Meubles d'Art: Oeuvres Decoratives, Choisies dans les Collections Celebres

Paris: Goupil et Cie, 1860 circa. Hardcover. Black buckram, [54] pp., 29 engraved plates (WorldCat lists 30, but there is no evidence of a missing plate.). Good, ex-library, with typical markings, including ink stamps on the lower corner of plate images and occasional perforation stamps. Rebound. Damp staining on lower edges of pages, no stuck pages, however. Item #128431

In French. Color-printed decorative initials begin each section. Features engraved examples of ornately carved furniture, including a 16th century armoire with flamboyantly carved panels, from the Louvre, and an 18th century console with clock and vases from the collection of M. Leopold Double. (Uunder the surface of this elegant console sits a cherub clasping a crown, with a wreath of laurels and myrtles above). Also included is a Renaissance bed from the collection of the museum of l'Hotel de Cluny. With many more large and lovely plates of mirrors, credenzas, panels, cabinets, clocks, chairs, tables, etc. and with a stunning portrait of Caterina de' Medici.

Price: $95.00

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