Princely treasures
Subtitle: European masterpieces 1600-1800, from the Victoria and Albert Museum
By: edited by Sarah Medlam and Lesley Ellis Miller
Contributors: Victoria and Albert Museum
Publisher: V&A Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9781851776337
Subjects: Decorative arts; Victoria and Albert Museum; Exhibitions; History
Other titles: European masterpieces 1600-1800
Description: The V&A has one of the world's greatest collections of 17th- and 18th-century European decorative art. Eighty masterpieces from this magnificent collection, acquired and used by rulers of power, wealth, and taste, provide the focus of this book.
Notes: Book published to accompany a touring exhibition.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 190).
Table of contents: title: A princely collection for the nation :; title: European decorative arts in the V&A  -- Sarah Medlam; title: Princely patronage in Europe, 1600-1800  -- Angela McShane; title: Power and glory  -- Angus Patterson; title: Religious splendour  -- Joanna Norman; title: Display in the interior  -- Antonia Brodie; title: Fashion and personal adornment -- Lesley Ellis Miller.