Table setting and decorationThere are 2 items

• Bursche (Stefan), born 1934

  Tafelzier des Barock

  Munich, Editions Schneider, 1974

  (29 cm), 343 (1) pp., 313 black & white plates (pp.144-321 inclusive). Publisher’s green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. - A beautifully produced publication on the objets d’art fashioned for the table during the age of the Baroque, primarily in Germany, with illustrations taken from contemporary pattern books, festival books, cookbooks, etc, and many bibliographical detail. ¶ Short tear in dust jacket. Excellent copy.

  £ 38

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• Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon
  Pizzi (Pier Luigi), born 1930; Beauclair (Frédéric), editors

  Versailles et les tables royales en Europe : XVIIIème-XIXème siècles (catalogue of an exhibition held at the Musée National des Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles, 3 November 1993-27 February 1994)

  Paris, Éditions de la Réunion des musées nationaux, 1993

  (31 cm), 387 (5) pp., 49 colour plates, 180 illustrations (some in colour). 374 catalogue entries. Publisher’s cloth, pictorial dust jacket. - A survey of the manner of laying out royal tables and dining over three centuries, with the focus on France and Versailles. It includes some specialized studies of silver, porcelain, and table linen, by a number of scholars of the decorative arts. Manuscripts and printed books are among the exhibits. ¶ Fine copy.

  £ 85

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