The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal is a compendium of articles and notes pertaining to the Museum’s permanent collections of decorative arts. This volume includes an introduction and two articles by Gillian Wilson, Curator of Decorative Arts. Volume 4 also features articles by Jiří Frel, the Museum’s Curator of Antiquities; Edith A. Standen, Curatorial Consultant, Department of Western European Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; Geraldine C. Hussman, California State University at Northridge; Jean-Luc Bordeaux, Professor of Art History and Director of the Fine Arts Gallery, California State University at Northridge; and Faya Causey, University of California, Santa Barbara.

• Introduction
• Sèvres Porcelain at the J. Paul Getty Museum
  Gillian Wilson
• Some Notes on the Cartoons Used at the Gobelins and Beauvais Tapestry Manufactories in the Eighteenth Century
  Edith A. Standen
• New Information on French Furniture at the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery
  Gillian Wilson
• Boucher’s Psyche at the Basketmakers: a Closer Look
  Geraldine C. Hussman
• The Tragic Loss of the Grand Salon from the Hôtel Cordier de Launay
  Jean-Luc Bordeaux
• The Kleophrades Painter in Malibu
  Jiří Frel
• Six Additional Heads of the Ares Ludovisi Type
  Faya Causey