Name/Title
Dangerous liaisons : fashion and furniture in the eighteenth centuryEntry/Object ID
GT860.K63Description
"Published after the closing of the critically acclaimed and hugely popular exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum in the fall of 2004, Dangerous Liaisons focuses on fashion and its interplay with the paintings, furniture, and decorative arts of eighteenth-century France. Set against a background of French Rococo and Neoclassical masterpieces of paintings, furniture, and decorative arts in the Museum's Wrightsman Galleries, these charming images reveal how French style in fashion and interiors was not only meant to be beautiful, but also to attract, arouse and seduce the viewer."Context
This catalog has been adapted from the exhibition "Dangerous liaisons:fashion and furniture in the 18th century" held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from April 29 to September 6, 2004.Collection
Titi Halle/Cora Ginsburg LLC CollectionLexicon
Search Terms
clothing and dress--france, decorative arts--france, fashion--exhibitions, furniture--franceLegacy Lexicon
Category
Exhibition catalogBook Details
Author
Harold Koda, Andrew BoltonPublisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Yale University PressPlace Published
City
New York, NY, New Haven, CTDate Published
2006Call No.
GT860.K63ISBN
1588391477, 9781588391476LCCN
2006000859Notes
Length: 128General Notes
Note Type
ContentsNote
Interior motives: seduction by decoration in eighteenth-century France --
Portrait: an unexpected entanglement --
Levée: the assiduous admirer --
Music lesson: a window of opportunity --
Withdrawing room: a helpful valet --
Masked beauty --
Favorite --
Broken vase: a consoling merchant --
Card game: cheating at Cavagnole --
Late supper: the memento.