Reinier Baarsen
Yale University Press in association with the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, New Haven, CT, London, Amsterdam, 2013, English
Nonfiction, Interior Design
9.75 x 12 inches, hardcover, 608 pages, 800 color illustrations
ISBN: 9780300191295
Suggested Retail Price: $275.00

From the Publisher. From 1650 to 1900 Paris was the undisputed center of fashion and taste in Europe. Home to a unique concentration of artists, designers, patrons, critics, and a keen buying public, Paris was the city where trends were made and where novel types of objects, devised for new ways of life, were invented. This book traces the wonderful story of Parisian decorative arts from the reign of Louis XIV to the triumph of art nouveau, through a selection of 150 breathtaking, and often little-known, masterpieces from the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. It features an exhilarating mixture of furniture, gilt bronze, tapestries, silver, watches, snuff-boxes, jewelry, Sèvres porcelain, and other ceramics, as well as some design drawings and engravings. Specially taken photographs reveal the daring design and beautiful execution of the work of some of the greatest artists and craftsmen of their time. Reinier Baarsen discusses the history and significance of each object, presenting the findings of much new research. 

Reinier Baarsen is senior curator of furniture at the Rijksmuseum. He has published widely on the Rijksmuseum's collections.

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