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Book Review
Scottish Furniture 1500–1914
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 296–8
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Reviewer:
Bowett, Adam (Bowett, Adam)
Subjects
subjects:
Scottish / Furniture makers / Furniture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Scottish Furniture 1500–1914 By Stephen Jackson. 272 pp. incl. 340 col. ills. (NMS Publishing, Edinburgh, 2024), £40. ISBN 978–1–910682–48–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Chair of the caquetoire type, made for the Earl of Gowrie. 1588. (Perth Museum and Art Gallery).
Exhibition Review
André Charles Boulle
10/2024 | 1459 | 166
Pages: 1056–59
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Reviewer:
Collins, Alexander (Collins, Alexander)
Subjects
artists:
Boulle, André-Charles, I, 1642-1732
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Château de Chantilly, Chantilly, France / Musée Condé, Chantilly, France / Château de Versailles, Versailles, France
patrons:
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
subjects:
French decorative art / Furniture makers / Furniture / Marquetry / Brass
Reviewed Items
subjects:
André Charles Boulle Musée Condé, Chantilly 8th June–6th October | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Bureau plat, attributed to André Charles Boulle. c.1720. Walnut, oak, brass, turtleshell, ebony, gilt bronze and leather, 78 by 197 by 93 cm. (Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon; exh. Musée Condé, Chantilly).
Attributed works:
2. Design for an armoire, attributed to André Charles Boulle. Red chalk and pencil on paper, 40.1 by 26.3 cm. (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris; exh. Musée Condé, Chantilly).
Attributed works:
3. Bookbinding, attributed to André Charles Boulle. 1688. Walnut, brass, tin, turtleshell, silver, iron and silk, 54.5 by 39 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris; exh. Musée Condé, Chantilly).
Exhibition Review
José Canops: Möbel von Welt für Karl III. von Spanien 1759–1788 Möbel à la Roentgen: Inspirationen aus der Neuwieder Manufaktur
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 178–182
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Reviewer:
Baarsen, Reinier (Baarsen, Reinier)
Subjects
artists:
Canops, José, d. 1814 / Gasparini, Matías, d. 1774 / Oeben, Jean-François / Roentgen, David / Roentgen, Abraham
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin, Germany / Roentgen-Museum Neuwied, Neuwied, Germany
patrons:
Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788
styles:
Rococo / Chinoiserie
subjects:
Furniture makers / Furniture / Cabinetmakers / Interiors
Reviewed Items
subjects:
José Canops: Möbel von Welt für Karl III. von Spanien 1759–1788 Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin 12th October 2023–11th February 2024 Möbel à la Roentgen: Inspirationen aus der Neuwieder Manufaktur Roentgen-Museum Neuwied 13th August–12th November 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Roll-top desk, by José Canops. Madrid, c.1770–73. Mahogany, veneered with marquetry in various woods, mounts of gilded bronze, 120.3 by 168 by 98.5 cm. (Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin).
Attributed works:
2. Curtain by the royal embroidery workshop, Madrid, designed by Mattia Gasparini. c.1763–91. Silk, embroidered in coloured silks and silver thread, 482 by 248 cm. (Patrimonio Nacional, Palacio Real, Madrid; exh. Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin).
Attributed works:
4. Lean-to desk, by Johann Georg Barthel. Neuwied. c.1764–71. Softwood and oak, veneered with marquetry in various woods, mounts of gilded bronze, 110 by 107 by 53 cm. (Private collection; exh. Roentgen- Museum, Neuwied).
Western art unattributed:
3. Commode, by the royal cabinetmaking workshop, Madrid. c.1770– 75. Walnut and other woods, veneered with marquetry in various woods, mounts of gilded bronze, marbleveneered top, 92.5 by 132 by 63 cm. (Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, Madrid; exh. Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin).
Article
The industry and ingenuity of William Ince and John Mayhew
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 996-1001
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Author:
Wood, Lucy (Wood, Lucy)
Subjects
artists:
Ince, William / Mayhew, John / Chippendale, Thomas I, 1718-1779
dates:
1760-1769 / 1770-1779 / 1780-1789 / 1780-1829
subjects:
Furniture makers / British architecture / Cabinetmakers / Marquetry / Beds (furniture) / Chairs / Tapestries
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Bed, by Ince and Mayhew. 1768. Mahogany and other woods, with original blue silk ‘flowered tabby’ in the ‘Large Antique Headboard’, tester and cornice, height 356 cm. (The Burghley House Collection, Stamford).
Attributed works:
2. Commode, by Ince and Mayhew, designed by Robert Adam. 1775. Veneered in harewood, tulipwood, satinwood and other woods, with painted decoration and ormolu mounts, 93 by 137 by 53.5 cm. (The Derby Collection).
Attributed works:
3. Commode (one of a pair and ensuite with a pair of corner cupboards), by Ince and Mayhew. 1767. Reworked seventeenth-century marquetry with ormolu mounts, 98 by 10 by 72 cm. (The Burghley House Collection, Stamford).
Attributed works:
4. Commode, by Ince and Mayhew. 1765. Veneered in yew, holly and marquetry, with ebonised mouldings and ormolu mounts, 82 by 136 by 58 cm. (Private collection; Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of a commode (one of a pair) by Ince and Mayhew, showing a shaded and engraved husk festoon in ‘yellow wood’ inlaid on a mahogany ground, passing over and under a frieze moulding and a chequered line border. 1767. (The Burghley House Collection, Stamford).
Attributed works:
6. Boulle cabinet, on a table stand by Ince and Mayhew. Cabinet early eighteenth century, attributed to André-Charles Boulle; stand c.1780. Cabinet veneered in tortoiseshell and horn, inlaid with brass, with ormolu mounts; stand giltwood; overall height 209 cm., height of stand 94 cm. (The Buccleuch Collections, Boughton, Northamptonshire; by kind permission of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, KT).
Attributed works:
7. Two armchairs decorated with profiles of George III and Queen Charlotte, probably part of an original set of ten, supplied by Ince and Mayhew to Warren Hastings. c.1790. Painted wood, approx. 93 by 53.5 by 60 cm. (The Harrowby Collection).
Book Review
Il Mobile a Roma dal Rinascimento al Barocco
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 95-96
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Reviewer:
Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
Subjects
places:
Rome
subjects:
Furniture makers / Furniture / Renaissance Italy / Baroque / Popes / Cabinets (furniture) / Chairs / Tables (support furniture) / Pietre Dure / Intarsia
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Il Mobile a Roma dal Rinascimento al Barocco By Alvar González-Palacios. 507 pp. incl. 253 col. + 126 b. & w. ills. (Ugo Bozzi Editore, Rome, 2022), €33. ISBN 978–88–7003–067–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Cabinet by Giacomo Herman. 1669–78, on an early 18th-century giltwood console table. Ebony veneer, mounted with lapis lazuli, jasper, gilt bronze and 14 gouache miniature paintings depicting views of Rome, and incorporating a clock by Giovanni Wenderlino Hessler and a virginal by Giovanni Battista Mambriani, dated 1676, 284 by 172 by 72.5 cm. (Private collection).
Book Review
Les ébénistes de la Couronne sous le règne de Louis XIV
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 818-819
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Reviewer:
Baarsen, Reinier (Baarsen, Reinier)
Subjects
patrons:
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
subjects:
Ebénistes / Cabinetmakers / Furniture makers
Reviewed Items
subjects:
règne de Louis XIV By Calin Demetrescu. 448 pp. incl. over 400 col. ills. (La Bibliothèque des Arts, Lausanne, 2021), €59. ISBN 978–2–88453–227–3. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
3. Table, by André-Charles Boulle. c.1670–75. Marquetry of various woods on an ebony ground and of metals and tortoiseshell, giltbronze mounts, height 72 cm. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Article
Three drawings by Thomas Chippendale junior
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 673-677
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Author:
Bowett, Adam (Bowett, Adam)
Subjects
artists:
Chippendale, Thomas I, 1718-1779 / Chippendale, Thomas II, 1749-1822
dates:
1770-1779
styles:
Neo-classicism
subjects:
Furniture makers / Furniture / Drawings / Designers / Pianos / Bookcases / Ornament / Marquetry
subjects:
Chippendale, Haig & co. (firm)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Design for a bookcase, attributed to Thomas Chippendale junior. c.1774. Pen and ink on paper, 31 by 26 cm. (The Chippendale Society).
Attributed works:
10–12. Details of Figs.1, 2 and 9, showing the similar treatment of the laurel-draped urn.
Attributed works:
2. Detail of A plan of the River Hull, by William Cresswell, showing a tablet drawn and signed by Thomas Chippendale junior. 1772. Ink and coloured wash on paper, 45 by 78.8 cm. (The National Archives, London).
Attributed works:
3. Frontispiece from Sketches of Ornament, by Thomas Chippendale junior. 1779. Etching, 21 by 18.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
4. Design for a piano case, attributed to Thomas Chippendale junior. c.1774. Pen and ink on paper, 31 by 26 cm. (The Chippendale Society).
Attributed works:
5. Pedestal for a lantern, by Chippendale, Haig & Co. 1774. Painted deal, 156 by 43 by 43 cm. (Harewood House, Leeds)..
Attributed works:
6. Design for a lantern and pedestal, attributed to Thomas Chippendale junior. c.1774. Pen and ink on paper, 31.5 by 25 cm. (The Chippendale Society).
Attributed works:
7. Painted bookcase or china cabinet, attributed to Chippendale, Haig & Co. c.1770−75. 256.5 by 159 by 43.2 cm. (Sotheby’s, New York).
Attributed works:
8. Bookcase door, from the Little Library, Harewood House, Yorkshire. c.1771. Mahogany. 168 by 72 by 2.5 cm. (Harewood House Trust, Leeds).
Attributed works:
9. Design for ornament, by Thomas Chippendale junior. 1779. Etching, 21 by 18.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Obituary
Gillian Wilson (1941–2019)
05/2020 | 1406 | 162
Pages: 467-468
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Author:
Baarsen, Reinier (Baarsen, Reinier)
Subjects
art literature:
Obituaries / Wilson, Gillian
museums and institutions:
Getty Foundation, Los Angeles, United States
subjects:
French decorative art / Furniture studies (discipline) / Furniture makers / Curators
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Gillian Wilson, photographed c.1995, during the construction of the Getty Center, Los Angeles. (Photograph courtesy J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles).
Exhibition Review
Swinging London: A Lifestyle Revolution / Terence Conran – Mary Quant. Fashion and Textile Museum, London; and Mary Quant. Victoria and Albert Museum, London
07/2019 | 1396 | 161
Pages: 596-599
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Reviewer:
Harrod, Tanya (Harrod, Tanya)
Subjects
artists:
Conran, Terence / Quant, Mary
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain / Fashion and Textile Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
London
subjects:
Fashion / Designers / Design / Furniture makers
Illustrations
Attributed works:
22. ‘Topless’ dress, by Mary Quant. Designed 1963. Hessian. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
23. Kellie Wilson wearing tie dress by Mary Quant’s Ginger Group. Photograph by Gunnar Larsen, 1966. (© Gunna; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
24. ‘Skater dress’ and ‘Dress with pocket’, by Mary Quant. Both 1967. Jersey. (Mary Quant Archive; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale Junior. By Judith Goodison
03/2019 | 1392 | 161
Pages: 252-253
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Reviewer:
Saunt, Jenny (Saunt, Jenny)
Subjects
art literature:
Lomax, James / Bowett, Adam
artists:
Chippendale, Thomas II, 1749-1822 / Chippendale, Thomas I, 1718-1779 / Adam, Robert, 1728-1792
dates:
1750-1849
styles:
British / British architecture
subjects:
Furniture makers / Designers
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Life and Work of Thomas Chippendale Junior | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Armchair, one of a set of six, attributed to Thomas Chippendale Jr. c.1773. Mahogany and beech, 95.2 by 59.5 by 52 cm. (The Chippendale Society).
Attributed works:
2. Armchair, one of a set of six, by Thomas Chippendale Sr. 1768. Mahogany, 95 by 62 by 62 cm. (The National Trust, Nostell Priory, Yorkshire).
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