Isidora's impressive earrings are distinguished by their unique size and luxurious materials and served as the inspiration for this 14-karat gold plated reproduction

Readers will find surprising insights and unsuspected drama in works of art they may have thought they knew

ISBN 978-0-89236-899-0

Leslie Rainer is a conservation consultant

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The Tastemakers: British Dealers and the Anglo-Gallic Interior, 1785-1865 Spently Isidora's impressive earrings are distinguishedDiana Davis In this volume, Diana Davis demonstrates how London dealers invented a new and visually splendid decorative style that combined the contrasting tastes of two nations. Departing from the conventional narrative that depicts dealers as purveyors of antiquarianism, Davis repositions them as innovators who were key to transforming old art objects from ancien rgime France into cherished antiques and, equally, as creators of new and modified