A history of eighteenth-century German porcelain : the Warda Stevens Stout collection
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
A history of eighteenth-century German porcelain : the Warda Stevens Stout collection
AUTHOR:
Nelson, Christina H.
Roberts, Letitia
ISBN:
9781555953881
PUBLICATION_INFO:
Memphis : Dixon Gallery and Gardens ; New York : Hudson Hills Press, c2013
PHYSICAL_DESC:
536 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 31 cm
GENERAL_NOTE:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-524) and index.
ABSTRACT:
This book is a descriptive catalogue of the Dixon Gallery in Memphis' remarkable holdings - donated by Warda Stevens Stout and considered to be among the most important in the world. But the book is also one of the first in English to describe in captivating detail the artisans, aesthetics, social and political intrigue, financial arrangements, and courtly ambitions that resided in porcelain factories at Ansbach, Frankenthal, Fu?rstenberg, Hochst, Ludwigsburg, Meissen, Nymphenburg, and in Thuringia.
SUBJECT:
| Stout, Warda Stevens, 1886-1985 -- Art collections -- Catalogs |
| Dixon Gallery and Gardens -- Catalogs |
| Porcelain, German -- 18th century -- Catalogs |
| Porcelain -- Private collections -- Tennessee -- Memphis -- Catalogs |
BIBSUMMARY:
This book is a descriptive catalogue of the Dixon Gallery in Memphis' remarkable holdings - donated by Warda Stevens Stout and considered to be among the most important in the world. But the book is also one of the first in English to describe in captivating detail the artisans, aesthetics, social and political intrigue, financial arrangements, and courtly ambitions that resided in porcelain factories at Ansbach, Frankenthal, Fu?rstenberg, Hochst, Ludwigsburg, Meissen, Nymphenburg, and in Thuringia.