Paris 1650-1900: Decorative Arts in the Rijksmuseum

by Reinier J. Baarsen

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300191294
• ISBN13: 9780300191295
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 8.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 10.0" x 12.2"