2000, ISBN: 9780918333162

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1907. Hardcover. VG- (Clean and tight with gilt still bright; light rubbing to covers and bump to lower front corner. No extraneous marks. A very nice cop… More...

New York: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1907. Hardcover. VG- (Clean and tight with gilt still bright; light rubbing to covers and bump to lower front corner. No extraneous marks. A very nice copy.). Blue paper/boards; tan cloth spine; gilt lettering and decoration. 32 pp. with bw frontis and 42 bw plates. Art Primer, Ceramic Series No. 11 of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, "intended to serve as authoritative and permanent reference works on the various subjects treated." This small volume is devoted to the technique of using artificial soft paste -- "containing various compositions, as in the fritted porcelain of Sevres and the other early French manufactories." (prefatory note) Addresses theses types: Frit Porcelain of France (Rouen, St. Cloud, Lille, Chantilly, Mennecy-Villeroy, Vincennes, Sevres, Tournay, Orleans, Sceaux, Bourg-La-Reine, Arras, Saint-Amand-Les-Eaux, and Paris); Frit Porcelain of Other Continental Countries: Italy (Venice, Doccia, Capo-Di-Monte, Le Nove); Spain (Buen Retiro); England (Bow, Chelsea, Derby, Longton Hall, Worcester, and Caughley); and The United States. More attention is given to Sevres and Chelsea than the others., Doubleday, Page & Co, 1907, 3, Hartford, Connecticut: Wadsworth Atheneum, 2000. Hardcover. VG. Forest green cloth, gilt letters on spine, dark green and color illus. dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 416 pp., color and BW illus. "One of the most prized segments of the Wadsworth Atheneum's permanent collection is the large group of French eighteenth-century porcelain, much of it bequeathed by the renowned collector J. Pierpont Morgan. More than 250 individual pieces from the manufactories of Saint-Cloud, Chantilly, Villeroy-Mennecy, Vincennes and Sevres are now published in full for the first time. Extensive research by the authors has resulted in important new insights into this impressive collection and significantly advances our knowledge of French porcelain." "The entries cover the history of all the objects, their form, usage, and decoration. Scholarly commentary is provided on their dating, style, decorators, and historical context. The porcelain has been arranged chronologically by type within each manufactory." "An introductory essay recounts the part played by J. Pierpont Morgan in acquiring the porcelain and other French decorative arts at the beginning of the twentieth century. The glossary of terms and techniques and the full index add to the accessibility of the text."--Jacket. Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-402) and indexes., Wadsworth Atheneum, 2000, 3<

2000, ISBN: 0918333164

[EAN: 9780918333162], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut], EUROPEAN ART ; J. P. MORGAN COLLECTION FRENCH PORCELAIN, Forest green cloth, gilt let… More...

[EAN: 9780918333162], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Connecticut], EUROPEAN ART ; J. P. MORGAN COLLECTION FRENCH PORCELAIN, Forest green cloth, gilt letters on spine, dark green and color illus. dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 416 pp., color and BW illus. "One of the most prized segments of the Wadsworth Atheneum's permanent collection is the large group of French eighteenth-century porcelain, much of it bequeathed by the renowned collector J. Pierpont Morgan. More than 250 individual pieces from the manufactories of Saint-Cloud, Chantilly, Villeroy-Mennecy, Vincennes and Sevres are now published in full for the first time. Extensive research by the authors has resulted in important new insights into this impressive collection and significantly advances our knowledge of French porcelain." "The entries cover the history of all the objects, their form, usage, and decoration. Scholarly commentary is provided on their dating, style, decorators, and historical context. The porcelain has been arranged chronologically by type within each manufactory." "An introductory essay recounts the part played by J. Pierpont Morgan in acquiring the porcelain and other French decorative arts at the beginning of the twentieth century. The glossary of terms and techniques and the full index add to the accessibility of the text."--Jacket. Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-402) and indexes., Books<

2000, ISBN: 9780918333162

Hartford, Connecticut: Wadsworth Atheneum, 2000. Hardcover. VG. Forest green cloth, gilt letters on spine, dark green and color illus. dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 416 pp., color and … More...

Hartford, Connecticut: Wadsworth Atheneum, 2000. Hardcover. VG. Forest green cloth, gilt letters on spine, dark green and color illus. dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 416 pp., color and BW illus. "One of the most prized segments of the Wadsworth Atheneum's permanent collection is the large group of French eighteenth-century porcelain, much of it bequeathed by the renowned collector J. Pierpont Morgan. More than 250 individual pieces from the manufactories of Saint-Cloud, Chantilly, Villeroy-Mennecy, Vincennes and Sevres are now published in full for the first time. Extensive research by the authors has resulted in important new insights into this impressive collection and significantly advances our knowledge of French porcelain." "The entries cover the history of all the objects, their form, usage, and decoration. Scholarly commentary is provided on their dating, style, decorators, and historical context. The porcelain has been arranged chronologically by type within each manufactory." "An introductory essay recounts the part played by J. Pierpont Morgan in acquiring the porcelain and other French decorative arts at the beginning of the twentieth century. The glossary of terms and techniques and the full index add to the accessibility of the text."--Jacket. Includes bibliographical references (pages 392-402) and indexes., Wadsworth Atheneum, 2000, 3<

2000, ISBN: 0918333164

[EAN: 9780918333162], Near Fine, [SC: 17.22], [PU: Wadsworth Atheneum 2000, Hartford], PORCELAIN ,MEISSEN,SÃ VRES, 416 pp. Hardback in a colour illustrated jacket. Minor dents to jacket, … More...

[EAN: 9780918333162], Near Fine, [SC: 17.22], [PU: Wadsworth Atheneum 2000, Hartford], PORCELAIN ,MEISSEN,SÃ VRES, 416 pp. Hardback in a colour illustrated jacket. Minor dents to jacket, otherwise all in near fine condition, clean and bright throughout. Illustrated in colour and black & white throughout. Analytic catalogue of more than 250 individual pieces of French porcelain from the manuactories of Saint-Cloud, Chantilly, Villeroy-Mennecy, Vincennes, Meissen, and Sevres. This is a heavy item and may require additional postage if being shipped outside of Europe. 0918333164 4to. Exhibition Catalogue, Books<