ABC/130 - French wood carvings from the National Museum. 1st series, late 15th and early 16th century.

ABC/130

French wood carvings from the National Museum. 1st series, late 15th and early 16th century.

1 volume

A study of French Wood Carvings from the National Museums (Museums of Science and Art Dublin; South Kensington Museum; Museum of Science and Art, Edinborough; The Art Corporation Galleries, Glasgow), from late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. It contains a short introduction, texts describing specific examples of wood carving and a series of plates printed in collotype from the photographs specially taken from the carvings direct. The plates illustrate: Gothic Coffers; Gothic Cabinet; Gothic Seat; Gothic Panels; Gothic Chest; Gothic Tracery Door; Gothic Vestibule; Gothic Mouldings and Cupboard Door; Gothic Door; Gothic Retable; Gothic Figure and Canopy; Renaissance Door; Two Renaissance Carved Panels; Two Renaissance Oak Doors; Three Renaissance Carved Oak Fragments.

Loose, scuffed covers and spine. Some loose and torn pages