Author: Dauterman, Carl C. and F.J.B. Watson
Title: The Wrightsman Collection: Volume 3 Furniture, Snuffboxes and Silver
Description: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970. Hardbound. Red cloth with lovely gilt lettering and decorative motif on spine and beautiful large motif on front cover; grey illus. dj; decorative end papers taken from Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopedie; 486 p. with 210 illustrations, 17 in color. Volume 3 contains the introduction and preview, along with detailed, annotated descriptions of Furniture (continued from Volume 2, being items 288 - 309 and consisting of Menuiserie, Boiserie, Ebenisterie and Gilt Bronze), Gold Boxes, Porcelain and Enamel Boxes, Silver and Silver Gilt, and Bookbindings. Also includes biographies of Goldsmiths, Glossary, Bibliography, Index of Craftsmen and general Index. VG/Good - dj has one tear at bottom front edge and slight wear at bottom edges in general .

Keywords: European Decorative Arts ; the Wrightsman Collection ; ; Collections - European Decorative Arts


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