Collecting and Displaying China's "Summer Palace" in the West

• Hardcover | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• In October 1860, at the culmination of the Second Opium War, British and French troops looted and destroyed one of the most important palace complexes... Lees meer

Private Collecting, Exhibitions, and the Shaping of Art History in London

Stacey J Pierson

• Hardcover | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• The Burlington Fine Arts Club was founded in London in 1866 as a gentlemen's club with a singular remit - to exhibit members' art collections. Exhibit... Lees meer

The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815-1850

Mark Westgarth

• Hardcover | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• Rather than the customary focus on the activities of individual collectors, The Emergence of the Antique and Curiosity Dealer in Britain 1815-1850: Th... Lees meer

Fashionability, Exhibition Culture and Gender Politics

Meaghan Clarke

• Paperback | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• Fair Women was the Victorian equivalent of a 'blockbuster' exhibition. Organised by a committee of women, it opened to great fanfare in the Grafton Ga... Lees meer

British Models of Art Collecting and the American Response

• Paperback | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• British Models of Art Collecting and the American Response - Reflections Across the Pond presents 14 essays by distinguished art - and cultural - hist... Lees meer

Private Collectors of Islamic Art in Late Nineteenth-Century London

Isabelle Gadoin

• Paperback | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• This book examines British collectors of so-called Persian art (a broad umbrella term then covering a large portion of Islamic art) in the late 19th c... Lees meer

Silver in Georgian Dublin

Alison Fitzgerald

• Paperback | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• Georgian Dublin is synonymous with a period of unprecedented expansion in the market for luxury goods. At a time when new commodities, novel technolog... Lees meer

The Design, Production and Reception of Eighteenth-Century Wallpaper in Britain

Clare Taylor

• Paperback | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• Wallpaper's spread across trades, class and gender is charted in this first full-length study of the material's use in Britain during the long eightee... Lees meer

Photojournalism and the Origins of the French Writer House Museum (1881-1914)

Elizabeth Emery

• Paperback | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• Why did writers' private homes become so linked to their work that contemporaries began preserving them as museums? Photojournalism and the Origins of... Lees meer

François Boucher and the Art of Collecting in Eighteenth-Century France

Jessica Priebe

• Paperback | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• While earlier studies have focused predominantly on artist François Boucher's artistic style and identity, this book presents the first full-length in... Lees meer

Collecting and Displaying China's "Summer Palace" in the West

• Paperback | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• In October 1860, at the culmination of the Second Opium War, British and French troops looted and destroyed one of the most important palace complexes... Lees meer

Craft, Community and the Material Culture of Place and Politics, 19th-20th Century

• Paperback | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• Craft practice has a rich history and remains vibrant, sustaining communities while negotiating cultures within local or international contexts. More ... Lees meer

The Museum of French Monuments 1795-1816

Alexandra Stara

• Paperback | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• The first volume in two centuries on Alexandre Lenoir's Museum of French Monuments in Paris, this study presents a comprehensive picture of a seminal ... Lees meer

Manufacturing the Modern Patron in Victorian California

John Ott

• Paperback | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• Through the example of Central Pacific Railroad executives, Manufacturing the Modern Patron in Victorian California redirects attention from the usual... Lees meer

Nature and the Nation in Fin-De-Siècle France

Jessica M Dandona

• Hardcover | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• By the time of his death in 1904, critics, arts reformers, and government officials were near universal in their praise of Art Nouveau designer Emile ... Lees meer

Potters and Patrons in EDO Period Japan

Andrew L Maske

• Paperback | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• Potters and Patrons in Edo Period Japan: Takatori Ware and the Kuroda Domain traces the development of one of Japan's best-documented ceramic types, f... Lees meer

Textiles, Fashion, and Design Reform in Austria-Hungary Before the First World War

Rebecca Houze

• Hardcover | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• Filling a critical gap in Vienna 1900 studies, this book offers a new reading of fin-de-siècle culture in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy by looking at ... Lees meer

François Boucher and the Art of Collecting in Eighteenth-Century France

Jessica Priebe

• Hardcover | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• While earlier studies have focused predominantly on artist François Boucher's artistic style and identity, this book presents the first full-length in... Lees meer

The Museum of French Monuments 1795-1816

Alexandra Stara

• Hardcover | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• The first volume in two centuries on Alexandre Lenoir's Museum of French Monuments in Paris, this study presents a comprehensive picture of a seminal ... Lees meer

William Hunter's World

• Paperback | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• Despite William Hunter's stature as one of the most important collectors and men of science of the eighteenth century, and the fact that his collectio... Lees meer

Textiles, Fashion, and Design Reform in Austria-Hungary Before the First World War

Rebecca Houze

• Paperback | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• Filling a critical gap in Vienna 1900 studies, this book offers a new reading of fin-de-siècle culture in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy by looking at ... Lees meer

Travel, Collecting, and Museums of Asian Art in Nineteenth-Century Paris

Ting Chang

• Paperback | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• Travel, Collecting, and Museums of Asian Art in Nineteenth-Century Paris examines a history of contact between modern Europe and East Asia through thr... Lees meer

Photojournalism and the Origins of the French Writer House Museum (1881-1914)

Elizabeth Emery

• Hardcover | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• Why did writers' private homes become so linked to their work that contemporaries began preserving them as museums? Photojournalism and the Origins of... Lees meer

Manufacturing the Modern Patron in Victorian California

John Ott

• Hardcover | Engels | Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950
• Through the example of Central Pacific Railroad executives, Manufacturing the Modern Patron in Victorian California redirects attention from the usual... Lees meer