Issue contents
Editorial
Les Arts Décoratifs
Articles
Wilhelm de Rots and early cabinet-making in The Hague
by
REINIER BAARSEN
'The tinsel of fashion and the gewgaws of luxury': the Fonthill sale of 1801
by ROBERT J. GEMMETT
An early Italian textile drawing in the Victoria and Albert Museum
by HOWARD COUTTS, MARK EVANS and LISA MONNAS
Islamic art in Paris: some recent exhibitions
by TIM STANLEY
A portrait of the king of Naples in 'pietre dure'
by ALVAR GONZÁLEZ-PALACIOS
Reassessing Elizabeth Montagu's architectural patronage at 23 Hill Street, London
by DAVID PULLINS
Furniture by Paul Auscher (1866-1932): the architect as designer
by PHILIPPE THIÉBAUT
Book reviews
Dynamic Splendor: The Wall Mosaics in the Cathedral of Eufrasius at Porec, A. Terry and H. Maguire
by ANTONY EASTMOND
Le Maioliche Rinascimentali nelle Collezioni della Cassa di Risparmio di Perugia, T. Wilson and E.P. Sani, et al.
by J.V.G. MALLET
Henry VIII and the Art of Majesty: Tapestries at the Tudor Court, T.P. Campbell
by IAIN BUCHANAN
The Robert Lehman Collection. Volume XIII. Frames, T. Newbery
by TIMOTHY PLAUT
Fragile Diplomacy, Meissen Porcelain for European Courts ca.1710-63, M.C. Geiger, ed.
by AILEEN DAWSON
The Art of Worcester Porcelain 1751-1788, Masterpieces from the British Museum collection, A. Dawson
by JULIA POOLE
Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte. Ceramiche, L. Martino, P. Giusti, A.C. Perrotti, T. Scarpa, S.M. Guida and L. Ambrosio
by ALVAR GONZÁLEZ-PALACIOS
Irish Furniture, Woodwork and Carving in Ireland from
the Earliest Times to the Act of Union, The Knight of Glin and J. Peill
Welsh Furniture 1250-1950: A Cultural History of
Craftsmanship and Design, R. Bebb
by SIMON SWYNFEN JERVIS
Silversmiths to the Nation, Thomas Fletcher & Sidney
Gardiner: 1808-1842, D.L. Fennimore and A.K. Wagner
by VANESSA BRETT
The Arts and Crafts Movement, R.P. Blakesley
by GRACE BROCKINGTON
The English House, H. Muthesius; edited by D. Sharp
by COLIN AMERY
Public Sculpture of Glasgow, R. McKenzie
by EVELYN SILBER
The Buildings of England: Worcestershire, A. Brooks and N. Pevsner
by ANDOR GOMME
Exhibition reviews
Thomas Hope
by RUFUS BIRD
McKeever, Le Brun, Setch, Hodgkin
by TONY GODFREY
Christian Lacroix
by LYNNE COOKE
Macht und Freundschaft
by GILES WATERFIELD
Otto Dix and portraiture
by JOHN-PAUL STONARD
Canaletto and Bellotto
by FRANCIS RUSSELL
Francesco Furini
by ERIKA LANGMUIR
California Video
by CHRISTOPHER BEDFORD
Calendar
In next month's issue
Next month's issue is devoted to American art, with articles on:
Twonbly and Rauschenberg in Rome
An early mural in Mexico by Guston
Collegiate architecture in New York
Barnett Newman at Betty Parsons Gallery
Reviews include Amazing Rare Things, Ottocento, Sebastiano del Piombo, Balla and Miró