The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal

Wilson, Gillian

Arts & Photography

Oxford University Press

PAPERBACK First Edition 1983 by the Getty Museum. Large format Paperback 110 pages with many full color photos and drawings.

Selections from the Decorative Arts in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Oxford Univ Pr (T)

Beautifully illustrated with 50 pieces from the Getty collection. Translations of the French Extracts. Bibliography. Index. 110p. Measures 8.5x11 inches.

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

J.paul Getty Museum

Decorative Arts

Sassoon, Adrian

Travel

Among the finest examples of European craftsmanship are the clocks produced for the luxury trade in the eighteenth century. The J. Paul Getty Museum is fortunate to have in its Decorative Arts collection twenty clocks from the period 1680-1798; eighteen produced in France and two in Germany. The demonstrate the extraordinary workmanship that went into both the design and execution of the cases and the intricate movements by which the clocks operated. In this handsome volume, each clock is pictured and discussed in detail, and each movement diagrammed and described. In addition, biographies of the clock makers and enamelers are included, as are indexes of the names of the makers, previous owners, and locations.

European Clocks in the J. Paul Getty Museum (Getty Trust Publications : J. Paul Getty Museum)

History & Criticism

Since the Middle Ages Europeans mounted oriental porcelain in settings of precious or semiprecious metal as a tribute to the value of the pieces. And beginning in the 18th century, it became increasingly fashionable in Parisian society to decorate the interiors of houses with Far Eastern materials such as lacquer and mounted porcelain. This revised catalog features thirty-two examples from the Getty's collection of lacquer and porcelain mounted in settings of silver, gold, and gilt bronze, ranging in date from 1665 to 1785.

Mounted Oriental Porcelain in the J. Paul Getty Museum

J. Paul Getty had a passion for the exquisitely made furniture and decorative objects of eighteenth-century France, which he began collecting in the 1930s. Gillian Wilson, curator of decorative arts since 1971, has broadened and strengthened the collection, adding Boulle furniture, mounted oriental porcelain, tapestries, clocks, ceramics, and more. In the 1980s and 1990s the Museum continued to enlarge its decorative arts holdings, creating a European sculpture department in 1984 and adding glass, maiolica, goldsmiths' work, pietre dure, and furniture from Italy and Northern Europe. This book is a revised and expanded edition of Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum (1993). In addition to more than forty recent acquisitions--among these four wall sconces from Versailles that once belonged to Marie Antoinette and an elaborate upholstered bed from the collection of Karl Lagerfeld--it includes the results of years of research. Designed for scholars, students, and devotees of the decorative arts, this volume provides a comprehensive look at the Getty's fine collection.

Summary Catalogue of European Decorative Arts in the J. Paul Getty Museum (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum)

Hess, Catherine

J. Paul Getty Museum, A01

The exceptional collection of French decorative arts in the J. Paul Getty Museum contains more than four hundred objects, most of them dating from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This gorgeously illustrated volume brings together forty-four objects from the Baroque and Régence periods, roughly corresponding to the reign of Louis XIV and the years immediately following his death in 1715. The selection includes richly veneered cabinets, commodes, and desks; carved tables and chairs; and gilt-bronze light fixtures and firedogs that exemplify the superior craftsmanship and elaborate design characteristic of the Baroque style. Each object is described and analyzed in terms of its style, use, provenance and published history, as well as its construction and alterations, materials, and conservation. With its painstaking attention to detail, this sumptuous volume is the definitive catalogue of the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection of French Baroque furniture and will be of interest to scholars, conservators, and all students of the French decorative arts.

French Furniture and Gilt Bronzes: Baroque and Régence (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum)

Bremer-David, Charissa

Weaver, Jeffrey

Considine, Brian

Heginbotham, Arlen

The first comprehensive catalogue of the Getty Museum's significant collection of French Rococo ébénisterie furniture. This catalogue focuses on French ébénisterie furniture in the Rococo style dating from 1735 to 1760. These splendid objects directly reflect the tastes of the Museum's founder, J. Paul Getty, who started collecting in this area in 1938 and continued until his death in 1976. &nbsp; The Museum's collection is particularly rich in examples created by the most talented cabinet masters then active in Paris, including Bernard van Risenburgh II (after 1696-ca. 1766), Jacques Dubois (1694-1763), and Jean-François Oeben (1721-1763). Working for members of the French royal family and aristocracy, these craftsmen excelled at producing veneered and marquetried pieces of furniture (tables, cabinets, and chests of drawers) fashionable for their lavish surfaces, refined gilt-bronze mounts, and elaborate design. These objects were renowned throughout Europe at a time when Paris was considered the capital of good taste. &nbsp; The entry on each work comprises both a curatorial section, with description and commentary, and a conservation report, with construction diagrams. An introduction by Anne-Lise Desmas traces the collection's acquisition history, and two technical essays by Arlen Heginbotham present methodologies and findings on the analysis of gilt-bronze mounts and lacquer. &nbsp; <a href="http://www.getty.edu/publications/rococo">www.getty.edu/publications/rococo</a>

French Rococo Ébénisterie in the J. Paul Getty Museum

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The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal

Selections from the Decorative Arts in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Selections from the Decorative Arts in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Decorative Arts

European Clocks in the J. Paul Getty Museum (Getty Trust Publications : J. Paul Getty Museum)

Mounted Oriental Porcelain in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Summary Catalogue of European Decorative Arts in the J. Paul Getty Museum (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum)

French Furniture and Gilt Bronzes: Baroque and Régence (Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum)

French Rococo Ébénisterie in the J. Paul Getty Museum