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A Rothschild Renaissance: A New Look at the Waddesdon Bequest in the British Museum (British Museum Research Publication)
Pippa Shirley
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Description for A Rothschild Renaissance: A New Look at the Waddesdon Bequest in the British Museum (British Museum Research Publication)
Paperback. In 1898, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild bequeathed to the British Museum the contents from the New Smoking Room at Waddesdon Manor, a collection of nearly 300 objects to be known as the Waddesdon Bequest. This book positions the Waddesdon Bequest within a wider intellectual and historical context. Editor(s): Shirley, Pippa; Thornton, Dora. Num Pages: 200 pages, 230. BIC Classification: ACND; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
In 1898, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild bequeathed to the British Museum the contents from the New Smoking Room at Waddesdon Manor, a collection of nearly 300 objects to be known as the Waddesdon Bequest. The Bequest contains some of the most beautiful examples of medieval and Renaissance craftsmanship, including exquisite pieces of jewellery, silver plate, painted enamels of Limoges, glass and microcarvings in boxwood. It is the only permanent collection to have a gallery to itself in the British Museum, one that has been redesigned for the 21st century which opened to great acclaim in 2015. To coincide with the ... Read more
In 1898, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild bequeathed to the British Museum the contents from the New Smoking Room at Waddesdon Manor, a collection of nearly 300 objects to be known as the Waddesdon Bequest. The Bequest contains some of the most beautiful examples of medieval and Renaissance craftsmanship, including exquisite pieces of jewellery, silver plate, painted enamels of Limoges, glass and microcarvings in boxwood. It is the only permanent collection to have a gallery to itself in the British Museum, one that has been redesigned for the 21st century which opened to great acclaim in 2015. To coincide with the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
British Museum
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780861592128
SKU
V9780861592128
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99-21
About Pippa Shirley
Pippa Shirley is Head of Collections and Gardens at Waddesdon Manor, a National Trust house managed by the Rothschild Foundation in Buckinghamshire which is home to the Rothschild Collections of art and decorative arts. Before this she was a curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum, specialising in silver, and at the British Museum, working on the medieval collections. Dr ... Read more
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