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The exceptional collection of French decorative arts in the J. Paul Getty Museum contains more than 400 pieces, most of them dating from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. This exquisitely illustrated volume brings together forty-four objects from the Baroque a Regence periods - roughly corresponding to the reign of Louis XIV and the years immediately following his death in 1715. The selection includes richly veneered cabinets, commodes, and desks; carved tables and chairs; and gilt-bronze light fixtures and firedogs that exemplify the superior craftsmanship and elaborate design characteristic of the Baroque style.Each object is described and analysed in terms of its style, use, provenance and published history, as well as its construction and alterations, materials, and conservation. With its meticulous attention to detail, this sumptuous volume presents a comprehensive overview of the characteristics that define French Baroque furniture.

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This is a model catalogue of a major collection. -- The Furniture History Society

This is a model catalogue of a major collection. The Furniture History Society

<p> This is a model catalogue of a major collection. -- The Furniture History Society

"""A magnificent contribution to the growing family of catalogues on French decorative arts in America.""--Apollo ""As well as delighting the eye, the catalogue is a pleasure to use. . . . With its combination of curatorial care and technical examination, this Getty Museum volume sets a new standard in furniture cataloguing.""--The Art Newspaper ""The J. Paul Getty Museum and the authors are to be congratulated on a sumptuous catalogue of a magnificent collection, a splendid contribution to the literature on French furniture.""--The Burlington Magazine ""This is a model catalogue of a major collection.""--The Furniture History Society"

This is a model catalogue of a major collection. --The Furniture History Society

This is a model catalogue of a major collection. <i>The Furniture History Society</i></p>

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Gillian Wilson is curator emerita in the Department of Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the J. Paul Getty Museum, and Charissa Bremer-David and Jeffrey Weaver are associate curator and assistant curator, respectively, in the same department. Brian Considine is conservator in the Department of Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

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