[Rarebooks] FS: Antique Gold & Silver Pique Boxes Snuffboxes + Inlaid Antiques -Rare 1923 Book
Joslin Hall Rare Books
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Mon May 9 08:12:57 EDT 2016
"Pique: A Beautiful Minor Art”
By Herbert C. Dent.
Published in London by The Connoisseur in 1923.
Pique was a French invention of the early 18th century thin strips of
gold or silver were carefully inlaid onto boxes of tortoiseshell or
other similar substances, often combined with mother-of-pearl. The
craftsmanship exhibited in these small pieces is of the best quality,
and they have been avidly collected since they were first introduced.
Picque work continued in France and England into the early 19th century,
when the increasing cost of hand-labor doomed this complicated and
time-intensive art. A scarce monograph which includes chapters on the
Louis XIV period, Louis XV period, Louis XVI period (including English
17th century work), English 18th century work, English 19th century
work, pique on ivory, and imitations of pique work.
Hardcover. 8.5"x11", 25 pages of text plus 36 black & white plates. The
covers have some light wear and soil (please see the photos, above and
below). The book itself has some minor soil, but otherwise is clean and
nice, with a tight binding. $175
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