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Silver for Entertaining: The Ickworth Collection
James Rothwell
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Description for Silver for Entertaining: The Ickworth Collection
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 250 colour. BIC Classification: AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 230. .
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. ... Read more
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. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Philip Wilson Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781300428
SKU
V9781781300428
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Ref
99-50
About James Rothwell
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Silver for Entertaining: The Ickworth Collection
Objects, people and archives have been brought together by James Rothwell to create an engaging and handsomely illustrated study of the silver of nine members of an aristocratic family.
Philippa Glanville, Burlington Magazine
Philippa Glanville, Burlington Magazine