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Silver - Couverture rigide

Glanville, Philippa

 
9781851771721: Silver
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 1851771727 ISBN 13 : 9781851771721
Editeur : V & A Publications, 1997

Synopsis

Published to coincide with the new Silver Gallery at the V&A Museum, this book provides a social history of silver, from the middle ages to the present day. It is illustrated with material from paintings, engravings, designs and contemporary records to examples of ceremonial and domestic silver. Double-page features show silver in many different contexts: from laying the table, drinking customs and rituals, plate and piety, to techniques of making and embellishing silver, how to recognize fakes and forgeries, as well as practicalities, such as care and cleaning. The book should be of interest to collectors and connoisseurs, and all those interest in this historic metal.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Published to coincide with the new Silver Gallery at the V&A Museum, this book provides a social history of silver, from the middle ages to the present day. It is illustrated with material from paintings, engravings, designs and contemporary records to examples of ceremonial and domestic silver. Double-page features show silver in many different contexts: from laying the table, drinking customs and rituals, plate and piety, to techniques of making and embellishing silver, how to recognize fakes and forgeries, as well as practicalities, such as care and cleaning. The book should be of interest to collectors and connoisseurs, and all those interest in this historic metal.

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Éditeur
V & A Publications
Date d'édition
1997
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1851771727
ISBN 13 
9781851771721
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
144
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible