Lockwood de Forest: Furnishing the Gilded Age with a Passion for India
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| Rating | : | 4.38 (903 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1611493137 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 238 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Austinite said Terrific!. This is a beautifully written book. Lockwood de Forest was an amazing designer and artist, and Ms. Mayer has painstakingly researched de Forest's career and his love of India.. t think the book was wonderful i went to olana to see the showALL THE sandra j long t think the book was wonderful i went to olana to see the showALL THE RAJ AND MEET ROBERTA!!!!!!!!!!!
The story is a good one and well told. (Maine Antique Digest)
. Mayer is associate professor of art history at Bucks County Community College. Roberta A
Though his formal ties with Tiffany lasted only two years, de Forest continued an independent career in the decorative arts that extended into the early twentieth century.In this book—the first that focuses scholarly attention on de Forest’s career in the decorative arts—Robert A. In doing so, she balances de Forest’s memoirs of his experience of India in the 1880s and the 1890s with those more tempered recollections of his wife, Meta Kemble de Forest (of the du Pont family), and also acknowledges the perspectives of his contemporary critics.De Forest’s house and studio at 7 East Tenth Street survives today as the Edgar M. This book contains sixty color plates and one hundred thirty-two black-and-white illustrations.. Bronfman Center for Jewish Life at New York University. This endeavor brought together many different individuals—Queen Victoria in her role as Empress of India, the Price of Wales as a cultural ambassador, key enthusiasts employed by the Indian Civil Serv