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European Clocks in the J. Paul Getty Museum


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Among the finest examples of European craftsmanship are the clocks produced for the luxury trade in the eighteenth century. The J. Paul Getty Museum is fortunate to have in its decorative arts collection twenty clocks dating from around 1680 to 1798: eighteen produced in France and two in Germany. They demonstrate the extraordinary workmanship that went into both the design and execution of the cases and the intricate movements by which the clocks operated. In this handsome volume, each clock is pictured and discussed in detail, and each movement diagrammed and described. In addition, biographies of the clockmakers and enamelers are included, as are indexes of the names of the makers, previous owners, and locations.




Antique Dealing and Creative Reuse in Cairo and Damascus 1850-1890


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Early shows and sales of Islamic antiques in Paris -- Expanding trades in late Ottoman Cairo and Damascus -- Conflicted commodification in Cairo -- Fashioning immersive displays in Egypt and beyond -- Guise and disguise before and during the Tanzimat.




Catalogue des objets d'art et d'ameublement anciennes porcelaines de Sèvres, pate tendre de Saxe, de Chine, etc., jades et cristaux de roche chinois, objets de vitrine, éventails, râpes à tabac, sculptures, pendules, bronzes & meubles du XVIIIe siècle, du 1er empire et autres, vitrines meuble de salon en tapisserie du temps de Louis XV, tapisseries des XVIIe siècles gravures des écoles française et anglaise du XVIIIe si0ecle dépendent des collections de M. Édouard Chappey: Moyen âge et renaissance


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Vienna Circa 1780


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Wolfram Koeppe is Curator, Department of European Sculpture and Decorative Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. --Book Jacket.




French Art Nouveau Ceramics


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"L'art nouveau, an artistic movement of a highly eclectic nature that developed in the late 19th century, took its lead from such diverse sources as Japanese art or the medieval revivalism of the Arts and Crafts. Perhaps in no medium was it better represented than in pottery, whose technical possibilities allowed for great freedom of expression. This richly illustrated dictionary, with glossary and select signatures, lists over 1,100 artists, ceramists and firms that participated in the creation of Art Nouveau ceramics in France, the melting pot of die new aesthetic."--Page 4 of cover.