The Gregory Gift Atheneum

Marie-Laure Buku Pongo

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Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
01 April 2023

Decorative arts; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections

Presenting for the first time the Alexis Gregory Gift to The Frick Collection, this exquisite publication provides illuminating insights into Gregory's magnificently eclectic collection, cataloging his fine and decorative works of art in detail.

Twenty-eight works of art bequeathed to the Frick by Alexis Gregory range from Limoges enamels to Saint-Porchaire ware to pastels by the Venetian painter Rosalba Carriera. This remarkable gift has introduced new types of objects to the Frick: works in ivory and rhinoceros horn are the first of their kind to be held in the collection.

Gregory's gift includes fifteen Limoges enamels, one of them produced in the workshop of Suzanne de Court, the only woman known to have led an enamel workshop in Limoges. Also part of the gift are a gilt-bronze sculpture, an ivory hilt, a pomander, ewers, saltcellars, and two clocks. Many of Gregory's objects came from such prestigious owners as the French royal collections and the Rothschilds. Included in the publication are commentaries on each gift.

This lavishly illustrated publication accompanies an exhibition that will be on view at The Frick Collection February 16 through May 14, 2023.

AUTHOR: Marie-Laure Buku Pongo is the Frick's assistant curator of decorative arts. She is a specialist in eighteenth-century French decorative arts and has worked on several exhibitions including Visitors to Versailles: Travelers, Princes, Ambassadors (16821789).

45 colour illustrations

By: Marie-Laure Buku Pongo
Imprint: Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 260mm, Width: 216mm,
ISBN: 9781913645434
ISBN 10: 1913645436
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 01 April 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Marie-Laure Buku Pongo is the Frick’s Assistant Curator of Decorative Arts. She is a specialist in eighteenth-century French decorative arts and has worked on several exhibitions including Visitors to Versailles: Travelers, Princes, Ambassadors (1682–1789).

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