Classic English design and antiques : period styles and furniture : the Hyde Park Antiques collection
Details
Type of record: Book
Title: Classic English design and antiques : period styles and furniture : the Hyde Park Antiques collection
Classmark: Bedford Collection B449
Creator(s): Eerdmans, Emily
Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Hyde Park Antiques (Other)
Publisher: Rizzoli
Publication city: New York
Date(s): 2006
Language: English
Size and medium: 304 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/730896
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019915775805181
Description
"Published on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of Hyde Park Antiques, New York"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-296) and index.
Foreword / Mario Buatta -- Introduction / Rachel Karr -- The International court style : William & Mary and Queen Anne, 1689-1714 -- A new beginning : the Palladian style, 1715-1740 -- Rococo fantasies, 1745-1765 -- The neoclassical style : the age of Robert Adam, 1765-1790 -- The regency : luxury and comfort, 1790-1830 -- Pictorial history of furniture styles : chairs, chests and commodes, side tables, mirrors, bureau bookcases.
Published on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the dealer Hyde Park Antiques in New York City, this illustrated volume celebrates the sophistication of classic English antiques and interiors. The more than 150 exceptional objects featured here come from Hyde Park Antiques' collection, which are showcased among scores of illustrations of period interiors, drawings from cabinetmakers' pattern books, as well as contemporary interiors from the world's luminary decorators. Recommended for both the serious collector and the more casual admirer of traditional English style and design.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection B449: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: FEG/170.
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