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Discovering the Secrets of Soft-Paste Porcelain at the Saint-Cloud Manufactory,
Bertrand (Ed.) Rondot
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Description for Discovering the Secrets of Soft-Paste Porcelain at the Saint-Cloud Manufactory,
hardcover. The Saint-Cloud porcelain manufactory in France was the first in Europe to discover the secret of producing soft-paste porcelain. This work documents the manufactory's production, traces its technical and stylistic evolution, and celebrates its contribution to decorative arts and culture in Europe. Editor(s): Rondot, Bertrand. Num Pages: 302 pages, 180 colour plates, 80 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AFPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 315 x 238 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1810. Clean copy fine in clipped dust wrapper. DW showing light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
The Saint-Cloud porcelain manufacture in France holds a unique position in the history of European porcelain: it was the first in Europe to discover the secret of producing soft-paste porcelain, thereby breaking the monopoly of China and Japan and playing a seminal role in the development of porcelain production in Europe. This beautiful book, which documents the manufacture’s production and traces its technical and stylistic evolution, celebrates one of France’s enduring contributions to the decorative arts and culture of Europe.
The book features ten essays by leading scholars of French porcelain that examine not only the history of the ... Read more
The Saint-Cloud porcelain manufacture in France holds a unique position in the history of European porcelain: it was the first in Europe to discover the secret of producing soft-paste porcelain, thereby breaking the monopoly of China and Japan and playing a seminal role in the development of porcelain production in Europe. This beautiful book, which documents the manufacture’s production and traces its technical and stylistic evolution, celebrates one of France’s enduring contributions to the decorative arts and culture of Europe.
The book features ten essays by leading scholars of French porcelain that examine not only the history of the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300081077
SKU
KMK0023611
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About Bertrand (Ed.) Rondot
Bertrand Rondot is Curator, 17th and 18th centuries, at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
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