| Victorian and Edwardian Furniture and Interiors: From the Gothic Art Revival to Art Nouveau Revised Edition Contributor(s): Cooper, Jeremy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0500280223 ISBN-13: 9780500280225 Publisher: Thames & Hudson OUR PRICE: $31.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: An essential reference for collectors, dealers, scholars, and interior designers. The furniture designs of William Morris, C. R. Ashbee, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh are even more popular and influential today than in their own lifetimes. Other major nineteenth-century figures, such as William Burges and Christopher Dresser, who were once regarded as eccentric outsiders, are accepted now as great designers, and their work is avidly collected. Jeremy Cooper's survey of this rich and rewarding chapter in the history of the decorative arts contains an astonishing range of photographs and drawings: nearly seven hundred illustrations, many of them in color, offer a uniquely comprehensive coverage of nineteenth-century furniture, from the Gothic Revival to Art Nouveau. Every major designer is represented, and the choice of pictures includes a wealth of little-known furniture from private collections. Rare contemporary photographs of Victorian and Edwardian interiors show how the furniture formed part of complete decorative ensembles. Jeremy Cooper, a well-known dealer and an expert in this field, has written extensive commentaries on the illustrations as well as a text that provides the essential background. 683 illustrations, 74 in color. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Antiques & Collectibles | Furniture - Antiques & Collectibles | Reference - General |
| Dewey: 747.094 |
| LCCN: 2006908252 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 8.72" W x 11.82" (2.80 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
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| Publisher Description: Jeremy Cooper's new survey contains an astonishing range of photographs and drawings offering a uniquely comprehensive coverage of 19th century furniture, from the Gothic revival to Art Nouveau. Every major designer is represented. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cooper, Jeremy: - Jeremy Cooper has written and published widely on art and antiques. He has also published four novels, and he won the 2018 Fitzcarraldo Editions Novel Prize. Jeremy has extensive art market experience: as a Sotheby's auctioneer; in his own business as a specialist antiques dealer; as an expert on the twenty-four episodes of BBC TV's Antiques Roadshow; and as a co-presenter of Radio 4's The Week's Antiques. He curates specialist exhibitions of contemporary British drawings and is a collector of historic postcard work by Dieter Roth, Richard Hamilton, Carl Andre, Claes Oldenburg, and many others. |