Edwin Foley

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Edvinas Džonas Folijus (Edwin John Foley) buvo žinomas autorius ir iliustratorius, reikšmingai prisidėjęs prie dekoratyvinio meno literatūros vystymosi. Didžiausią pripažinimą jis pelnė išleidęs dviejų tomų veikalą „The Book of Decorative Furniture“, kuris tapo vertingu šaltiniu tiek menotyrininkams, tiek visiems, besidomintiems baldų istorija.

Savo leidinyje Folijus pateikė plačią vizualinę medžiagą – jame buvo net šimtas spalvotų reprodukcijų. Tai buvo itin svarbus to meto naujoviškas sprendimas: skaitytojai turėjo galimybę su dekoratyviniais baldais susipažinti ne tik skaitydami aprašymus, bet ir matydami aukštos kokybės iliustracijas. Taip pat knygoje buvo publikuota tūkstantis piešinių, detaliai atskleidusių baldų formas, dekoravimo metodus bei stilistiką.

„The Book of Decorative Furniture“ išsiskyrė nuodugniu tyrimu ir meistriškai pateiktomis iliustracijomis. Daug gausių pavyzdžių, iliustracijų ir išsamūs aprašymai padeda susipažinti su skirtingais istoriniais laikotarpiais ir stiliais. Dėl to šis leidinys tapo nepamainomu šaltiniu tiems, kurie nori pagilinti žinias apie dekoratyvinį meną, ypač apie baldų dizainą.

Folijus savo darbu atskleidė ne tik meninius gebėjimus, bet ir išsamų pažinimą apie istorinius interjerus bei baldų evoliuciją. Dėl detalios ir vaizdingos medžiagos, šis leidinys tapo dekoratyvinio meno klasikų ir tebėra vertinamas iki šiol.

Edwin Foley

The salle du trone in the Palace of Fontainebleau (1910 - 1911)

Mahogany and gilt Georgian suite in the gallery and green drawing-room of Longford Castle (1910 - 1911)

Carved and gilt draped domed bed (lit a couronne), style Louis XVI (1910 - 1911)

The panelled study at Groombridge Place, Kent. By permission of the Misses Saint. (1910 - 1911)

Inlaid jewel casket of walnut wood. Panelled front sides and top (1910 - 1911)

The Chippendale Chinese room at Badminton House (1910 - 1911)

Semi-circular mahogany sideboard and knife-box. Inlaid and banded with satinwood, mahogany, and ebony (1910 - 1911)

White gilt and painted settee (1910 - 1911)

Carved mahogany pedestal sideboard, Oval wheel-back master’s chair (1910 - 1911)

Armoire in ebony with inlays of engraved brass and white metal (1910 - 1911)

The sisters inlaid double secrétaire and bookcase cabinet (1910 - 1911)

Carved satinwood barback settee, Painted and gilt table (1910 - 1911)

Carved gilt couch covered in rose brocade de Lyons (1910 - 1911)

Shovelboard table in the Hall of Littlecote (1910 - 1911)

Fourteenth-century buttressed coffer. (1910 - 1911)

Austro-Hungarian peasant furniture (1910 - 1911)

Painted and lacquered sedan chair with domed top (1910 - 1911)

Carved mahogany China cases (1910 - 1911)

Oak double hutch. The property of Guy Laking, Esq. , M.V.O., S. James Palace (1910 - 1911)

Court cupboard buffet (1910 - 1911)

Walnut inlaid writing-table (1910 - 1911)

Curved commode table–Chippendale under French influence (1910 - 1911)

Mirror, gueridons, and table overlaid with silver plaques (1910 - 1911)

Carved oak bedstead of Jeanne D’Albret, dated 1562 (1910 - 1911)

Carved China case in Chippendale’s Chinese manner (1910 - 1911)

Upright secrétaire in parqueterie of various woods, with ormolu-mounted rosettes, etc (1910 - 1911)

Satinwood and mahogany inlaid dressing cabinet (1910 - 1911)

Red and gilt lacquer double chest of drawers (1910 - 1911)

Wrought steel chair. The property of Earl Radnor, Longford Castle. (1910 - 1911)

Jewel cabinet of Queen Marie Antoinette, of mahogany, gilt, inlaid, carved, and with painted plaques (1910 - 1911)

The Putnam cupboard of English oak and cedar, Carved settle of American Oak (1910 - 1911)

Carved early Chippendale chairman’s chair (1910 - 1911)

Inlaid and painted satinwood writing-desk cabinet, ormolu mounted (1910 - 1911)

Oak Welsh dresser (1910 - 1911)

Mahogany arm-chair, style of Chippendale (1910 - 1911)

Group of late sixteenth-century continental furniture (1910 - 1911)

Wedgwood-Flaxman chimneypiece (1910 - 1911)

Carved oak dressoir–Louis XII. In the Musée Cluny, Paris. (1910 - 1911)

Salon de musique of Queen Marie Antoinette, Palace of Fontainebleau, France (1910 - 1911)

Satinwood wardrobe, inlaid with tulipwood, harewood, holly, ebony, mahogany, and other woods (1910 - 1911)

Circular table of various marbles, with chased gilt mounts (1910 - 1911)

Shaped fret-rimmed gallery table (1910 - 1911)

Queen Anne’s bed, Chest of drawers upon stand, Wooden candleabra (1910 - 1911)

Carved bourgouignon credenze (1910 - 1911)

Carved walnut darby and Joan settee (1910 - 1911)

Upright secrétaire inlaid in various woods, with cast, chased, and gilt bronze mounts (1910 - 1911)

Mahogany divisible dining-tables, dining room splat-back chairs (1910 - 1911)

Inlaid mahogany cylinder-fall china and book case, D-shaped satinwood drawing and writing table (1910 - 1911)

Escritoire a toilette (1910 - 1911)

Carved oaken stairway, Godinton (1910 - 1911)

Psyché and bed of Napoleon the First (1910 - 1911)

Panelling, from an old house, Mirror frame, Walnut table, walnut chair, Walnut high-case clock (1910 - 1911)

The ‘Rubens’ cabinet–of ebony carved. Interior fittings inlaid and columns of tortoiseshell (1910 - 1911)

Satinwood dressing-table with medallions (1910 - 1911)

Carved and inlaid oak court cupboard. (1910 - 1911)

Carved Chippendale library bookcase (1910 - 1911)

Kneehole writing table in red tortoiseshell. Lacquer steel top. Boulle. Gilt fauteuils, upholstered in tapestry (1910 - 1911)

Black lacquer settee, chairs and table, red lacquer mirror (1910 - 1911)

Carved oak armoire, Carved oak table (1910 - 1911)

Walnut kas inlaid and with painted medallions of Delft ware (1910 - 1911)

Carved enclosed mahogany bookcase–style of Chippendale (1910 - 1911)

An early Virginian colonist’s parlour (1910 - 1911)

A heppelwhite bedroom. (1910 - 1911)

Petite credence, François I, Musée de Cluny, Paris, ca. 1520 (1910 - 1911)

Late eighteenth-century decorative furniture (1910 - 1911)

Bureau du roi Louis XV. French tansitional Louis XV-XVI style (1910 - 1911)

Walnut cabinet-top scrutoire, Inlaid sycamore (‘yellow’) clock, Carved tabouret (1910 - 1911)

Painted and inlaid satinwood sideboard, Mahogany bracket clock (1910 - 1911)

Vargueno cabinet of chestnut, ivory, etc., painted and gilt with wrought-iron and steel mounts (1910 - 1911)

Chimneypiece in the double cube room, Wilton House (1910 - 1911)

Mahogany cabinet-topped block-front scrutoir, Mahogany and gilt constitution mirror (1910 - 1911)

Coffret de mariage. Boulle. Musée du Louvre, Paris. (1910 - 1911)

Oak trestle table, ‘Mine host’s’ chair (1910 - 1911)

Gilt state bed of Queen Marie Antoinette (1910 - 1911)

Oak press, Strangers’ Hall, Norwich. Wall fresco painting, West Stowe, ca. 1550. (1910 - 1911)

Inlaid satinwood commode (1910 - 1911)

The ‘king’s room,’ Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk (1910 - 1911)

The littlecote bedstead. The property of Vincent Robinson, Esquire, F. S. A., Parnham, Dorset (1910 - 1911)

Inlaid nonesuch chest, Carved ‘drawing’ table, Carved chimneypiece, Earliest English wallpaper (1910 - 1911)