Paris, 2015 Gallimard 240 pages, illustrations couleur, relié sous jaquette. 24 x 29,5
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Williams, Haydn (editor): 18th-Century Snuffboxes: Snuffboxes in the Iakobachvili Collection. Vol I. Monaco: The David & Mikhail Iakobachvili Collection, 2024. 455 pages illustrated throughout in colour. Hard cover. 30.5x25cms. The first of three projected volumes cataloging the snuffboxes and related items in the David and Mikhail Iakobachvili Collection. This volume studies 393 18th-century snuffboxes, each illustrated in actual size and discussed in full. The catalogue is organized firstly by material - mixed materials, gold, and gold with enamel - followed by the work of James Cox and his contemporaries, automaton boxes, boxes from Hanau, and the production of the FrÚres Jordan. Essays discuss the production of gold boxes in Paris, changing tastes in British presentation boxes, Russian gold boxes from Pauzià to FabergÃ, and French diplomatic boxes.
The first of three projected volumes cataloging the snuffboxes and related items in the David and Mikhail Iakobachvili Collection. This volume studies 393 18th-century snuffboxes, each illustrated in actual size and discussed in full. The catalogue is organized firstly by material - mixed materials, gold, and gold with enamel - followed by the work of James Cox and his contemporaries, automaton boxes, boxes from Hanau, and the production of the FrÚres Jordan. Essays discuss the production of gold boxes in Paris, changing tastes in British presentation boxes, Russian gold boxes from Pauzià to FabergÃ, and French diplomatic boxes. Text in English
Williams, Haydn: Enamels of the World 1700-2000 from the Khalili Collections. 2009. 400pp with colour illustrations. Cloth. Illustrates 320 works from the Khalili Collections presenting an overview of the art of the enameller over the past 300 years. Examples are taken from Europe, America and the Orient and workshops such as Fabergà and Cartier.
Illustrates 320 works from the Khalili Collections presenting an overview of the art of the enameller over the past 300 years. Examples are taken from Europe, America and the Orient and workshops such as Fabergà and Cartier. Text in English