Summary Catalogue of European Decorative Arts in the J. Paul Getty Museum

J. Paul Getty had a passion for the exquisitely made furniture and decorative objects of eighteenth-century France, which he began collecting in the 1930s. Gillian Wilson, curator of decorative arts since 1971, has broadened and strengthened the collection, adding Boulle furniture, mounted oriental porcelain, tapestries, clocks, ceramics, and more. In the 1980s and 1990s the Museum continued to enlarge its decorative arts holdings, creating a European sculpture department in 1984 and adding glass, maiolica, goldsmiths’ work, pietre dure, and furniture from Italy and Northern Europe. This book is a revised and expanded edition of Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum (1993). In addition to more than forty recent acquisitions—among these four wall sconces from Versailles that once belonged to Marie Antoinette and an elaborate upholstered bed from the collection of Karl Lagerfeld—it includes the results of years of research. Designed for scholars, students, and devotees of the decorative arts, this volume provides a comprehensive look at the Getty’s fine collection. Foreword Preface and Acknowledgments Bibliographical Abbreviations Part I Part I is organized first by country of origin (France), then by type of object. French Decorative Arts Furniture Architectural Woodwork and Fixtures Clocks and Barometers Scientific Instruments Metalwork Ceramics Mounted Oriental Porcelain Mounted Hardstones and Glass Textiles Carpets and Screens Tapestries Decorative Drawings Part II Part II is organized first by type of object, then alphabetically by country of origin. Architectural Woodwork German Ceramics Austrian Chinese English German Italian Japanese Spanish Clocks German Italian Furniture English German Italian Netherlandish South Indian Glass Austrian Bohemian French German Italian Netherlandish Hardstones English Italian Ivory German Metalwork English German Italian Netherlandish Spanish Mosaics Italian Scagliola German Textiles and Carpets Chinese Persian Glossary of Woods Indexes Index of Makers Index of Previous Owners Concordance About the Authors Gillian Wilson is curator of decorative arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Catherine Hess is associate curator of sculpture and works of art at the Getty Museum Gillian Wilson And Catherine Hess. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.