Decorative Art from the Samuel H. Kress Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art the tapestry room from Croome Court, furniture, textiles, Sèvres porcelains, and other objects (Signed)
London: Phaidon Press, 1964. Hardbound. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, blue and white glossy dustjacket; 303 pp. with 237 color and bw images. VG. shelf & edge-wear to covers, spine & corners. shelf-wear/scuffing to lower textblock edge. pgs edge-toned. dustjacket has rough edge-wear, tear to back edge; rubbing to corners; glossy veener peeling on spine edge. Item #112448
Forward James J. Rorimer, former director of Metropolitan Museum of Art, whose signature is on front endpaper. Includes sections on The Tapestry Room at Croome Court, French and German 18th-century Furniture, Furniture with Porcelain Plaques from the Hillingdon Collection, Sevres Porcelains, Knotted Pile Fabrics, and Clocks, Barometers, Candelabra and a Fire Screen. Photo is of previous copy from our collection.
OCLC: 58047
Price: $45.00