A Noble Feast: English Silver from the Jerome and Rita Gans Collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Richmond, Virginia: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007. Softcover. Black and illustrated wraps, French flaps, 96 pp. Color plates. VG, shelf wear and some rubbing on wraps, may have light soiling on title page, clean otherwise. Item #132750
ISBN: 9780917046834
"Amassed over a period of some thirty years, the collection of Rita and the late Jerome Gans is one of the glories of the Virginia Museum of FIne Arts and one of the leading silver collections in the United States. Works by such celebrated masters as Paul de Lamerie; Paul Storr; Rundell, Bridge & Rundell; and Robert Garrard are well represented. Besides giving a survey of its historical and social themes, this book also features an updated catalogue of the collection, now to be seen in an elegant new gallery at the museum." (back cover) Most of the 102 exhibited pieces are seen here, interspersed with the narrative. Exquisite.
OCLC: 80020094
Price: $20.00