Collections de Vases, Inventes et Dessines par M. de Fontaine ....
first edition Full contemporary leather.
1770 · [Paris]
by [Fontanieu, P E de] - DECORATIVE ARTS
[Paris], 1770. First Edition.. Full contemporary leather.. Very good.. half share with Forgeot. Folio. There are 47 plates, title, and dedication, all engraved.
Fontanieu was director of the Garde Meuble de la Couronne and in this office he oversaw the transition from the Rococo to the emerging Neo-Classical style which he implemented for the furnishings throughout the royal residences of France. The book offered here was designed as a pattern book for the Sevres porcelain works. Form and decoration are elaborately illustrated; 26 separate designs are offered with variant ornamentation. There are also pedestal designs and one plate of a clock Berlin Kat. #1089; Cohen/de Ricci 407. (Inventory #: 15075)
Fontanieu was director of the Garde Meuble de la Couronne and in this office he oversaw the transition from the Rococo to the emerging Neo-Classical style which he implemented for the furnishings throughout the royal residences of France. The book offered here was designed as a pattern book for the Sevres porcelain works. Form and decoration are elaborately illustrated; 26 separate designs are offered with variant ornamentation. There are also pedestal designs and one plate of a clock Berlin Kat. #1089; Cohen/de Ricci 407. (Inventory #: 15075)