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OverviewIn 1922, Adolphe Shrager having made his fortune during the First World War, approached the London dealer Basil Dighton for advice on purchasing antique furniture. Dighton sold him about five hundred items but shortly afterwards Shrager discovered that one of his ‘collector's pieces' was judged to be a fake and grossly over-priced, and he sued. The trial, held in early 1923, became a cause celebre, but it can be viewed as a case study of a much wider set of social and cultural concerns: the fact that Shrager lost both the first trial and the appeal, despite demonstrating on numerous occasions that he had a clear case against Dighton, raises questions of race, prejudice and class, where the establishment closed ranks against Shrager, the nouveau riche Jew and alleged war profiteer. This book - the first on the Shrager Dighton case - is the result of the author's original archival research. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Dr Abigail Harrison MoorePublisher: Continuum Publishing Corporation Imprint: Continuum Publishing Corporation Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.522kg ISBN: 9781441115751ISBN 10: 1441115757 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 10 November 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of ContentsPrologue / 1. The Emperor's New Clothes: Adolphe Shrager / 2. 'Make us Rich': Dighton and Co and the Market for Furniture / 3. 'The Faker's Bible': Percy MacQuoid, Herbert Cescinsky and the Role of the 'Expert' / 4. 'Disputed Fragments': Shrager's Collection of 'Fine Furniture' / 5. 'Et tu Brute?': The Verdict / Bibliography / Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationAbigail Harrison Moore is the Deputy Head of the School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds, where she is also programme director for the MA in Art Gallery and Museum Studies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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