Furniture, Clocks and Gilt Bronzes (The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor) (2-volume set)
Fribourg: Office du Livre for the National Trust, 1974. Hardbound. 2 vols. Blue cloth with brown & color illustrated dust jackets. 903 total pp., profusely illustrated in bw and with 49 tipped-in color plates. Good (Ex-library w/ stamps to textblock edges, IDs to lower spine, internal stamps, usual markings. boards scuffed & scratched; edge-worn. scuffs/shelf-wear to lower textblock edges. page edges toning. dustjackets may have IDs to lower spine; worn edge-wear; corners rubbed or torn; toning to back cover; scuffs & scratches). Item #157949
ISBN: 9780707800103
Pages appear clean, but, may have instances of notations, marginalia, etc. Tipped-in color plates remain vibrant. A complete two-volume set within a set, representing yet another illustrated catalogue of a portion of the decorative arts collection assembled by members of the Rothschild family of Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire, England. Includes examples of time-keeping devices with French, English, German, and Swiss origins; veneered furniture and carved furniture of all sorts; gilt bronzes, including candelabra and chandeliers; and pique-work. With bios of the known artists and craftsmen. Offers terrific close-up views of the pieces. Uncommon. ontents as follows: Volume I: (Marquetry, clocks, gilt bronzes ... automata, barometers, clocks ... veneered funiture.) -- Volume II: (Veneered furniture [contd.] ... carved furniture ... gilt bronzes ... biographies [of makers].
OCLC: 1602848
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