Silver for Entertaining - The Ickworth Collection

This book is a comprehensive, well illustrated guide to one of the most important collections of 18th-century silver in Europe, extending to nearly a thousand individual pieces, being of the highest quality, style and exuberance of form and surviving virtually intact along with extensive and previously untapped archival evidence of its commissioning and use. The book analyses the silver from stylistic and technical perspectives and uses it to shed light on the patronage, fashion, and diplomatic, political and social history of the period. It also casts new light on the Herveys, one of England's most famous and eccentric aristocratic families.

Info autore

James Rothwell studied art history at Warwick University and gained a Master's Degree at the Courtauld Institute of Art. He has worked for the National Trust since 1995 and is the organisation's adviser on silver, carrying out extensive research on the collections and guiding displays, interpretation and acquisitions. He has published numerous articles on the subject and is the co-author of Country House Silver from Dunham Massey (2006). In collaboration with the Goldsmiths' Company he has overseen a ground-breaking series of exhibitions of works by contemporary silversmiths in National Trust houses.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: James Rothwell
• Editore: Wilson, Philip Publishers
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.01.2017
• EAN: 9781781300428
• ISBN: 978-1-78130-042-8
• Pagine: 256
• Dimensioni: 236 mm x 288 mm x 28 mm
• Serie: National Trust; National Trust; National Trust Series
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte; England, ART / History / General, ART / European, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, History of Art, Exhibition catalogues & specific collections, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, Exhibition catalogues and specific collections, C 1700 To C 1800