Industry and Ingenuity: The Partnership of William Ince and John Mayhew - Hardcover

Roberts, Sir Hugh; Cator, Charles

 
9781781301098: Industry and Ingenuity: The Partnership of William Ince and John Mayhew

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The first comprehensive study of William Ince and John Mayhew's famous eighteenth-century cabinetmaking partnership, complemented by high-quality photographs of their work.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Sir Hugh Roberts, Surveyor Emeritus of The Queen's Works of Art, was Director of The Royal Collection, the art collection of the British Royal Family, from 1996 until 2010, having joined the Royal Household in 1988. From 1970 to 1987 he worked at Christie's, where he was a main board director from 1976. He has written extensively on English and French furniture and decorative arts in Royal Collection exhibition catalogues and major journals, and is the author of For The King's Pleasure (2001) and The Queen's Diamonds (2012).

Charles Cator has worked at Christie's, the fine art auctioneers, since 1973 and is currently Deputy Chairman of Christie's International. During his career there he has held a number of senior positions, notably in the furniture and decorative arts fields, and has contributed articles to leading journals in these areas on furniture-makers and the history of collecting. He is also the co-author (with David Linley and Helen Chislett) of Star Pieces (2009).

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