American rococo, 1750-1775 elegance in ornament Morrison H. Heckscher, Leslie Greene Bowman

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heckscher, Morrison H., author.

Bowman, Leslie Greene, author.

Contributor:

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Decoration and ornament, Rococo--United States--Exhibitions.

Decoration and ornament, Rococo.

Decoration and ornament--United States--History--18th century--Exhibitions.

Decoration and ornament.

United States.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 288 pages) illustrations (some color)

Distribution:

New York Distributed by Harry N. Abrams, Incorporated

Place of Publication:

New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art [Los Angeles] Los Angeles County Museum of Art [1992]

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Summary:

"Chronicles the origins of the Rococo style in furniture and traces its development in the New World"-- Metropolitan Museum of Art website

Contents:

The American rococo

Architecture

Engravings

Silver

Furniture

Cast iron, glass, and porcelain

Notes:

"Published in conjunction with the exhibition ... held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from 26 January to 17 May, and at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from 5 July to 27 September 1992"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-263) and index

Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010

Print version record

Other Format:

Print version Heckscher, Morrison H. American rococo, 1750-1775

OCLC:

646305555