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American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Late Colonial Period - The Queen Anne and Chippendale Styles

By Morrison H. Heckscher , N. Y.) Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York , Mary-Alice Rogers

Book information

Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Year
1985
ISBN
0870994271, 9780870994272
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
49 MB (51425027 bytes)
Pages
0\385
Time added
2013-12-27 22:29:56
Искусство и искусствоведение;Декоративно-прикладно

Description

Here at last is the publication that documents The Metropolitan Museum of Arts superlative collection of late colonial furniture. This comprehensive catalogue—prodigiously researched and gloriously illustrated—presents 213 of the finest objects in the Museums American Wing. These masterpieces of eighteenth-century furniture are fully described and considered in light of comparative pieces from collections across the country. For every object the author gives detailed information about provenance, construction, condition, inscriptions if any, dimensions, and materials. The volume will stand as the quintessential sourcebook for collectors and a tour de force of scholarship in the field.

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