Orchestrating Elegance: Alma-Tadema and the Marquand Music Room
Williamstown, Massachusetts: Clark Art Institute, 2017. Hardcover. Black cloth boards, color-illustrated dust jacket with silver lettering. 219 pp. 157 color and BW illustrations. VG/VG. Item #166502
ISBN: 9780300226676
During the 19th century, New York City’s grand mansions on Fifth and Madison Avenues boasted sumptuous interiors, often with each room decorated in a different historic style. Financier, art collector, and philanthropist Henry Gurdon Marquand famously commissioned eminent British painter Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema (1836–1912) to create the Greco-Pompeian music room for his home. This beautiful publication documents and examines the celebrated design, which included an elaborately decorated Steinway grand piano, a large suite of matching furniture, and an embroidery scheme for the upholstery and coordinated curtains.
OCLC: 980858529
Price: $35.00