decorative art
noun
1
: art that is concerned primarily with the creation of useful items (such as furniture, ceramics, or textiles)
—usually used in plural
2
: objects of decorative art
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Ideal for travellers with an eye for beauty, the glamorous Hotel de Berri Champs-Élysées, a Luxury Collection Hotel celebrates the 20th Century's greatest names in decorative art by exhibiting its own esteemed private art collection within the hotel.
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Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Over many years of art collecting — Ms. Resnick is a life trustee at LACMA and a trustee emeritus at the Philadelphia Museum of Art — the couple has amassed a trove of paintings, sculptures and decorative arts from the 16th to the 20th centuries.
—Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
The museum’s Fabergé and Russian decorative arts collection was gifted by Lillian Thomas Pratt and includes about 200 objects by or attributed to the Fabergé firm.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
The Wrightsman Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are full of the gilded furniture and ornate chandeliers that typify the decorative arts of 17th- and 18th-century France.
—Ella Riley-Adams, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
The auctions include a diverse array of superlative fine art, furniture, fashion, decorative arts, folk art, historic maps, books, whiskey, manuscripts and more.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 12 Jan. 2024
Huang joins Dastur and Gourlay in referring to decorative art, in his case Zhuang-style brocade embroidery.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
The Christie’s event will feature a series of live day sales: Important Photographs on Feb. 22 and on Feb. 23, Peachtree Road, featuring decorative arts and interiors.
—Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
Carter’s unprecedented find ignited the West’s interest in a civilization that dominated the world for some 3,000 years, ushering in a movement that touched every realm of Western culture, from architecture to film to the decorative arts.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2023
Rebecca Ann Hughes, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Over many years of art collecting — Ms. Resnick is a life trustee at LACMA and a trustee emeritus at the Philadelphia Museum of Art — the couple has amassed a trove of paintings, sculptures and decorative arts from the 16th to the 20th centuries.
—Robin Pogrebin, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
The museum’s Fabergé and Russian decorative arts collection was gifted by Lillian Thomas Pratt and includes about 200 objects by or attributed to the Fabergé firm.
—Gary Stoller, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024
The Wrightsman Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are full of the gilded furniture and ornate chandeliers that typify the decorative arts of 17th- and 18th-century France.
—Ella Riley-Adams, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
The auctions include a diverse array of superlative fine art, furniture, fashion, decorative arts, folk art, historic maps, books, whiskey, manuscripts and more.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 12 Jan. 2024
Huang joins Dastur and Gourlay in referring to decorative art, in his case Zhuang-style brocade embroidery.
—Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
The Christie’s event will feature a series of live day sales: Important Photographs on Feb. 22 and on Feb. 23, Peachtree Road, featuring decorative arts and interiors.
—Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
Carter’s unprecedented find ignited the West’s interest in a civilization that dominated the world for some 3,000 years, ushering in a movement that touched every realm of Western culture, from architecture to film to the decorative arts.
—Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Oct. 2023
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