Product Description: The term "Hessian" evokes the 18th-century German soldiers engaged by the British to fight in the American War of Independence. Few outside of Germany know of the noble family that has led the state of Hesse since the 16th century and continues to this day...read more

Product Description: Matieres de Reves: Stuff of Dreams introduces its audiences to the aesthetic potential of utilitarian objects created between the Middle Ages and the present. Each of the works selected for this catalogue surpasses all standards of tradition, craftsmanship and utility...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: The late Pierre Verlet, conservateur en chef du Departement des Objets d'Art at the Louvre, was the unquestioned expert on pre-Revolutionary French decorative arts. His definitive book "French Furniture of the 18th Century" ("Les Meubles Francais du XVIIIe Siecle") has now been translated into English for the first time by Penelope Hunter-Stiebel, noted specialist in 18th century French furniture and former student of Verlet...read more