French Porcelain
In the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen - 3 volumes
Distributed for Royal Collection Trust
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Volume I
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Note to the Reader
Preface
Introduction
1. The Formation of the Collection
2. Figure Painting
3. Bronzes
4. Later Decorated Pieces
5. Plaques
6. Sculpture
7. Paris Porcelain
The Catalogue
Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain
Vases
Volume II
Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain
Vases (cont.)
Tableware
Cups and Saucers
Volume III
Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain
Cups and Saucers (cont.)
Sugar Bowls
Tea Pots and Chocolate Pot
Déjeuners
Broth Basins and Covered Cups
Jugs and Basins
Clocks and Plaques
Nineteenth-century Wares
Sculpture
Paris Porcelain
Eighteenth-century and Nineteenth-century Wares
Appendices
A. Steel Dies for Jewelling supplied to the Sèvres Manufactory between 1780 and 1785
B. Index of Sèvres Painters and Gilders
C. Incised Marks on Eighteenth-century Vincennes and Sèvres Porcelain
D. Carlton House Inventory of 1826
E. Items in Laking’s Catalogue no longer identifiable in the Royal Collection
Glossaries
A. Shapes of Eighteenth-century Sèvres Tableware in this Catalogue
B. Gilt Bronze Plinths and Bases
Select Bibliography
Photographic Acknowledgements
General Index
“No other Sèvres catalogue could match this one, not just because the size and scope of the Royal Collection has been unbeaten for 180 years, nor because the sheer beauty of the publication is unsurpassed, but because it brings together the expertise of a lifetime. At a moment when some see the eighteenth century as an endangered area of study (and this is never more true than of the decorative arts of the period), and when object-based research needs to fight for its place among all the other activities in museums today, it is wonderful to see the Royal Collection investing in and valuing scholarship at this high level.”
“A sumptuous catalogue which is a pleasure to read and a mine of all sorts of information.”
“A monumental three-volume work that scholars, collectors, and amateurs of Vincennes/Sèvres porcelain have been anticipating eagerly for such a long time and the likes of which will probably never be seen again. . . . The superbly detailed photographs replicate the experience that only a very few curators or collectors are privileged to experience.”
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