Great Women Collectors

By Marina Vaizey and Charlotte Gere

Book Overview

Catherine the Great of Russia acquired art voraciously. Cosmetics magnate Helena Rubinstein collected African and Victorian glass. Couturier Coco Chanel amassed an enormous hoard of French eighteenth-century furniture. This fascinating book offers the first-ever look at these enterprising women -- along with Madame de Pompadour, Empress Josephine, Marjorie Merriweather Post, Gertrude Stein, Mary Cassatt and Peggy Guggenheim, among others -- and tells how they assembled significant and valuable collections of art, silver, jewelry, textiles, ceramics, photography, fossils and much more.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810963930
• ISBN13: 9780810963931
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 2.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 11.0"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary