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A Rothschild Renaissance - A New Look at the Waddesdon Bequest in the British Museum (Paperback)
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A Rothschild Renaissance - A New Look at the Waddesdon Bequest in the British Museum (Paperback)
Series: British Museum Research Publication, 212
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In 1898, Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild bequeathed to the British
Museum the contents from the New Smoking Room at Waddesdon Manor, a
collection of nearly 300 objects to be known as the Waddesdon
Bequest. The Bequest contains some of the most beautiful examples
of medieval and Renaissance craftsmanship, including exquisite
pieces of jewellery, silver plate, painted enamels of Limoges,
glass and microcarvings in boxwood. It is the only permanent
collection to have a gallery to itself in the British Museum, one
that has been redesigned for the 21st century which opened to great
acclaim in 2015. To coincide with the new gallery supported by the
Rothschild Foundation, a conference was held that opened up this
remarkable collection to leading specialists who spoke on all areas
of the Bequest. Subjects included new attributions for sculptures,
a detailed discussion of the making and marketing of forgeries by
Salomon Weininger, Frederic Spitzer and Alfred Andre as well as new
research on jewellery and its presentation both at Waddesdon Manor
and in the new gallery at the BM. The collecting tastes of French
and English Rothschilds were compared and contrasted, and a line of
Arabic poetry enamelled on the Palmer Cup newly identified. This
book presents these findings and positions the Waddesdon Bequest
within a wider intellectual and historical context for the first
time.
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