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Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 284 p. Contains: Illustrations.

Chocolate cloth with gilt lettering; sepia photographic dust jacket with white/gold lettering; decorative end pages, xxi, 285 pp. with color and duotone images throughout. Text in English. This exhibition catalogue addresses Hoentschel's biography, business contacts, and contacts, as well as the arrival of his collection in New York, its lavish 4-volume ilustrated catalogue and the medieval collections. Hoentschel, the celebrated Parisian decorater/designer, sold his collection of more than 2, 000 decorative arts objects to John Pierpont Morgan who was, at the time, the President of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Morgan immediately donated the works to the museum and loaned the medieval collection, later donated to the museum by his son. This collection formed the basis of the Department for Decorative Arts at the Met, the first of its kind in a US institution.

Bard, New York. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). As New/As New. [Exhibition catalog.] Salvaging the Past, Georges Hoentschel and the French Decorative Arts, New York: Bard, 2013.Folio, pp. xxi, 285, brown cloth boards with gilt-lettering to the spine, color and sepia photos. Hoentschel, a French designer and decorator, sold his vast collection to J.P. Morgan, who with his son donated it to the Metropolitan Museum, which gave this account of the hoard.Condition of this book:Fine, no flaws. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Antiques & Collectibles; France; 19th century; Art & Design. ISBN/EAN: 9780300190243. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53721. . 9780300190243

Yale University Press, 2013. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.