Author: Watson, F.J.B.
Title: The Wrightsman Collection, Volume II: Furniture, Gilt Bronze and Mounted Porcelainm, Carpets
Description: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1966. Hardbound. Crimson cloth with gilt letters and decorative motif on spine and large gilt motif on front cover. decorative end papers taken from Diderot and d'Alembert's Encyclopedie; pgs 291 through 671, bw illustrations, fold-outs. If there is an accompanying photo, condition/state will differ as it will be from a previous copy. Remains a rough, but suitable reading copy for the researcher. Illustrateds and describes collection items 145 through 287; fold-out of 277 has jagged creasing to edge. Good (ex-museum w/ discard marked ID to lower spine; perforated stamp & withdrawn stamp to title pg; bookplate; withdrawn stamped pocket endpaper. scuffs, scratches to board; heavy shelf-wear to lower board edges. spine ends rubbed, crinkled w/ some fraying. corners rubbed. heavy shelf-wear/rubbing to lower textblock edge. light split to textblock, otherwise textblock & pgs firm/intact) .

Keywords: European Decorative Arts ; the Wrightsman Collection ; ; Collections - European Art


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