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[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. Seller Inventory # 53721
Bibliographic Details
Title: Salvaging the Past, Georges Hoentschel and ...
Publisher: Bard, New York
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth)
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: As New
Edition: Edition Unstated.
About this title
Georges Hoentschel (1855–1915) was a leading French interior designer in historic styles, head of a decorating firm, and ceramicist during the Belle Epoque. He found inspiration for his designs in medieval and 18th-century French art, which he avidly collected, amassing more than 4,000 pieces of furniture, woodwork, metalwork, sculpture, paintings, and textiles. After visiting Hoentschel in Paris, the American financier J. Pierpont Morgan acquired the collection and bequeathed it to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1906 and 1916–17. These works greatly enriched the museum’s medieval art department and became the nucleus of its decorative arts department, profoundly influencing American tastes in the early 20th century. Through texts, early documentary photographs, and images of newly conserved works, Salvaging the Past goes behind the scenes to explore the history and influence of this remarkable collection.
This illustrated volume explores the origins and evolution of a remarkable collection of French decorative arts, first assembled by Georges Hoentschel, a leading French interior designer of the Gilded Age.
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