Dummy Boards and Chimney Boards (Shire Library)

By Clare Graham

Book Overview

Life-size painted wooden cut-out figures of soldiers, serving maids, children and animals stand in dark corners of some museums and country houses. This book presents their true origins in seventeenth century 'Trompe l'oeil' painting and discusses the purposes to which they were put.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 085263921X
• ISBN13: 9780852639214
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 1.0" x 5.9"