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Corporate Author J. Paul Getty Museum, author, issuing body.

Title French silver in the J. Paul Getty Museum / Charissa Bremer-David ; with technical contributions by Jessica Chasen, Arlen Heginbotham, and Julie Wolfe.

Publication Info. Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2023.
©2023

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction: J. Paul Getty as a Silver Collector and the Formation of the Museum's French Silver Collection -- Note to the Reader I: Stamps and Marks -- Note to the Reader II: Historic Units of Measure and Currency -- Catalogue -- Water Fountain (Fontaine), transformed from a Water Flagon (Buire) -- Lidded Bowl (Écuelle couverte) -- Pair of Tureens, Liners, and Stands (Paire de terrines, doublures et plateaux) -- Pair of Decorative Bronzes: Sugar Casters in the Form of Cane Field Laborers (Sucriers à poudre en forme d'ouvriers des champs de canne) -- Two Sugar Casters (Deux sucriers à poudre) -- Pair of Lidded Tureens, Liners, and Stands (Paire de pots à oille couvertes, doublures et plateaux) -- Tray for Lidded Beakers (Gantière pour gobelets couverts) -- La machine d'argent, or Centerpiece for a Table (Surtout de table) -- Sauceboat on Stand (Saucière sur support) -- Two Girandoles (Deux girandoles) -- Maker Biographies -- Appendix: Silver Alloy Analysis by X-ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy / Jessica Chasen, Arlen Heginbotham and Julie Wolfe.
Summary "This illustrated book catalogues the J. Paul Getty Museum's collection of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century French silver"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.
Subject J. Paul Getty Museum -- Catalogs.
J. Paul Getty Museum
Silverwork -- France -- Paris -- History -- 18th century -- Catalogs.
Silverwork -- France -- Paris -- History -- 17th century -- Catalogs.
Silverwork -- California -- Los Angeles -- Catalogs.
ART / General
Silverwork
California -- Los Angeles
France -- Paris
Chronological Term 1600-1799
Genre/Form Catalogs
Collection catalogs
History
Collection catalogs.
Catalogues de collection.
Added Author Bremer-David, Charissa, author.
Chasen, Jessica, contributor.
Heginbotham, Arlen, contributor.
Wolfe, Julie, contributor.
Other Form: Print version: J. Paul Getty Museum. French silver in the J. Paul Getty Museum First edition. Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, 2023 9781606068281 (DLC) 2022034653
ISBN 9781606068304
160606830X
9781606068311 (adobe pdf)
1606068318
9781606068298 (epub)
1606068296
9781606068281 (paperback)
Standard No. AU@ 000072518009

 
    
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