Robert Sayer — The Ladies Amusement

Newport, Ceramic Book Company, 1966. Cloth. A facsimile edition of a design book on the art of Japanning from 1762, including over one thousands beautifully illustrated designs by Jean-Baptiste Pillement. The facsimile edition of The Ladies Amusement or The Whole Art of Japanning Made Easy, an influential design book and practical guide, written by publisher Robert Sayer, and illustrated by French painter and designer Jean-Baptiste Pillement. Reprinted by the Ceramic Book Company in 1966 of the 'only surviving perfect copy' of the second edition published by Sayer in 1762, held at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.In the publisher's decorative original orange cloth, with two hundred numbered illustrated plates of fifteen hundred designs, including Flowers, birds and landscapes beautifully illustrated by Pillement. Collated complete.With the influx of goods flowing into Europe during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries through globalisation, Japanese art was very popular in Europe and led to the concept of Japanning, incorporating Japanese styles onto objects, particularly on sculptures and ceramics such as porcelain. This particular guide captures its principles and numerous examples. In the publisher's decorative original orange cloth. Externally, smart, with the odd small mark to boards. Slight edgewear and dirt trapped in joints. End papers are bright and clean. Previous owner's ink inscription to the front free end paper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Jean Pillement. Very Good Indeed .