The Wrightsman Collection, Volumes 3 and 4: Furniture, Snuffboxes, Silver [and] Porcelain (in slipcase)

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970. Hardbound. Both volumes red cloth with greyish, color-illustrated dustjacket, the two being encased in a red cloth slipcase. Volume 3: vii, 348 pp. presenting 103 annotated items, some with color plates. Volume 4: x, 486 pp. presenting 197 entries with 26 color and 194 bw plates. As New. Item #110981

Volume 3 contains the introduction and preview, along with detailed, annotated descriptions of Furniture (continued from Volume 2, being items 288 - 309 and consisting of Menuiserie, Boiserie, Ebenisterie and Gilt Bronze), Gold Boxes, Porcelain and Enamel Boxes, Silver and Silver Gilt, and Bookbindings. Also includes biographies of Goldsmiths, Glossary, Bibliography, Index of Craftsmen and general Index. Volume 4 (written by Dauterman) presents porcelain and is sub-divided into these areas: Meissen (Bird Sculptures, Ornaments, Tableware), Sevres and other French Porcelain (Ornaments, Tableware, Statuettes, Saint-Cloud, Chantilly, Mennecy), Chelsea and Other English Porcelain (Scent Bottles, Tableware, Derby, Longton Hall, Bow, Worcester) and Oriental Porcelain . Includes Biographies of Craftsmen, Glossary, Bibliography, Index of Craftsmen and General Index. Together, a beautiful set in a red cloth slipcase.

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