Alec Cobbe : designs for historic interiors
Details
Type of record: Book
Title: Alec Cobbe : designs for historic interiors
Other titles: Designs for historic interiors
Classmark: Bedford Collection C004
Additional creator(s): Bryant, Julius (Editor); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner)
Related people: Cobbe, Alec; Cobbe, Alec
Publisher: V & A Publishing
Publication city: London
Date(s): 2013
Language: English
Size and medium: 96 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/731856
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991019948697005181
Collection group(s): John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History
Description
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword by H.R.H. The prince of Wales -- Foreword by Martin Roth, Director -- Alec Cobbe / by Max Egremont -- Alec Cobbe as a designer: from restoration to decoration / by Julius Bryant -- The V & A's Archive of Art and Design / by Christopher Marsden -- Designs and sketches -- Biographical summary.
This beautifully illustrated catalogue marks a gift to the V and A of Alex Cobbe's career archive and showcases a selection of his designs in all their glory. Three essays introduce this engaging character, at home and at work; explore the subtle art of presenting great paintings in historic houses that are open to visitors; and introduce the related holdings of the V and A's Archive of Art and Design, where Alec Cobbe's designs will sit alongside those of other eminent interior designers and decorators.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at Bedford Collection C004: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front pastedown: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: JDS/15.
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