Publisher:
Metropolitan Museum of Art; distributed by New York Graphic Society...
Published:
1966
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
17628361474
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. Size: 0x0x0; [Catalogue raisonee of an important Early American Collection] Complete 5 volume set. Hardcovers in slip case. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. Profusely illustrated with photographs. Publisher's cloth and pictorial dust jackets. Contents: v.1. Furniture; v.2. Furniture, Gilt Bronze and Mounted Porcelain, Carpets; v.3. Furniture, Gold Boxes [&] Porcelain Boxes, Silver; v.4. Porcelain; v.5. Paintings, Drawings [&] Sculpture. The Met's description: "Considered to be without peer among American private collections of old masters, the Wrightsman Collection of paintings, drawings, and sculpture is here catalogued by two of the most distinguished authorities in the field and fully illustrated in black-and-white and color. Volume V completes the series, Volumes I and II having been devoted to furniture and gilt bronze; Volumes III and IV to snuffboxes, silver, porcelain, and other objects of decorative art. An introduction by John Walker, Director Emeritus of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., gives a fascinating history of the way in which the Wrightsman Collection has been built up and refined; Sir John Pope-Hennessy, Director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, provides an authoritative introduction to the sculpture section. Each entry includes a large-size illustration of the object (all the paintings are in full color) as well as many detailed views and comparable examples; the text is made up of a biography of the artist, physical description, provenance, and scholarly discussion, as well as a listing of other versions, exhibitions, references, and technical notes." This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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Fine in very good(+) jacket. Many illustrations, including some color plates. 4to, gilt-stamped red cloth, d.w. Greenwich, CT: Metropolitan Museum of Art/New York Graphic Society, (1970). A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Volume 3 ONLY of this 5 volume set.
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Color & b/w Photos. Fine in Near Fine jacket. Includes Furniture and Gilt Bronze, Gold Boxes, Porcelain and Enamel boxes, Silver and Silver Gilt, Bookbindings, Biographies of Goldsmiths, Glossary, Bibliography, Index of Craftsman and general index. Some minor scuffing on jacket, otherwise in very nice condition.
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1970 Watson, FJB and Dauterman, Carl Christian THE WRIGHTSMAN COLLECTION: VOLUME III; FURNITURE, GOLD BOXES, PORCELAIN BOXES, SILVER; VOLUME IV; PORCELAIN NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, c1970 2 volumes 348pp, index, black and white, color photographs, 486pp, index, black and white, color photographs 4to As new looks unread set of books, dust jackets show only minimal shelf-rubbing on spine panels, upper corner tip on volume IV; fine slipcase with only a few scattered light spots on the rear panel.
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Good (ex-museum w/ discard marked ID to lower spine; perforated stamp & withdrawn stamp to title pg; bookplate; withdrawn stamped pocket endpaper. scuffs, scratches to board; heavy shelf-wear to lower board edges. upper spine edge bumped & creased;... Crimson cloth with gilt letters and decorative motif on spine and large gilt motif on front cover. decorative end papers taken from Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopedie; 486 p. with 220 illustrations, 26 in color; fold-out map at front. If there is an accompanying photo, condition/state will differ as it will be from a previous copy. Remains a rough, but suitable reading copy for the researcher. One volume in the five-volume series outlining the decorative arts collection of Charles Bierer Wrightsman (1895-1986) and his wife Jayne Wrightsman (b. 1919). Volume IV presents porcelain and is sub-divided into these areas: Meissen (Bird Sculptures, Ornaments, Tableware), Sevres and other French Porcelain (Ornaments, Tableware, Statuettes, Saint-Cloud, Chantilly, Mennecy), Chelsea and Other English Porcelain (Scent Bottles, Tableware, Derby, Longton Hall, Bow, Worcester) and Oriental Porcelain. Includes Biographies of Craftsmen, Glossary, Bibliography, Index of Craftsmen and General Index.
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Good (ex-museum w/ discard marked ID to lower spine; perforated stamp & withdrawn stamp to title pg; bookplate; withdrawn stamped pocket endpaper. scuffs, scratches to board; heavy shelf-wear to lower board edges. spine ends rubbed, crinkled w/ some... Crimson cloth with gilt letters and decorative motif on spine and large gilt motif on front cover. decorative end papers taken from Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopedie; pgs 291 through 671, bw illustrations, fold-outs. If there is an accompanying photo, condition/state will differ as it will be from a previous copy. Remains a rough, but suitable reading copy for the researcher. Illustrateds and describes collection items 145 through 287; fold-out of 277 has jagged creasing to edge.
