Charlotte Vignon, Christian Baulez

Pierre Gouthière

Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A major new volume on the life of Pierre Gouthière (1732-1813), the celebrated Parisian gilder to the French kings.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Giles
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 287mm x 245mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 2531g
• ISBN-13: 9781907804618
• ISBN-10: 1907804617
• Artikelnr.: 44800332

Autorenporträt

Charlotte Vignon is Curator of Decorative Arts at The Frick Collection, New York. Christian Baulez is an historian of French 18th-century decorative arts and architecture and former Chief Curator at the Château de Versailles. Anne Forray-Carlier is Chief Curator of 17th- and 18th-Century Decorative Arts at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Joseph Godla is Chief Conservator at The Frick Collection. Helen Jacobsen is Chief Curator at the Wallace Collection, London. Luisa Penalva is Curator of Gold, Silver, and Jewelry Collections at the Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon. Anna Saratowicz-Dudynska is Curator of Silver and Bronze at the Royal Castle, Warsaw. Emmanuel Sarméo is an independent scholar.

Inhaltsangabe

Director's Foreword
Acknowledgments
Note to the Reader
Pierre Gouthière: A Gilded Legend by Charlotte Vignon
The Life and Work of Pierre Gouthière by Christian Baulez
Gouthière's Network of Architects and Designers by Anne Forray-Carlier
Gouthière's Network of Craftsmen by Christian Baulez
"Twenty Fingers on Each Hand": Pierre Gouthière's Chasing and Gilding
Techniques by Joseph Godla
Gouthière's Legacy: Nineteenth-Century Collectors in Britain by Helen
Jacobsen
Catalogue Raisonné: Silver Gilt; Vases, Incense Burners, Ewers, and
Pots-Pourris; Clocks; Light Fixtures; Firedogs; Architectural Elements;
Chimneypieces; Tables; Furniture Mounts; Columns and Pedestals
Catalogue Notes
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Bibliography
Photography Credits
Index