The rococo style was among the primary artistic contributions of the
eighteenth century. Its manifestations throughout Europe have been
comprehensively acknowledged and chronicled, but its influence in
America, where it was probably the century's crowning design achievement
(commonly referred to as the Chippendale style), had never been
thoroughly examined. It was a lavish taste that found surprisingly
fertile ground in the colonies, where affluent members of society,
rejoicing in their hard-won prosperity, strove to adopt London fashions.
The exhibition, "American Rococo, 1750–1775: Elegance in Ornament" was
organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County
Museum of Art, the latter's motivations emanating from the desire to
bring an exhibition of American Chippendale furniture to a city where
such objects have always been in short supply.
The book includes
chapters on European origins and the American manifestations of the
rococo, a brief discussion of firearms, and architecture, and
medium-based explorations of objects made of paper, silver, wood, iron,
glass, and ceramic.
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