Description: Little or no signs of use to pages except light pencil notations on front flyleaf. Covers with minor shelf handling wear. Dust jacket has some handling including light scuffing. Svend Eriksen and Geoffrey de Bellaigue's book, which makes use of many newly discovered documents in the Sèvres archives, is the first comprehensive, general book in English to have been written on the factory in its heyday between 1740 and 1800. It is likely to become the standard work on the subject. The book is divided into four parts: The Early Years by Svend Eriksen, The Later Period by Geoffrey de Bellaigue, Marks and Forgeries by Svend Eriksen, and The Plates by both authors. That last part describes 160 objects, each illustrated in black & white. In addition, there are 16 full-page color plates throughout the book. OCR Scan: Svend EriksenGeoffrey de Bellaiguewith a foreword by R. J. CharlestonDanish text translated by R. J. CharlestonThe history of European porcelain-making hasbeen dominated by two great factories, at Meissenand Sevres. In spite of the lead gained by Meissenindiscovering the seeret of hard-paste porcelainbefore 1720, Sevres had gained the ascendancy bythe 1750s and retained it into the 19th century.Thhe richness of its coloured grounds, the supremequality of its painters and the opulence of its giltdecoration gave Sèvres porcelain a special appeal topatrons in France and abroad, and particularly inEngland where the future George IV began theacquisition of what is now the finest collection ofSevres in the world. It is remarkable that SvendEriksen and Geoffrey de Bellaigue's book, whichmakes use of many newly discovered documents inthe Sevres archives, is the first comprehensive,general book in English to have been written onthe factory in its heyday between 1740 and 1800.It is likely to become the standard work on thesubject.A full account of the factory from its origins atVincennes to its move to Sèvres in 1756 and rescuefrom bankruptey by Louis XV in 1759 followed byLouis' lavish patronage, and finally to the takeoverby Brongniart in 1800, leads on to separate sectionson the early and later wares which encompassedsculpture, vases, tableware and othermiscellaneous items such as snuff-boxes,watch-cases and porcelain accessories for furniture.Further sections cover the shaping of pieces, theircolouring, gilding and decoration, and marks.Svend Eriksen, author of Early Neo-Classicism inFrance, is a world authority on 18th-century Frenchart; and Geoffrey de Bellaigue, Surveyor of theQueen's Works of Art, who is responsible for theRoyal Collection of Sevres, is a long-standingSevres expert. Both authors were curators atWaddesdon Manor and both have written otherimportant works on Sevres.
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Publication Year: 1987
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Book Title: Sèvres Porcelain: Vincennes and Sevres 1740-1800
Author: Svend Eriksen, De Bellaigue
Publisher: Faber and Faber Ltd
Genre: Antiquarian & Collectible, Art & Culture, Business, Economics & Industry, Engineering & Technology, Food & Drink, Historical, History, Leisure, Hobbies & Lifestyle
Topic: Porcelain
Number of Pages: 379
