Form & decoration : innovation in the decorative arts 1470-1870
Details
Type of record: Book
Title: Form & decoration : innovation in the decorative arts 1470-1870
Other titles: Form and decoration
Classmark: Bedford Collection A289
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1998
Language: English
Size and medium: 216 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/722801
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991000423519705181
Description
Includes index.
Florence and Venice, 1470-1510 -- Rome and Florence, 1510-1580 -- Venice, 1510-1620 -- Paris, 1530-1580 -- Antwerp, 1530-1620 -- Augsburg and Nürnberg, 1510-1640 -- Rome and Bologna, 1580-1660 -- Paris, 1610-1660 -- Amsterdam, 1610-1670 -- Rome, 1660-1720 -- Paris and Versailles, 1660-1720 -- The Hague, London and the chief cities of Germany, 1670-1730 -- Paris and the German courts, 1720-1760 -- Rome and Paris, 1750-1820 -- London, Dublin and Philadelphia, 1720-1800 -- Europe, 1820-1870.
This book surveys four centuries of European design history, looking at the character of design and highlighting the names of key innovators. With 400 illustrations, this book is an essential source of reference for designers of today.
Features
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A289: Contains loose clippings: Form and decoration [review] by Marilyn Symmes (Apollo, Feb. 2000); Form and decoration [review] by Megan Aldrich (Furniture History Society Newsletter, Nov. 1999).
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A289: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: OR/8.
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