The Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts.

935 pp.; thick 8vo; paper over boards, in dust jacket; black & white photo-illustrations and other reproductions throughout; 67 color plates. A-Z illustrated dictionary plus sections on: Bibliographical Abbreviations; Ceramic Marks; Hall-marks on silver; Makers' Marks on Silver and Pewter. Fine , with protective mylar wrap

From Publisher:

With almost 5000 entries and more than 1000 illustrations, this dictionary provides a concise guide to the decorative arts of the West from the middle ages to the present day. Though mainly concerned with the furniture and furnishings of the European and North American private house, it also includes accounts of Chinese and Japanese pottery and porcelain, Peruvian pottery, Islamic metalwork and pottery, Turkish, Persian and other oriental carpets and many other objects which have influenced the development of the decorative arts in the West.

Product Info

ISBN: 0670820474

ISBN-13: 9780670820474

Publisher: Viking

Year: 1989

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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