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"Rococo Ébénisterie in the J. Paul Getty Museum," by Gillian Wilson and Philippe Halbert
https://www.getty.edu/publications/rococo/
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Format tombtones without categories #11

Closed geealbers closed 4 years ago

geealbers commented 4 years ago

... do we need any of the categories (Place Date, Attribution, Materials, Dimensions, Accession Number) to be explicitly spelled out in type? They take up lots of space and, by being in boldface, visually dominate the page and distract from the actual content. I had thought these categories were provided in the manuscript as guides for Digital to impose its own styling, as I don’t see these categories spelled out this way in other Quire catalogues.

Wouldn’t it be cleaner to do something like the following?

  1. Pair of Cabinets French (Paris), ca. 1750 Bernard II van Risenburgh (French, after 1696–ca. 1766, master before 1730) White oak* veneered with bloodwood, etc. etc. H: 4 ft. 10 5/8 in. etc. etc. 84.DA.24.1-2

... given the content of Rococo, it would be better not to have these categories actually set in type. I just checked with Anne-Lise, and she feels the same way—that it would be cleaner and more elegant.

geealbers commented 4 years ago

Closed with 3c63df2