Presenting works from the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA, this volume includes tapestries from Gobelins and Beauvais, bronze firedogs from Fontainebleau, a complex lathe-turned ivory goblet from Saxony, fine examples of furniture and porcelain, and glass and tin-glazed earthenware. The volume is one of a series of seven books presenting the finest works from the collection at The Getty Center in Los Angeles, USA which opened in late 1997.