Lacquered Boxes
Book Details
Author(s)Detlev Richter
PublisherSchiffer Pub Ltd
ISBN / ASIN088740197X
ISBN-139780887401978
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank3,822,158
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
History of the styles and over 350 illustrations of antique, exquisitely painted, papier-mch and lacquer boxes, many made to hold snuff in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Informative text explains the European manufacturing and artistic processes, important makers and their signatures, various uses, leading collections, and evolving traditions of the boxes.
