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Salvaging the Past

Georges Hoentschel and French Decorative Arts from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1907-2013

Salvaging the Past( )
Author: Krohn, Deborah
Leben, Ulrich
Kisluk-Grosheide, Daniëlle O.
Series title:Bard Graduate Center Ser.
ISBN:978-0-300-19024-3
Publication Date:Jun 2013
Publisher:Yale University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $85.00
Book Description:

Georges Hoentschel (1855-1915) was a leading French interior designer in historic styles, head of a decorating firm, and ceramicist during the Belle Epoque. He found inspiration for his designs in medieval and 18th-century French art, which he avidly collected, amassing more than 4,000 pieces of furniture, woodwork, metalwork, sculpture, paintings, and textiles. After visiting Hoentschel in Paris, the American financier J. Pierpont Morgan acquired the collection and bequeathed...
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Book Details
Pages:308
Detailed Subjects: Architecture / Interior Design / General
Travel / Museums, Tours, Points Of Interest
Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):9.126 x 12.051 x 1.185 Inches
Book Weight:4.47 Pounds



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