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The Wrightsman Collection. Vols. 1 and 2, Furniture, Gilt Bronze and Mounted Porcelain, Carpets

The Wrightsman Collection. Vols. 1 and 2, Furniture, Gilt Bronze and Mounted Porcelain, Carpets

Watson, F. J. B.

1966

671 pages

367 illustrations

This title is out of print.

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Table of contents

About the authors

Volume I

Foreword
Preface
Introduction

Furniture: Menuserie

Chairs
Sofas
Sets of Chairs
Stools
Picture Frames
Dog Kennels
Pedestals
Plant Stands
Screens
Tables

Furniture: Ebenisterie

Cabinets
Jewel Casket
Chests of Drawers
Corner Cupboards
Desks
Shelves
Tables

Volume II

Tables (continued)

Gilt Bronze and Mounted Porcelain

Candelabra
Candlesticks
Chandeliers
Clocks
Chimney Furniture
Inkstands
Lamps
Porcelain
Mirrors
Perfume Burners
Urns
Wall Lights
Mounted Oriental
Porcelain
Mounted European

Carpets and Chimney Pieces

Carpets
Chimney Pieces

Appendix
Savonnerie Carpets
Saint-Cyr Embroidery

Biographies of Craftsmen
Furniture Makers
Bronzeworkers, Designers, Goldsmiths, Sculptors, etc.

Glossary

Bibliography
Books
Periodicals (General)
Periodical Articles
Exhibition Catalogues

Indexes

Met Art in Publication

Armchair (one of a pair), Gilded beech, French — Armchair (one of a pair)
French
ca. 1730

Round stool, Carved and gilded beech, covered in 18th-century blue silk velvet, French — Round stool
French
ca. 1780

Picture frame (cadre), Juste Aurèle Meissonnier French, Carved and gilded beechwood, French — Picture frame (cadre)
Juste Aurèle Meissonnier
ca. 1735

Dog kennel, Claude I Sené French, Gilded beech and pine; silk and velvet, French — Dog kennel
Claude I Sené
ca. 1775–80

Pair of tripod stands (athèniennes), Jean-Henri Eberts, Carved and gilded pine; brass liners; gilt bronze, French — Pair of tripod stands (athèniennes)
Jean-Henri Eberts
ca. 1773

Stand (piètement) for a model of La Samaritaine, Jean-Baptiste Vinceneux, Carved, painted, gilded and silvered walnut; modern wood top, French, Paris — Stand (piètement) for a model of La Samaritaine
Jean-Baptiste Vinceneux
1773

Fire screen, Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard French, Carved and gilded beechwood, embroidered silk (not original), French, Paris — Fire screen
Jean-Baptiste I Tilliard
Jean-Baptiste II Tilliard
ca. 1750–60

Fire screen (écran), Georges Jacob French, Carved, gilded and silvered beech; 18th-century silk brocade (not original to frame), French, Paris — Fire screen (écran)
Georges Jacob
Philippe de Lasalle
ca. 1786

Console table (one of a pair), François Rournier, Carved and gilded oak, with top of rouge royal marble, French — Console table (one of a pair)
François Rournier
ca. 1735–40

Console table (one of a pair), François Rournier, Carved and gilded oak, verde antico marble top, French — Console table (one of a pair)
François Rournier
1735–40

Commode (commode à vantaux) (part of a set), Adam Weisweiler French, Oak veneered with ebony, amaranth, holly, ebonized holly, satinwood, Japanese and French lacquer panels; gilt-bronze mounts, brocatelle marble top (not original); steel springs; morocco leather (not original), French, Paris — Commode (commode à vantaux) (part of a set)
Adam Weisweiler
ca. 1790

Design for a Jewel Coffer on a Writing Stand, Anonymous, French, 18th century French, Pen and black ink, brush and gray and colored wash, with graphite underdrawing — Design for a Jewel Coffer on a Writing Stand
Anonymous, French, 18th century
1770–75

Jewel coffer on stand (petit coffre à bijoux), Martin Carlin French, Oak veneered with tulipwood, sycamore, holly, and ebonized holly; gilt bronze, soft-paste porcelain, velvet (not original), French, Sèvres — Jewel coffer on stand (petit coffre à bijoux)
Martin Carlin
Sèvres Manufactory
ca. 1775

Commode (one of a pair), Jacques Dubois French, Oak, veneered with tulipwood, purplewood, kingwood and sycamore; gilt-bronze mounts, brèche d'Alep marble top, French — Commode (one of a pair)
Jacques Dubois
ca. 1755

Corner cabinet (encoignure) (one of a pair), Bernard II van Risenburgh, Oak veneered with ebony and Coromandel lacquer, cherry wood, and purplewood; gilt-bronze mounts; brocatelle marble top, French, Paris — Corner cabinet (encoignure) (one of a pair)
Bernard II van Risenburgh
ca. 1745–49

Corner cabinet (encoignure) (one of a pair), Bernard II van Risenburgh, Oak veneered with ebony and Coromandel lacquer, cherry wood, and purplewood; gilt-bronze mounts; brocatelle marble top, French, Paris — Corner cabinet (encoignure) (one of a pair)
Bernard II van Risenburgh
ca. 1745–49

Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet), Martin Carlin French, Oak veneered with tulipwood, amaranth, holly, and sycamore; six Sèvres soft-paste porcelain plaques and two painted tin plaques; gilt-bronze mounts; marble shelves; moiré silk, French, Paris and Sèvres — Drop-front desk (secrétaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet)
Multiple artists/makers
ca. 1776

Drop-front secretary on stand (Secrètaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) (one of a pair) (part of a set), Adam Weisweiler French, Oak veneered with ebony, amaranth, holly, ebonized holly, satinwood, Japanese and French lacquer panels, gilt-bronze mounts, brocatelle marble top (not original); steel springs; morocco leather (not original), French, Paris — Drop-front secretary on stand (Secrètaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) (one of a pair) (part of a set)
Adam Weisweiler
ca. 1790

Drop-front secretary on stand (secrètaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) (one of a pair) (part of a set), Adam Weisweiler French, Oak veneered with ebony, amaranth, holly, ebonized holly, satinwood, Japanese and French lacquer panels, gilt-bronze mounts, brocatelle marble top (not original); steel springs; morocco leather (not original), French, Paris — Drop-front secretary on stand (secrètaire à abattant or secrétaire en cabinet) (one of a pair) (part of a set)
Adam Weisweiler
ca. 1790

Pair of corner shelves, Bernard II van Risenburgh, Oak marquetried with tulipwood and kingwood, French, Paris — Pair of corner shelves
Bernard II van Risenburgh
ca. 1760

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