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decorative arts J U D I T H M I L L E R This superb celebration of design and craftsmanship explores the defi ning features dd of period styles from 1700 to the present day, with JUDITH MILLER began collecting antiques over 2,500 stunning ee in the 1960s and has since consolidated her “WHETHER YOU ARE A DEVOTEE OF ROCOCO OR A COLLECTOR OF full-colour photographs. knowledge through research both in the UK and internationally. She has written more than 100 cc CONTEMPORARY DESIGN, JOIN ME IN DISCOVERING THE STYLE, DECORATIVE books on antiques and interiors, which are held THE COMPLETE GUIDE in high regard by collectors and dealers alike. In 3 2001, Judith began an exciting new venture with ELEGANCE, AND BEAUTY OF OVER OO YEARS OF DECORATIVE ARTS.” oo From Oriental porcelain and Huguenot DK to build an extensive full-colour illustrated silver to exquisite Art Deco glass and range of titles on antiques and collectables. JUDITH MILLER minimalist contemporary chairs, She is a regular lecturer and contributor to ARTS Decorative Arts covers the spectrum newspapers and magazines. Her TV work rr includes The House Detectives, The Antiques of decorative pieces, including furniture, Trail, and The Martha Stewart Show. The complete period-by-period guide to ceramics, silverware, glass, objets de aa vertu, textiles, sculpture, clocks, and furniture • ceramics • glass • metalware • clocks posters. Ideal for enthusiasts, collectors, ALSO AVAILABLE FROM DK objets de vertu • textiles • sculpture • posters tt STYLE AND DESIGN FROM and students, this is a comprehensive CLASSICAL TO CONTEMPORARY guide to the history and development FURNITURE of 300 years of style and design. “Some of the most lovely and ii representative furniture in the world.” ANTIQUES MAGAZINE vv EXPERTISE Judith Miller and her team of specialist ANTIQUES PRICE GUIDE The perfect sourcebook for every “The top selling price guide of the future.” contributors show you how to recognize ee ANTIQUES TRADE GAZETTE facet of the decorative arts the main decorative features of each period COLLECTABLES PRICE GUIDE and identify the trends, new materials, and “An indispensable take-along for the aa techniques that infl uenced style and design. antiques hunter.” Key forms are illustrated, with close-up NEW YORK NEWSDAY ISBN 978-1-40531-290-5 photographs and expert analysis. There are rr BUY, KEEP OR SELL? profi les of major designers, workshops, and movements, and gallery pages with themed TRIBAL ART Discover more at Stay up to date with the latest antiques and collectables news at tt collections. Period interiors and iconic www.dk.com www.dk.com/judithmiller THE COLLECTOR’S GUIDES SERIES: 9 781405 312905 buildings help to set the development of style ART DECO ss in context. ART NOUVEAU ARTS & CRAFTS COSTUME JEWELLERY 20TH-CENTURY GLASS JUDITH MILLER Main image © James D. Julia Inc All other jacket images © Dorling Kindersley £30.00 and The Price Guide Company Ltd DD275_DecA_Jkt_UK.indd 1 27/10/06 12:29:11 pm Decorative arts Decorative arts judith miller A dorling Kindersley Book London, new York, MeLbourne, Munich and deLhi a joint production from DK and The Price GuiDe comPany dorLing kindersLeY LiMited Senior editor angela wilkes Senior art editor Mandy earey editors anna Fischel, david tombesi-walton, sylvia tombesi-walton, diana Vowles art editors ian spick, simon Murrell, Victoria short managing editor Julie oughton managing art editors christine keilty, heather Mccarry art Director bryn walls creative Publisher Jonathan Metcalf Publishing Director Jackie douglas Production Linda dare DTP Designer adam walker Picture Library richard dabb the price guide coMpanY LiMited Publishing manager Julie brooke editorial assistants Jessica bishop, sandra Lange, carolyn Malarkey, karen Morden Digital image co-ordinator ellen sinclair Picture research Liz Moore contributors chief contributor daniel dunlavey contributors simon adams, theresa bebbington, anna Fischel, albert hill, Frankie Leibe, alycen Mitchell, anna southgate, John wainwright First published in great britain in 2006 by dorling kindersley Limited 80 strand, London wc2r 0rL a penguin company the price guide company (uk) Ltd [email protected] 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1 copyright © Judith Miller and dorling kindersley Limited 2006 all rights reserved. no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner. a cip catalogue record for this book is available from the british Library. isbn-13: 978 1 4053 1290 5 isbn-10: 1 4053 1290 4 colour reproduction by colourscan, singapore printed and bound in china by Leo paper products Ltd discover more at www.dk.com foreword the desire to decorate our homes is centuries old. From a prehistoric caveman painting the walls of his cave, to an 18th century aristocrat collecting the new european porcelain, to the late 20th-century desire for individualism and design, the objects we surround ourselves with make our homes our own. i have always been fascinated by the influences on these decorative arts and their stylistic changes, as well as the stories of the craftsmen and designers who have influenced the course of style through the decades. this book tells those stories and explains the impact they had around the world. this tradition of craftsmanship goes back to ancient greece and rome, can be seen in the delicate porcelain figures of Johann Joachim kändler at Meissen in the 1730s and 40s, the glass of Émile gallé at the end of the 19th century, the exquisite rookwood vases painted by kataro shirayamadani, and the furniture of senior and carmichael, as shown in the desk on the right, in the early years of the 21st century. as technology developed mass production became possible and many of the decorative arts from the past 200 years reflect this. Factory-made ceramics in the mid-19th century, like the rococo revival vase on the left, enabled thousands of newly affluent middle class families to share the decorative possibilities that had, until then, been available only to the wealthy few. the decorative arts became central to all our lives. in the late 20th century even the humble corkscrew gained a design aesthetic which brought it into the realm of decorative art. i hope that you find the story of the decorative arts as intriguing as i do and that this book will give you a lifelong interest in the styles and history of this fascinating subject. Consultants Paul Atterbury Yves Gastou David Rago Freelance writer and lecturer specializing Galerie Yves Gastou, Paris Expert and Partner, Rago Auction Center, in 19th- and 20th-century art and design, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Mid-century Lambertville, New Jersey particularly ceramics Age of Excess Modern, Postmodern and Contemporary Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Birth of Modernism John Axford Dr Henrietta Graaf Director, Woolley & Wallis Fine Art Furniture historian and lecturer at the John Sollo Auctioneers, Salisbury, Wiltshire Technical University of Munich Expert and Partner, Sollo:Rago Modern Ceramics 1700–1900 Furniture 1700 to the present day Auctions, Lambertville, New Jersey Mid-century Modern Keith Baker Jeanette Hayhurst Consultant and valuer Jeanette Hayhurst Fine Glass, London Hervé de la Verrie Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau Glass 1700 to the present day Head of European Ceramics and Glass department, Christie’s, Paris Lynda Cain Mark Hill Ceramics 1700–1900 Vice President American Furniture & 20th-century specialist Decorative Arts, Samuel T. Freeman and Mid-century Modern, Postmodern and Patrick van der Vorst Co., Philadelphia Folk Art Contemporary Director and Head of Continental Furniture Department, Sotheby’s, London Dudley Browne Liz Klein Furniture 1700–1900 Lamp and Glass Division, James D. Julia Consultant and collector’s agent specializing Inc., Fairfield, Maine Age of Excess, in 20th-century decorative arts Professor Jonathan M. Woodham Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau Mid-century Modern Director, Centre for Research Development (Arts & Architecture), Max Donnelly Maître Lefèvre University of Brighton, Sussex The Fine Art Society, London Maison de Ventes Beaussant-Lefèvre, Paris Postmodern and Contemporary The Aesthetic Movement, The Glasgow France 1700–1900 School, Christopher Dresser Dr Alfred Ziffer Nicholas Lowry Art historian and lecturer. Curator of the Dr Graham Dry President and Poster Specialist, Swann Nymphenburg Porcelain Bäuml Collection Jugendstil and Art Deco specialist, Von Auction Galleries, New York Editor of Keramos Zezschwitz Kunst und Design, Munich Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Mid-century Ceramics 1700 to the present day Art Nouveau, Birth of Modernism, Art Deco Modern Posters image on page 1 LORENzL FIgURE This stylized figure is cast in bronze from a model by Josef PRICE BANDS LOïE FULLER Raoul Larche was known for his sculptures of dancer Loïe Fuller. Lorenzl and patinated with a silver finish. it has an onyx base. H:38cm (15in). Some of the pieces in this book are accompanied by as here, the gilt-bronze forms often doubled as lamps. H:32cm (12½in). HEART CHAIR Verner panton’s sculptural chair was inspired by the work of a number that gives an indication of value: arne Jacobsen. The metal frame and foam construction is fully upholstered in a images on pages 2–3 bright red fabric. 1958. H:101.5cm (40in). 1 £100–500 SWEDISH CONSOLE TABLE supporting a marble top, this table’s giltwood 2 £500–1,000 frame is carved in deep relief, in Louis XV style, with a lion mask, dragons, gLASS SCULpTURE This is made from an opaque orange half-globe and a 3 £1,000–2,500 flowers, and scrolling foliage. c.1760. W:99cm (39in). quarter-globe in clear orange glass by milos Balgavy. D:25cm (9¾in). 4 £2,500–5,000 5 £5,000–10,000 BOHEmIAN OvERLAy gLASS This lidded goblet made in ruby red over clear images on pages 4–5 6 £10,000–20,000 overlay glass was wheel-engraved by august Böhm with a forest landscape with a BALUSTER-SHApED vASE The scrolling form is encrusted with applied 7 £20,000–50,000 deer on the bowl and grapevines around the lid. c.1850. H:53cm (21in). flowers in the english Rococo Revival style. 1850s. H:27cm (10¾in). 8 £50,00–100,000 9 £100,000–250,000 TUDRIC mANTEL CLOCk Designed by archibald Knox for Liberty & Co’s Tudric vENUS DESk made by senior and Carmichael for the marchioness of Bath, 0 £250,000 upwards range, it has a pewter case with stylized leaf decoration, and an enamelled dial the sycamore canopy of this mechanical cylinder yew desk was inspired by the with berry motifs and copper arabic numerals. c.1905. H:21cm (8½in). scallop shell in Botticelli's painting Birth of Venus. 2005. Contents 5 Foreword NEoCLASSICISM AGE oF ExCESS 6 Consultants 1760–1840 1840–1900 7 Contents 50 A New Classicism 96 19th-century Revivals 52 Elements of Style 98 Elements of Style 54 The Ancient World 100 FURNITURE DECoRATIVE PAST An Age of Revivals 4000bce–1600ce 56 FURNITURE Battle of the Styles A Classical Style 10 The Ancient World Furniture Gallery Late Neoclassical 12 Eastern Influence The Empire Style 106 CERAMICS 14 The Middle Ages Furniture Gallery Folk Ceramic Revival 16 The Renaissance English Ceramics 64 CERAMICS American Ceramics British Pottery AGE oF oRNAMENT Sèvres Tin-glazed Earthenware 1680–1760 Meissen Neoclassical Porcelain 20 Lavish opulence 116 GLASS Ceramics Gallery 22 Elements of Style Surface Techniques 72 GLASS 24 FURNITURE Cut Glass Cut and Engraved Glass Régence to Rococo Historical Styles Coloured Glass From Walnut to Mahogany 122 METALWARE Glass Gallery 28 The Huguenots Silverware 78 METALWARE 30 CERAMICS Victorian Ingenuity 80 CLoCKS Pottery in Europe Metalware Gallery Tin-glazed Earthenware 82 oBJETS DE VERTU 128 Pattern Books The Arcanum Precious Gifts 130 CLoCKS Porcelain Tea and Snuff 132 SoUVENIRS American Folk Art 38 GLASS 134 TExTILES Enamelled glass 88 TExTILES Eastern Carpets 40 oriental Influence The Silk Trade Needlework Samplers 42 METALWARE 138 SCULPTURE 92 SCULPTURE 44 CLoCKS French Bronzes American Sculpture 46 TExTILES ARTS AND CRAFTS ART NoUVEAU BIRTH oF MoDERNISM 1880–1920 1880–1915 1860–1920 144 Traditional Values 188 Sinuous Contours 238 Dynamic Designers 146 Elements of Style 190 Elements of Style 240 Elements of Style 148 The Aesthetic Movement 192 FURNITURE 242 Christopher Dresser 150 FURNITURE A French Revolution 244 FURNITURE Morris and Co. The Style Evolves The Glasgow School The Stickley Dynasty German Jugendstil The Wiener Werkstätte American Workshops 198 CERAMICS The Bauhaus Furniture Gallery Innovative Glazes Le Corbusier 158 CERAMICS Tradition and Innovation Frank Lloyd Wright Rookwood American Art Pottery 254 CERAMICS American Art Pottery Ceramics Gallery European Modernism New Glazes 206 GLASS The Birth of Studio Pottery British Ceramics Émile Gallé 258 GLASS AND LAMPS Ceramics Gallery Cameo Glass 260 METALWARE 168 Exotic Influences Iridescent Glass 262 TExTILES 170 GLASS AND LAMPS Louis Comfort Tiffany Leaded Glass Glass Gallery Lamps 216 LAMPS ART DECo 174 METALWARE 218 METALWARE 1920–1940 The New Guilds French Luxury 266 Stylish Modernity Liberty & Co. Northern Europe 268 Elements of Style American Metalware Georg Jensen 270 FURNITURE Metalware Gallery Metalware Gallery A Change in Style 182 CLoCKS 226 CLoCKS Simple Design 184 TExTILES 228 TExTILES Furniture Gallery 230 SCULPTURE 276 Exotic Influences 232 PoSTERS 278 CERAMICS French Street Art French Ceramics Europe and Beyond Figurines Female Designers Ceramics Gallery