Art and Design in Europe Tapa dura - 1987

E. P. Dutton. Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 052524610X . Exlibrary with usual library markings. Front free endpaper removed. ; 224 pages .

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1987. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. 9.7x8.5x0.8in. dust jacket lightly sunned on the spine. Dust jacket in clear protector. Interest in all forms of design and in the nineteenth century generally has grown fast in recent years. In recognition of this, a new permanent gallery has opened at London's renowned Victoria & Albert Museum to display, in a magnificent Victorian-style setting, a vast range of almost 600 nineteenth-century objects from many different countries: outstanding examples of furniture, ceramics, textiles, metalwork, glass sculpture, paintings, posters, books, and photographs. Some are spectacular masterpieces, many are familiar only to the specialist, and America is represented as well as Europe. The mix and caliber of this collection is unparalleled elsewhere in the world. This book (the gallery's official handbook) illustrates 100 of the most interesting items, presents them chronologically to bring out design development over the period, and supplies… Leer más

New York: Dutton, 1987. 1st. Hardcover. Book fine, Dust jacket fine..