Christopher Hartop
George III Hanover
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The Huguenot Legacy English Silver 1680--1760 from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection Christopher Hartop 432 pp.
ISBN 0 946708 28 2
Published by: Thomas Heneage, London Obtainable from: Amazon.co.uk or Amazon.com or Archivia, The Decorative Arts Bookshop, New York or Barnes and Noble or The Book Pl@ce or The Internet Bookshop or Spencer Marks Books East Walpole, MA or Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute or Jolyon Warwick James Antique Silver Sydney, Australia or any good bookseller
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| Summary | Reviews | Contents | Enquiries | Stockists | The silver comes to the MFA, Boston | |
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In 1685 Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes,
which had given religious freedom to the French protestants, or Huguenots. What had been a steady stream of refugees became a
flood, creating a tremendous diaspora of talent across northern Europe. Many of the
Huguenots were skilled artists, like silversmiths, and their influence on English silver of
the period has long been recognized. In this book Christopher Hartop re-assesses the
Huguenot contribution to silver made in England and suggests that the Huguenots were
just one—albeit the most significant—of several groups of foreign workers who were
responsible for the great flowering of style and technique in English silver between 1680
and 1760.
Winner of the 1997 National Huguenot Society
Prize for the best original work of scholarship covering any aspect of the
Huguenot movement See Christopher Hartop’s article on Huguenot Silver published in Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland | 
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‘The production of this valuable addition to the library of the silver addict
is of exceptional quality. Silver is notoriously difficult to reproduce convincingly
and the lifelikeness of the illustrations which truly ’leap from the page’,
is a tribute to the photographers and production team alike. The
well-illustrated personal history of many of the original owners of
the pieces contributes much to their background and paints the
wealth and splendour of one of the greatest periods in the
production of English silver in which the immigrants contributed
so much. A volume to be treasured indeed.’ Arthur Grimwade Huguenot Society |
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Foreword by Ellenor Alcorn Acknowledgements Introduction
Catalogue
Further reading Index top |
Jolyon Warwick James Silver Magazine See the full review ‘Hartop shows how Londoners’ fascination with all things Continental paved the way for the innovations of the English rococo. He brings to life the interdependent web of modelers, chasers, casters, engravers, finishers, and retailers who contributed to the finished product. Of great significance is Hartop’s explanation that the maker’s mark that appears on important commissions is no indication of authorship because of the intricate web of specialists at work in London.’ Maine Antique Digest See the full review ‘Unlike many silver exhibitions, this one is less concerned with who made the objects and how valuable they are. Instead, it documents the development of the English obsession with French taste and how the influence of artisans trained for the French court made it possible for British nobility to realize their ambitions.’ Paula Deitz The New York Times
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| The silver from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection featured in this book has been touring the United States. After exhibiting at the St Louis Art Museum, St Louis, at the Cheekwood Museum, Nashville, at Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, at the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, and at the Indianapolis Museum of Art, it has now become part of the permanent collection in a specially designed installation in the Hamilton Palace dining room at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. | |
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