Diplomats, goldsmiths and baroque court culture : Lord Raby in Berlin, the Hague and at Wentworth Castle, 1701-1739 : the proceedings of the 2012 Wentworth Castle Conference / editors: Patrick Eyres and James Lomax.
ix, 196 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
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Copyright Not Evaluated
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Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Introduction / Patrick Eyres and James Lomax -- Lord Raby and the cultural milieu of the Berlin court of Frederick I / Alfred Hagemann -- Lord Raby in Berlin: art, architecture and amour / Michael Charlesworth -- Lord Raby's embassies and their representation at Wentworth Castle / Patrick Eyres -- The Ambassador's plate revisited / James Lomax -- Ambassadorial plate, embassies and the Dutch republic / Jet Pijzel-Dommisse -- 'Curiously enchased': goldsmiths and diplomats in Baroque Europe / Philippa Glanville -- Silver and the early Hanoverians / Ellenor Alcorn -- Baroque silver fountains, cisterns, and coolers in England / James Lomax -- German silver in England / Christopher Hartop -- Lord Raby and his scientific instruments / Jane Furse.
Subject Terms:
Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1672–1739. | Wentworth Castle (England) -- Art collections -- Congresses. | Collectors and collecting -- Europe -- 18th century. | Metal-work -- Europe -- History. | Strafford, Thomas Wentworth, Earl of, 1672–1739. | Collectors and collecting. | Metal-work. | Europe.