Author: C. P. Curran
Title: Dublin Decorative Plasterwork of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Description: London, Alec Tiranti, 1967. First edition. Cloth. An attractive first edition exploration of Dublin stucco art from an authoritative figure on the subject, adorned with four tipped in colour plates. The first edition of this work.In the original clipped dust wrapper. C. P Curran, architectural historian and lawyer, details the elegance of Rococo plasterwork in Dublin with authoritative analysis and fond memories of his lifetime experience with the subject.Contents include The Age of Swift Molyneux, The Francini, The Rotunda Hospital Chapel, as well as notable artificers such as Robert West, Charles Thorp and Michael Stapleton. With four vibrant tipped in colour plates. With one hundred and seventy-three full pages of monochrome photographs. Collated complete. In the original cloth binding. In the original clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart with light rubbing and bumping to the spine head and tail. Dust wrapper has light edgewear, heaviest to the spine head and tail. Marks and a few spots to the wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and clean pages. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not stated. Very Good Indeed .

Keywords: Design Art Colour Plates Dublin Art Not stated


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