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Masterpieces of European arms and armour in the Wallace Collection
- Title
- Masterpieces of European arms and armour in the Wallace Collection / Tobias Capwell with David Edge and Jeremy Warren.
- Author
- Capwell, Tobias.
- Publication
- London : Wallace Collection : Paul Holberton Pub., ©2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | NK6602.5.G7 L66 2011 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 252 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 28 cm
- Summary
- "With its selection of masterpieces of European arms and armour, this book provides both an overview of some of the treasures of the collection and a wonderful survey of European arms and armour. I hope it will whet the appetite of readers to want to move on to our new Complete Digital Catalogue of European Arms and Armour in the Wallace Collection, with its more than 7000 stunning photographs and full texts of all the previous catalogues."--"Director's foreword", p. 7.
- Alternative Title
- European arms and armour
- Subject
- Wallace Collection (London, England) > Catalogs
- Wallace Collection (London, England)
- Wallace Collection
- Bauhaus Dessau 1986-1994 Bereich Architektur und Sammlungen
- London > Wallace Collection
- Europa
- Geschichte 1400-1860
- Armor > Europe > Catalogs
- Armor > England > London > Catalogs
- Weapons > Europe > Catalogs
- Weapons > England > London > Catalogs
- Armor
- Weapons
- Rüstung
- Waffe
- Sammlung
- England > London
- Europe
- Genre/Form
- catalogs (documents)
- Catalogs
- Catalogs.
- Catalogues.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 251).
- Contents
- Director's foreword / Rosalind Savill -- Introduction -- The Middle Ages -- The fifteenth century. Armour of the Gothic style -- The sixteenth century. Armour of the 'Maximilian' style ; Masterpieces from the workshop of Kolman Helmschmid ; Italian Renaissance armour in the 'heroic' style ; Elements from famous German garnitures ; Armour from the Peffenhauser workshop ; Arms and Armour of the Trabanten Guard -- The seventeenth century. Weapons from the court of Louis XIV, King of France -- The eighteenth century and later. Masterpieces by Nicolas Noël Boutet -- Glossary of terms.
- ISBN
- 9780900785863
- 0900785861
- 9780900785931
- 0900785934
- LCCN
- 2012655017
- OCLC
- ocn751805869
- 751805869
- SCSB-1619963
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library