English Aesthetic Furniture (1860-1880) Florian Papp Inc. 962 Madison Ave. New York, New York (212) 288-6770ACKNOWLEDGEMED ‘We af Florian Papp wish to express our goatitude to: c] Wisehall of Michael Wischall Antiques, Knutsford, England for hia atsistance in researching this catalog} Hlomee & Duzbam Advertising for design, editing and printings Dick Goodbody for his telent in photogrephy. PREFACE. ‘Meséion the English country house, asd the images tumble forth, pell mel. Long, langorous alternoons of croquet, on vast green lawns, participants all in white. Collections of art and scalpture and architectural fagments—all trundled home by some long-forgotten scion on his Grand Tauraf the Continent, And, af cours, frsitare and furnishings from the likes of Thomas Chippenale te James Laxabs Tndeed, the great public museums we vist today are, in many tray, extocaooa af the seal for elleting wich filled the Engh country house with « thousand delights. Civilization but not the Inidled, reined-back civilization of the metropolisinstead the product of the bountifally curious and intelligent mind, the hallmark of the well educated connoisseurcellector zn collector feeling a spiritual kinship with the Engl countey house and its traditions might find a visit to Florian Papp swell repaid. This exhibition investigates a 20 yeas period in English Aecorative arts which we hope you will find enlightening and enjoyable. ish Copyright 1986 Florian Papp lac.