The Wrightsman Collection. Vols. 3 and 4, Furniture, Snuffboxes, Silver, Bookbindings, Porcelain

The Wrightsman Collection. Vols. 3 and 4, Furniture, Snuffboxes, Silver, Bookbindings, Porcelain

Watson, F. J. B., Carl Christian Dauterman, and Everett Fahy

1970

850 pages

473 illustrations

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Table of contents

About the authors

Volume III

Preface

Furniture and Gilt Bronze, continued from Volume II

Menuiserie
Boiserie
Ébénisterie
Gilt Bronze

Gold Boxes

Introduction
Catalogue

Porcelain and Enamel Boxes

Silver and Silver Gilt

Bookbindings, etc.

Biographies of Goldsmiths
Glossary
Bibliography
Index of Craftsmen
General Index

Volume IV

Preface

Meissen Porcelain

Introduction
Bird Sculptures
Ornaments
Tableware

Sévres and Other French Porcelain

Introduction
Ornaments
Statuettes
Saint-Cloud
Chantilly
Mennecy

Chelsea and Other English Porcelain

Introduction
Scent Bottles
Tableware
Derby
Longton Hall
Bow
Worcester

Oriental Porcelain

Introduction
Catalogue

Biographies of Goldsmiths
Glossary
Bibliography
Index of Craftsmen
General Index

Met Art in Publication

Writing table (bureau plat), Gilles Joubert French, Lacquered oak, gilt-bronze mounts, lined with modern leather, French, Paris — Writing table (bureau plat)
Gilles Joubert
1759

Small desk with folding top (bureau brisé), Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt Dutch, Oak, pine, walnut veneered with ebony, rosewood, and marquetry of tortoiseshell and engraved brass; gilt bronze and steel, French, Paris — Small desk with folding top (bureau brisé)
Alexandre-Jean Oppenordt
ca. 1685

Box (one of a pair) (part of a set), John Parker British, Silver gilt, British, London — Box (one of a pair) (part of a set)
John Parker
1766/67

Toilet box (one of a pair) (part of a set), John Parker British, Silver gilt, British, London — Toilet box (one of a pair) (part of a set)
John Parker
1766

Box (one of a pair) (part of a set), John Parker British, Silver gilt, British, London — Box (one of a pair) (part of a set)
John Parker
1766/67

Toilet box, Meissen Manufactory German, Hard-paste porcelain, German, Meissen — Toilet box
Meissen Manufactory
ca. 1730

Box with Rachel Meeting Jacob at the Well
, Tortoiseshell, mother-of-pearl, gold, Italian, Naples — Box with Rachel Meeting Jacob at the Well
ca. 1730–50

Box, Alphonse Giroux & Cie., Paris, Wood veneered with parquetry of tulipwood and kingwood, gilt bronze, modern silk lining trimmed with metal thread, French — Box
Alphonse Giroux & Cie., Paris
ca. 1860

Toilet box (one of a pair) (part of a set), John Parker British, Silver gilt, British, London — Toilet box (one of a pair) (part of a set)
John Parker
1766

Table box, House of Carl Fabergé, Palisander wood, silver mounts, Russian, St. Petersburg — Table box
House of Carl Fabergé
ca. 1895–1916

Boiserie from the Hôtel de Varengeville, Carved, painted, and gilded oak, French, Paris — Boiserie from the Hôtel de Varengeville
ca. 1736–52, with later additions

Boiserie from the Palais Paar, 30 Wollzeile, Vienna, Austria, Isidor Canevale, Carved, painted, and gilded pine; plaster; gilt bronze; mirror glass; oak flooring, Austrian, Vienna — Boiserie from the Palais Paar, 30 Wollzeile, Vienna, Austria
Isidor Canevale
ca. 1765–72, with later additions

Boiserie from the Hôtel de Cabris, Grasse, Carved, painted, and gilded oak, French, Paris — Boiserie from the Hôtel de Cabris, Grasse
ca. 1774, with later additions

Work and writing table, Bernard II van Risenburgh, Oak, tulipwood, root-cut kingwood, gilt bronze and silvered metal, French, Paris — Work and writing table
Bernard II van Risenburgh
ca. 1755–60

Snuffbox, Daniel Govaers (or Gouers) French, Gold, diamonds, French, Paris — Snuffbox
Daniel Govaers (or Gouers)
1734–35

Les deux Confidentes (The two Confidants), Jean Ouvrier French, Etching and engraving — Les deux Confidentes (The two Confidants)
Jean Ouvrier
18th century

Venus and Aeneas, Pierre François Courtois French, Etching and engraving — Venus and Aeneas
Pierre François Courtois
mid-18th century

The Rhinoceros, Albrecht Dürer German, Chiaroscuro woodcut with tone block in printed in light olive green — The Rhinoceros
Albrecht Dürer
after 1620

Spectacle case with two pairs of spectacles

ca. 1750–56

Salver, Silver gilt, German, Augsburg — Salver
1737–39

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Watson, Francis J. B., and Carl Christian Dauterman, eds. 1970. The Wrightsman Collection. 3: Furniture, Gold Boxes / by F. J. B. Watson. Porcelain Boxes, Silver by Carl Christian Dauterman. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art.