dublin (Ireland : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Category : Dublin (Ireland : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Fake?
Author: Mark Jones
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520070875
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Describes 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.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520070875
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Describes 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.
Selling Russia's Treasures
Author: N. I︠U︡ Semenova
Publisher: Abbeville Press
ISBN: 9780789211545
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Selling Russia's Treasures documents one of the great cultural dramas of the twentieth century: the sale, by a cash-hungry Soviet government, of the artistic treasures accumulated by the Russian aristocracy over the centuries and nationalized after the October 1917 revolution. An astonishing variety of objects, from icons and illuminated manuscripts to Fabergé eggs and Old Master paintings, entered the collections of wealthy Westerners like Andrew Mellon and Armand Hammer in the 1920s and 30s. Written by the leading experts in the field and long regarded as the definitive book on the subject, the original Russian edition of Selling Russia's Treasures is sought after scholars and laymen alike. Now, for the first time, it is made available in English, in a revised and expanded edition that includes a new chapter on the secret files of the Hermitage, previously considered lost, as well as new research on the sale of religious art, and of twentieth-century French masterworks from the Museum of New Western Art. Numerous color plates reunite long-dispersed works in a virtual museum that illustrates the powerful blow inflicted on Russia's cultural heritage by these secretive sales, and rare photographs and archival documents help bring this buried history to light.
Publisher: Abbeville Press
ISBN: 9780789211545
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Selling Russia's Treasures documents one of the great cultural dramas of the twentieth century: the sale, by a cash-hungry Soviet government, of the artistic treasures accumulated by the Russian aristocracy over the centuries and nationalized after the October 1917 revolution. An astonishing variety of objects, from icons and illuminated manuscripts to Fabergé eggs and Old Master paintings, entered the collections of wealthy Westerners like Andrew Mellon and Armand Hammer in the 1920s and 30s. Written by the leading experts in the field and long regarded as the definitive book on the subject, the original Russian edition of Selling Russia's Treasures is sought after scholars and laymen alike. Now, for the first time, it is made available in English, in a revised and expanded edition that includes a new chapter on the secret files of the Hermitage, previously considered lost, as well as new research on the sale of religious art, and of twentieth-century French masterworks from the Museum of New Western Art. Numerous color plates reunite long-dispersed works in a virtual museum that illustrates the powerful blow inflicted on Russia's cultural heritage by these secretive sales, and rare photographs and archival documents help bring this buried history to light.
Canada in Flanders
Author: Max Aitken Baron Beaverbrook
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Designer British Silver
Author: John Andrew
Publisher: Acc Art Books
ISBN: 9781851497805
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Designer British Silver explores the designer-silversmiths who have shaped British silver from the 1950s through to the present day. Covering a complete generation of craftsmen and women, and featuring one-to-one interviews with key figures, the book reveals the people and forces behind the post-war Renaissance that made Britain a centre of excellence for designer makers in silver. The fifty leading figures are covered in-depth, from Malcolm Appleby to John Willmin. Detailed insight is provided on the lives and works of each maker, alongside lavish illustrations and extended captions telling the story of every remarkable piece of silver. Designer British Silver also includes a fascinating overview of the post-war revival of British silver, a section on where to view designer British silver and additional listings of designers, craftsmen, silver manufacturers and engravers. Contents: Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Foreword; Introduction; The Work and Lives of the Leading Designer-Silversmiths; Listing of Designers, Craftsmen, Silver Manufacturers and Engravers; Where to see Designer British Silver; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
Publisher: Acc Art Books
ISBN: 9781851497805
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Designer British Silver explores the designer-silversmiths who have shaped British silver from the 1950s through to the present day. Covering a complete generation of craftsmen and women, and featuring one-to-one interviews with key figures, the book reveals the people and forces behind the post-war Renaissance that made Britain a centre of excellence for designer makers in silver. The fifty leading figures are covered in-depth, from Malcolm Appleby to John Willmin. Detailed insight is provided on the lives and works of each maker, alongside lavish illustrations and extended captions telling the story of every remarkable piece of silver. Designer British Silver also includes a fascinating overview of the post-war revival of British silver, a section on where to view designer British silver and additional listings of designers, craftsmen, silver manufacturers and engravers. Contents: Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Foreword; Introduction; The Work and Lives of the Leading Designer-Silversmiths; Listing of Designers, Craftsmen, Silver Manufacturers and Engravers; Where to see Designer British Silver; Glossary; Bibliography; Index.
Böttger Stoneware
Author: Dirk Syndram
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783422069008
Category : Böttger ware
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Red Porcelain, 1709 made ready for production by Johann Friedrich Boettger and universally known as Boettger red stoneware, represented the most elegant ceramics in Europe before experimentation led to rediscovery in Europe of the coveted white hard-paste porcelain, also known as Meissen Porcelain. Finished by the application of sophisticated techniques, Boettger red stoneware soon ranked high in favor with princes, of whom ostentation was expected. Combined with ruby glass, silver, gold and precious stones, it also entered the exalted sphere of the court treasury. Beginning with the universal 'alchemist' Boettger himself, the present publication provides an overview of the ways artisans dealt creatively with this hard material, how models were drawn from goldsmiths' art and what role was played by Boettger red stoneware in the Baroque treasury of Augustus the Strong. Essays reveal that exquisitely finished Boettger stoneware also set trends in court art.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783422069008
Category : Böttger ware
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Red Porcelain, 1709 made ready for production by Johann Friedrich Boettger and universally known as Boettger red stoneware, represented the most elegant ceramics in Europe before experimentation led to rediscovery in Europe of the coveted white hard-paste porcelain, also known as Meissen Porcelain. Finished by the application of sophisticated techniques, Boettger red stoneware soon ranked high in favor with princes, of whom ostentation was expected. Combined with ruby glass, silver, gold and precious stones, it also entered the exalted sphere of the court treasury. Beginning with the universal 'alchemist' Boettger himself, the present publication provides an overview of the ways artisans dealt creatively with this hard material, how models were drawn from goldsmiths' art and what role was played by Boettger red stoneware in the Baroque treasury of Augustus the Strong. Essays reveal that exquisitely finished Boettger stoneware also set trends in court art.
Antique Rugs & Carpets
Author: American Art Association
Publisher:
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Category : Rugs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
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Category : Rugs
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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