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European Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Highlights of the Collection

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Given that this is a publication emanating from the Metropolitan Museum, one can make the following assumptions: that the quality of the printing, photography, commentary and items under discussion would be of superior quality. Certainly, all these criteria are fully met in this beautiful book on furniture.

The Metropolitan Museum has a large and distinguished furniture collection, accumulated over a long period of time. Some of the major pieces were donated by serious furniture collectors such as Irwin Untermeyer and the Wrightsmans. 103 items, ranging from chairs, tables, chests, frames, cabinets and so forth are illustrated and comprehensively described. Some of the pieces are delicately elegant, others are heavy in style. Certainly all are top quality examples. There is an accompanying DVD illustrating further aspects of the furniture featured in the book.

While I cannot claim to be any particular expert in the area, I have derived much pleasure in studying the varied styles and examples of the furniture as presented. Strongly recommended.