Title:
Princely treasures : European masterpieces 1600-1800, from the Victoria & Albert Museum
Publication Date:
2011
Publication Information:
London : V & A Publishing, c2011.
Physical Description:
191 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
ISBN:
9781851776337
Abstract:
The V&A has one of the world's greatest collections of 17th- and 18th-century European decorative art. Eighty masterpieces from this magnificent collection, acquired and used by rulers of power, wealth, and taste, provide the focus of this book.
Contents:
Foreword / Sir Mark Jones -- A princely collection for the nation : European decorative arts in the V & A / Sarah Medlam -- Princely patronage in Europe, 1600-1800 / Angela McShane -- Power and glory / Angus Patterson -- Religious splendour / Joanna Norman -- Display in the interior / Antonia Brodie -- Fashion and personal adornment / Lesley Ellis Miller.
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Language:
English
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