Paintings in wood : French marquetry furniture
Details
Type of record: Book
Title: Paintings in wood : French marquetry furniture
Classmark: Bedford Collection A525
Creator(s): Chastang, Yannick
Additional creator(s): Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Wallace Collection (London, England) (Other)
Publisher: The Wallace Collection
Publication city: [London]
Date(s): [2001]
Language: English
Size and medium: 118 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/731445
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019932274405181
Description
"Published... to accompany the exhibition Paintings in wood held at the Wallace Collection, London from 4 October to 31 December 2001"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 116-117).
"Illuminating the marvellous world of beauty conjured up by superlative French craftsmen, including Andre-Charles Boulle, Jean-Francois Oeben and Jean-Henri Riesener, this book also reveals the technical secrets of this special art form, its sources and history. Richly illustrated with masterpieces from the Wallace Collection in London and other collections it also examines the extraordinary colour contrasts which would have been seen when the marquetry was first produced" --Back cover.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection A525: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: FTS/84.
Access and usage
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