Porcelain from the Sevres Museum 1740 to the Present Day [Hardcover]

Marie-Noelle Pinot De Vellechenon (Author)

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French

Product Details

• Hardcover: 152 pages
• Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0853316899
• ISBN-13: 978-0853316893
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,482,653 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Consider an alternative, May 23, 2010

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This review is from: Porcelain from the Sevres Museum 1740 to the Present Day (Hardcover)

This is an expensive book that shows a variety of designs. But color has gotten a lot cheaper since 1997. The ultimate is French Porcelain: In the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen - 3 volumes (Three Volume Set), 1312 pages, $726-1000. Or pay about $25 for a fabulous sampling in French Porcelain for English Palaces. Lots (almost every page) of full page color photos with additional closeups. The variety of colors and styles (vases, plates, pot-pourri, cup and saucers, serving items, and a few plaques and figurines) will wow you. I have looked at some of the dedicated Sevres books which have more items, but they do not show the details like this book. I enjoy getting close up to items displayed in museums to appreciate the talent of the artists. This book is one of the few that does that for me. I usually prefer to buy once a book has begun to drop in price, but I do not think this will be the case because of the publisher (Royal Collection Publications) and because it is the poor man's edition of the expensive set. George IV preferred bright colors with a lot of gilding and painted scenes. He wanted the best that Sevres could produce and he succeeded in acquiring it between 1783-1830. I can't imagine a porcelain lover being disappointed in this book.