Published in 1953, the year of Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, by The Connoisseur of London, this good clean copy of "The Connoisseur Year Book 1953", provides a fascinating glimpse of the flavour of the Antiques Trade of some seventy years ago. Contents include scholarly articles on, "The Wall Decorations in the Marlborough Pavilion, Chartwell : Home of The Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill, O.M., C.H.", by L.G.G. Ramsey, F.S.A. ~ "Kedleston Hall, Derbyshire : The Seat of Viscount Scarsdale", by Sir Geoffrey Harmsworth, F.S.A. ~ "Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire : Home of Lord Vernon", by R. Charles Lines, F.R.S.A. ~ "Ockwells Manor, Berkshire, and it's Collections : Home of Mr. S.H. Barnett", by Nicholas Carew ~ "The Palace of Fontainbleau : It's Place in the History of France", by Maurice Moyal ~ "Georgian Architecture in the British West Indies", by A.W. Acworth ~ "The Armoury of the Dukes of Brunswick", by J.F. Hayward ~ "The Centenary of the Victoria and Albert Museum Celebrated in 1952 and some of it's Acquisitions", by Sir Leigh Ashton, F.S.A., { Director of the Museum } ~ "London Auction Sales of 1951 - 52", compiled by T.P. Greig ~ "Some Aspects of the Du Pont Collection at Winterthur, Delaware, for the Student of American Furniture", by Helen Comstock ~ "The Mabel Brady Garvan Collection of American Silver at Yale University", by John Marshall Phillips ~ "Some English Portraits in the Huntington Collection at San Marino", by Helen Comstock ~ "Renaissance Sculpture at The National Gallery of Art, Washington", by M.L. D'Otrange ~ "Powerscourt ~ The Grand Classic of Irish Country Houses : The Home of Viscount and Viscountess Powerscourt", by Adrian Bury, Hon. R.W.S., F.R.S.A. ~ "Queen Elizabeth I and Richmond Court", by Ian Dunlop ~ "Antique Paste Jewellery", by M.D.S. Lewis, A.R.C.S., B.Sc., F.G.A. ~ "Vessels for Apothecaries : English Delft Drug Jars", by Agnes Lothian ~ "Some Notable Art Books and Publications Issued in 1951 - 52", and "The British Antique Dealers Association Ltd.". Hard covers, Large format, some 195 pages in total, black and white illustrations plus full colour plates.
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