ROMAN SPLENDOUR, ENGLISH ARCADIA
THE ENGLISH TASTE FOR PIETRE DURE AND THE SIXTUS CABINET AT STOURHEAD

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• AuthorSimon Jervis
• PublisherI. B. Tauris
• Date of publication2014-12-01
• Language(s)English
• IllustrationsColour, b&w ill.
• Pages304
• DescriptionGrand format - Livre broché
• Price (VAT incl.)75.00 €
• AvailabilityOn order

At Stourhead in Wiltshire, the Palladian mansion contains an extraordinary Roman cabinet glittering with gilt-bronze mounts, semi-precious stones and elaborate architectural ornament. Its façade conceals over 125 more-or-less secret drawers. The cabinet was brought to Stourhead in 1740 by Henry Hoare 'the Magnificent', of the Hoare banking dynasty; he had purchased it in Rome, where it had been made for Pope Sixtus V.

This volume studies this 'Sixtus Cabinet' and features examples of other pieces of pietre dure inlaid furniture in English collections.

Price (VAT incl.) : 75.00 €