Expanded to include acquisitions made by the Museum since 1984, this volume includes concise entries, each of which is illustrated, on over 450 objects, most notably furniture, porcelain, and silver, ranging in date from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries. New to this edition are sections devoted to the Museum's collections of maiolica and glass. Of particular help to the scholar are the additions of an index of accession numbers and updated bibliographies.
Language
English
Pages
308
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Release
September 09, 1993
ISBN
0892362219
ISBN 13
9780892362219
Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum
Expanded to include acquisitions made by the Museum since 1984, this volume includes concise entries, each of which is illustrated, on over 450 objects, most notably furniture, porcelain, and silver, ranging in date from the fifteenth through the nineteenth centuries. New to this edition are sections devoted to the Museum's collections of maiolica and glass. Of particular help to the scholar are the additions of an index of accession numbers and updated bibliographies.