English Furniture and Furniture Makers of the 18th Century
Author | : R. S. Clouston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Cabinetmakers |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : R. S. Clouston |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 396 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Cabinetmakers |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Morrison H. Heckscher |
Publisher | : Metropolitan Museum of Art |
Total Pages | : 51 |
Release | : 2018-05-14 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 1588396479 |
Published to coincide with the three hundredth anniversary of the birth of Thomas Chippendale, England’s most famous cabinetmaker, this issue of the Bulletin addresses the history of Chippendale works at The Met. Morrison H. Heckscher recounts the designer’s meteoric rise from rural obscurity to the heights of the London luxury trade, crediting that remarkable success to the publication of the Chippendale Director, an instructive book on furniture design and ornament. The text analyzes the Museum’s rare collection of drawings by Chippendale, revealing a gifted and highly imaginative designer who mastered what today would be called branding. Illustrating a wide selection of the Director drawings alongside furniture inspired by the Director or actually made in Chippendale’s shop, this Bulletin features works of art that attest to the museum’s century-long infatuation with drawing, prints, books, and furniture in the Chippendale style.
Author | : Thomas Chippendale |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1762 |
Genre | : Cabinetwork |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Pierre Verlet |
Publisher | : University of Virginia Press |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : |
The late Pierre Verlet, conservateur en chef du Departement des Objets d'Art at the Louvre, was the unquestioned expert on pre-Revolutionary French decorative arts. His definitive book French Furniture of the 18th Century (Les Meubles Francais du XVIIIe Siecle) has now been translated into English for the first time by Penelope Hunter-Stiebel, noted specialist in 18th century French furniture and former student of Verlet. The book contains a vast amount of information on the art of furniture in 18th century France. It examines the tools and techniques used in furniture making during that period; defines the various types of furniture developed; explores the organisation of the furniture industry, the working of the guilds and the relationships among makers, dealers, and clients; lists the outstanding makers and reproduces their marks; and discusses the market, restoration, forgeries, and the growth of public collections. Since the book was first published in 1955, previously unknown pieces of furniture have been discovered, and new documents and analyses have been taken into account in this augmented text.The book is enhanced by 16 pages of full colour and 174 black-and-white illustrations. The illustrations range broadly to allow for the juxtaposition of elegant and simple furniture and to include a variety of types, forms and decorations. This book is a valuable research tool for all curators, collectors, dealers, and art historians.
Author | : George Hepplewhite |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 2013-05-09 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 0486142671 |
Magnificent reproduction of 1788 folio of Hepplewhite furnishings. Classic, highly valued work depicts chairs, stools, sofas, sideboards, beds, pedestals, desks, bookcases, tables, chests of drawers, wardrobes, fire screens, and many other items. 128 plates.
Author | : Peter W. Ward-Jackson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 380 |
Release | : 1984 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : |
English furniture of the eithteenth century has never been more admired or sought after than it is today. This is largely because it possesses a simplicity, a sober elegance and a practical usefulness which make it ideal for modern houses. Such furniture owes as much to good design as to the craftsman's skill, and that is why, in this book, the Victoria and Albert Museum has made an attempt to carry out--for the first time--a systematic survey of the great mass of eighteenth-century designs which has come down to us. The Museum is in a good position to embark upon such a venture, because it possessess one of the largest collections of English furniture designs in existence, a collection which includes copies of nearly all the relevant pattern books, some of them very rare, and a considerable number of original drawings, which tend to be rarer still, because they were all too often lost or destroyed, once they had served their purpose. --back cover.
Author | : Patricia E. Kane |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 509 |
Release | : 2016-01-01 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 0300217846 |
This book presents new information on the export trade, patronage, artistic collaboration, and the small-scale shop traditions that defined early Rhode Island craftsmanship. This stunning volume features more than 200 illustrations of beautifully constructed and carved objects—including chairs, high chests, bureau tables, and clocks—that demonstrate the superb workmanship and artistic skill of the state’s furniture makers.
Author | : Geoffrey W. Beard |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 1088 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : |
A reference work on furniture makers active in England between 1660 and 1840. It lists makers in alphabetical order, recording biographical details, commissions, and information about signed or documented pieces, together with full supporting references.
Author | : Tony Kubalak |
Publisher | : Linden Publishing |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Crafts & Hobbies |
ISBN | : 9781933502328 |
Presenting 10 projects -- from shaping the surface through layout to rough carving and detailed carving -- this guide explains the process of carving authentic motifs found on the most treasured pieces of 18th-century American furniture. Written with a two-pronged approach, the book first emphasises that these are learned skills and offers guidance while, secondly, providing all the complex details that serious carvers need to reproduce each element with confidence. Selected for their importance and popularity on museum-quality pieces, projects include the cabriole leg, Philadelphia-style ball and claw foot, carved foliage on knee, Philadelphia rosette, and Newport flame finial, among others.
Author | : Joseph Aronson |
Publisher | : Potter Style |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 1961-12-13 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 0517037351 |
A completely revised edition, covering every period and development to the present, the designers and makers, the woods and other materials, the architecture and decoration. 2,000 photographs. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.