20TH CENTURY BRITISH GLASS :

Walking sticks,like many objects from the hand of man, contain a wealth of history. In use since before the time of Tutankhamen, they have been [...]

The Arnhold porcelain collection is the most important of the great pre-war Meissen collections to have survived intact, remaining with the descendants of the original [...]

A la fin du XVIe siècle et au début du XVIIe, Nevers est le premier centre faïencier français. Sa production marquera d'une empreinte originale et [...]

The French art collection at the Huntington Library is remarkable for its depth and breadth. This authoritative and beautifully illustrated book focuses on the nearly [...]

Une nomenclature complète, un livre magnifique!

La céramique est un sujet incessant d'étude, envisagé tant sous le rapport de la riche abondance de ses formes que [...]

Le château de Versailles est l'un des plus célèbres monuments du monde et ne cesse de fasciner et de susciter l'admiration. L'histoire et l'art semblent [...]

One of the most important changes during the 20th century was the evolution of the decorative arts from the rank of crafts to that of [...]

Sir William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme (1851-1925), was among the foremost collectors of his age with as great a passion for the decorative arts as [...]

The British Museum collection of Italian Renaissance ceramics is one of the most important and most comprehensive anywhere in the world. Apart from containing many [...]

The collection of British silver at the Ashmolean Museum has all, with one notable exception (a tankard of 1574 given in 1790) been acquired since [...]

The Royal Collection contains one of the finest groups of eighteenth-century Sèvres porcelain in the world. It's importance has long been recognised, but it is [...]