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Pierre Gouthière: Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court
Charlotte Vignon
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Description for Pierre Gouthière: Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court
Hardcover. A major new volume on the life of Pierre Gouthiere (1732-1813), the celebrated Parisian gilder to the French kings. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 375 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2544.
"Pierre Gouthiere: Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court" celebrates the life of Pierre Gouthiere (1732-1813), considered to be one of the best Parisian bronze chasers and gilders of the eighteenth-century. Gouthiere became gilder to Louis XV in 1767, and is credited with inventing a new type of gilding that left a matte finish"dorure au mat"one of the hallmarks of his work. Although incredibly successful in his day, Gouthiere died in relative obscurity and poverty; unlike some of his contemporaries his works never regained popularity after the French Revolution.The inclusion of detailed entries and plates of forty works positively attributed to ... Read more
"Pierre Gouthiere: Virtuoso Gilder at the French Court" celebrates the life of Pierre Gouthiere (1732-1813), considered to be one of the best Parisian bronze chasers and gilders of the eighteenth-century. Gouthiere became gilder to Louis XV in 1767, and is credited with inventing a new type of gilding that left a matte finish"dorure au mat"one of the hallmarks of his work. Although incredibly successful in his day, Gouthiere died in relative obscurity and poverty; unlike some of his contemporaries his works never regained popularity after the French Revolution.The inclusion of detailed entries and plates of forty works positively attributed to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
GILES
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781907804618
SKU
V9781907804618
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Ref
99-15
About Charlotte Vignon
Charlotte Vignon is Curator of Decorative Arts at the Frick Collection, New York. Christian Baulez is an historian of French 18th- century decorative arts and architecture and former Chief Curator at the Musee de Versailles. Anne Forray-Carlier is Curator of 17th- and 18th-Century Decorative Arts at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris. Joseph Godla is Chief Conservator at the FrickCollection, ... Read more
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