Gosudarstvennyi muzei-zapovednik Pavlovsk: Polnyi katalog kollektsii, tom X, Metall, bronza, vypusk 1: Chasy: kaminnye, nastol’nye i nastennye (Pavlovsk Palace-Museum: Complete Catalogue of the Collections, vol. X, Metalwork, Bronzework, vypusk 1: Mantel, Table, and Wall Clocks), 978-5-91816-012-1
St. Petersburg: Pavlovsk, 2011. sewn pb. French, English, Austrian, and German masters, some the most talented of the period, made the clocks that grace the Pavlovsk collection, the nucleus of which consists of clocks chosen for the original palace interiors in the late eighteenth century. Entries describe each work in detail, note techniques, justify dating and attribution, point out distinctive characteristics of design, and place the work in the context of the artist’s or firm’s other work. The scholarly apparatus facilitates use of the catalogue as a source on the history of this form of applied art: list of craftsmen (clock makers, clock making companies, bronze and metal workers, furniture makers, enamel painters, sculptors, and designers), hallmarks and signatures, index, bibliography, including a separate list of exhibition catalogues. 176 pp., 8 3/8 x 10 3/4 ins., 21.3 x 27 cm., 3 b-&-w illus., 264 color, Rus. Item #560
ISBN: 9785918160121
Price: $78.00