The Little, Brown Guide to Silver

CORADESCHI, Sergio

ISBN 10: 0316907162 / ISBN 13: 9780316907163

Edité par Little Brown, UK, 1994

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No inscriptions and very neatly price clipped. The DJ is intact, bright and clean with no shelf wear. Absolutely minute crease at top of spine of DJ. The book itself has dark grey hardcovers and is fine. The pages are bright and clean and the spine is tight. 191 pages. Copious colour and some bl.wh plates. Covers 15th and 16th century silver, 17th century silver - the baroque, 18th century silver - rococo, neoclassicism, 19th century silver - Empire, Regency, Restoration, Eclecticism, 20th century silver, Proto-art nouveau, art deco, post art deco, the 1940's, the 1950's. A truly excellent copy. Light to post.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: The Little, Brown Guide to Silver
• Éditeur: Little Brown, UK
• Date de parution: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0316907162
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780316907163
• Reliure: Original Cloth
• Édition: First Edition
• État de l'article: Fine
• État de la jaquette: Near Fine

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Synopsis

Focusing on the history of silverware from the 16th century to the 1950s, this book traces developments in taste and style, analyzing the complex relationships between form and decoration. It also goes beyond aesthetic concerns to consider silver within its economic and social context, as a reflection of historical trends and fashions. The guide is illustrated throughout with a range of silver artifacts, including ornamental boxes, cutlery, candelabra, teapots, soup tureens and trays, and there are over 400 drawings of marks, as well as sections devoted to the biographies of the most celebrated silversmiths.