Resultados de búsqueda: french royal furniture an historical study de verlet pierre

NY: Clarkson N. Potter, 1963. Hardcover. Very good. Hardcover. 194pp+ index. Foxing to edges of textblock, else a very good hardback in a tanned jacket that has a small chip to the bottom of the rear joint.

New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1963. 1st. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 9.5x7.1x1.1in. touch of foxing to top edge of text block, dust jacket with 3/8 inch tear at bottom of rear panel. Dust jacket in clear protector. The furniture commissioned by the French royal family in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is comprised of the finest examples in the world's greatest period of cabinetmaking. It also affords exceptional knowledge of the decorative arts of that epoch, not only because of the quality of surviving pieces, but also because of the abundant and precise documentary evidence. In this book, Pierre Verlet studies the evolution of the furniture during the 130 years covered by the Journal du Garde Meuble, the register of crown furniture which was instituted by Louis XIV and Colbert in 1663. 123 illustrations, 4 in full color. 201pp 1.83lb 9.5x7.1x1.1in