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Summary: A superbly illustrated, scholarly, informative seminal work.
Review: This superbly Illustrated book (supported with good scholarly material indicating the process by which these samples were created) demonstrates the beauty and diversity of British Design from the later 17th to mid 18th Century. The richness of the color reproduction of this book does credit to the collection they are drawn from. Of course the historian of material culture would find the plates fascinating, but I think the contemporary artist or Illustrator would be drawn to these Items. I don't know how far use might apply to the scanning of these designs into a computer file but people in the know tell I that these patterns could be scanned in and re-created with present day technology. The Restoration to the early Georgian period is one of my favorites in British History. Sadly I did not get to the British Museum this summer so that will have to wait until next but I did spend a very long morning in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford looking at about 10,000 Years of historical exhibits, mostly from the last thousand years of Great Britains paintings furniture And tapestries. I remember commenting to my wife about how badly most of the exhibits were lighted, particularly some very large 18th Century British tapestries. She replied that of course that light was bad for these sorts of objects. Her reply led my to sort of an insight as far as the utility of art books. My point here is when Natalie Rothstien properly does an art book as like The Victoria & Albert Museum's Textile Collection Woven Textiles Design In Britain To 1750 . One may end up seeing a reproduction in a way that they might never see the original. I am not saying always buy the book and never get up off the couch but I am saying sometimes a well done art book can do things that a five minute glance at the badly lighted original cannot. Hmmmm maybe I should be selling art books, or better yet bridges! Philip Kaveny, Reviewer
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Summary: A superbly illustrated, scholarly, informative seminal work.
Review: This superbly Illustrated book (supported with good scholarly material indicating the process by which these samples were created) demonstrates the beauty and diversity of British Design from the later 17th to mid 18th Century. The richness of the color reproduction of this book does credit to the collection they are drawn from. Of course the historian of material culture would find the plates fascinating, but I think the contemporary artist or Illustrator would be drawn to these Items. I don't know how far use might apply to the scanning of these designs into a computer file but people in the know tell I that these patterns could be scanned in and re-created with present day technology. The Restoration to the early Georgian period is one of my favorites in British History. Sadly I did not get to the British Museum this summer so that will have to wait until next but I did spend a very long morning in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford looking at about 10,000 Years of historical exhibits, mostly from the last thousand years of Great Britains paintings furniture And tapestries. I remember commenting to my wife about how badly most of the exhibits were lighted, particularly some very large 18th Century British tapestries. She replied that of course that light was bad for these sorts of objects. Her reply led my to sort of an insight as far as the utility of art books. My point here is when Natalie Rothstien properly does an art book as like The Victoria & Albert Museum's Textile Collection Woven Textiles Design In Britain To 1750 . One may end up seeing a reproduction in a way that they might never see the original. I am not saying always buy the book and never get up off the couch but I am saying sometimes a well done art book can do things that a five minute glance at the badly lighted original cannot. Hmmmm maybe I should be selling art books, or better yet bridges! Philip Kaveny, Reviewer
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