Author: Dauterman, Carl Christian
Title: The Wrightsman Collection: Volume IV, Porcelain
Description: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970. Hardbound. Crimson cloth with gilt letters and decorative motif on spine and large gilt motif on front cover; sienna and illus. dj; decorative end papers taken from Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopedie; 486 p. with 220 illustrations, 26 in color; fold-out map at front. One volume in the five-volume series outlining the decorative arts collection of Charles Bierer Wrightsman (1895-1986) and his wife Jayne Wrightsman (b. 1919). Volume IV presents porcelain and is sub-divided into these areas: Meissen (Bird Sculptures, Ornaments, Tableware), Sevres and other French Porcelain (Ornaments, Tableware, Statuettes, Saint-Cloud, Chantilly, Mennecy), Chelsea and Other English Porcelain (Scent Bottles, Tableware, Derby, Longton Hall, Bow, Worcester) and Oriental Porcelain . Includes Biographies of Craftsmen, Glossary, Bibliography, Index of Craftsmen and General Index. VG- (DJ has moderate wear along edges, with some scuffs and tears; book is very nice.) .

Keywords: European Decorative Arts, Porcelain ; the Wrightsman Collection - Porcelain ; ; Ceramics - European


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