Western Decorative Arts, Part I: Medieval, Renaissance, and Historicizing Styles Including Metalwork, Enamels, and Ceramics

by Philippe Verdier, Alison Luchs, Rudolf Distelberger

The National Gallery's distinguished collection of decorative arts includes more than eighty works, such as Abbot Suger's jeweled sardonyx cup from the royal abbey of St. Denis, a Limoges reliquary, and a Mosan lion aquamanile. The extensive collection of Renaissance ceramics is primarily Italian maiolica but also represents rare Medici porcelain and "Saint-Porchaire" ware.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521470684
• ISBN13: 9780521470681
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 4.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.0" x 11.4"