A history of eighteenth-century German porcelain
Subtitle: the Warda Stevens Stout collection
By: Christina H. Nelson ; with Letitia Roberts
Contributors: Nelson, Christina H.; Roberts, Letitia
Publisher: Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Hudson Hills Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Memphis; Easthampton, MA; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 536
ISBN-13: 9780981891255; 9781555953881
Subjects: German Porcelain; Catalogs; Art collections; Porcelain; Private collections; Dixon Gallery and Gardens
Other titles: Warda Stevens Stout collection; History of 18th-century German porcelain
Description: This book is a descriptive catalogue of the Dixon Gallery in Memphis' remarkable holdings - donated by Warda Stevens Stout and considered to be among the most important in the world. But the book is also one of the first in English to describe in captivating detail the artisans, aesthetics, social and political intrigue, financial arrangements, and courtly ambitions that resided in porcelain factories at Ansbach, Frankenthal, Fürstenberg, Höchst, Ludwigsburg, Meissen, Nymphenburg, and in Thuringia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 513-524) and index.