{"product_id":"125-treasures-from-the-collections-of-the-national-trust-by-tarnya-cooper-9780707804538","title":"125 Treasures from the Collections of the National Trust","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresented in a beautiful gift format and filled with a wealth of new photography, this engaging book aims to introduce to a general audience the National Trust's vast collections—a treasure chest of history. Arranged chronologically, starting with Roman sculpture and ending with 20th-century design, it focuses on museum-quality objects as well as important examples of decorative arts, furniture, textiles, books, and items with fascinating stories behind them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSelected by the National Trust's curators from more than 1.5 million objects in its collections, the featured highlights include an ancient Egyptian obelisk; Cardinal Wolsey's purse; the first English globe; one of the earliest surviving sofas; an incredible 18th-century dolls' house; an elephant automaton; a tent made for a sultan; a dress made of beetle-wing cases; hand-written manuscripts by Beatrix Potter and Virginia Woolf; Rodin's bust of George Bernard Shaw; rare, early colour photographs of the Sutton Hoo discovery; a sculpture by Barbara Hepworth and paintings by Holbein, Rubens, van Dyck, Rembrandt, Velázquez, Reynolds, Stubbs, Burne-Jones, Monet, and Sargent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eEach featured object is accompanied by an illuminating, easy-to-read caption, a timeline of key moments in the Trust's history, and a list of properties housing important collections. Items appear at the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47335321075948,"sku":"9780707804538","price":21.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27603573482439.jpg?v=1772071680","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/125-treasures-from-the-collections-of-the-national-trust-by-tarnya-cooper-9780707804538","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}