Victorian Furniture Essays from a Victorian Society Autumn Symposium
Philadelphia: Victorian Society in America, 1983. Paperback. 254 pages. 28 x 21 cm. Profusely illustrated: photographs and prints. Owner inscription. More
Decorative Art
Andersen Kalender 1911; Translated by Hugo Salus
Vienna: Munk, 1911. First edition. Stiff Wraps. 24 unnumbered pages. 31 x 26 cm. Twelve Jugendstil full page color designs by the brother-in-laws, Heinrich Lefler and Josef Urban, each plate surrounded by wide decorative borders of flowers, animals, crests and other motifs relating to the image -- enhanced by platinum..... More
Nineteenth Century English Furniture
New York: Thomas Yoseloff, 1962. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 93 pages in text. With 139 plates, four in color, as well as seven illustrations in the text. Bibliography. Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER P174. "A study of the evolution of 19th-century furniture which analyzes the Gothic and Rococo revivals and traces the influence..... More
Chelsea & Derby China
New York: Walker, 1960. Hardcover. 64 pages. Illustrated. Marks. More
Old Worcester China
NY: Walker, 1960. Hardcover. 64 pages. Illustrated. Marks. More
Porcelain A Sketch Of Its Nature Art And Manufacture
London: Cassell, 1906. First edition. Hardcover. 264 pages. 8vo, fifty black and white plates. Index. A survey of porcelain made in Europe and Asia for the collector and general reader by an authority. Bookplates. More
The History of the Self-Winding Watch 1770-1931
Neuchatel: Editions du Griffon, 1956. Revised. Hardcover. 246 pages. 154illustrations, many are tipped-in. Alphabetical Index. English adaptation by R. Savare Granduoinet. English Technical Advisor: Donald De Carle. First published in French 1952. This is the English edition (revised). More
English Porcelain 1745-1850
London: Ernest Benn, 1965. First edition. Hardcover. 183 pages. 27 x 21 cm. 180 photographs, twelve in color. Bibliography. Index. General survey. More
The French Archive of Design and Decoration
London: Thames & Hudson, 1999. First edition. Boards. 255 pages. 30 x 23 cm. More than 600 designs, patterns and settings mostly in color. Resource Directory of materials and artifacts. Bibliiography. Index. More
La Collection Besselievre Etoffes & Broderies du XVe au XVIIIe siecles
Paris: Librairie Des Arts Decoratifs, (1912). First edition. Hardcover. 9 pages in text. Folio, 40 x 30 cm. 112 heliogravure plates (many plates with two images) of textile fabrics from a private collection. One plate chipped with loss at margins; approximately six plates stained, mostly in the margins. More
Hummel the complete collector's guide and illustrated reference
Huntington: Portfolio Press, 1976. First edition. Hardcover. 257 pp. 4to, profusely illustrated in color and black and white. Presents the definitive biography of Berta Hummel [Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel], and the first fully authorized documentation of the complete collection of M.I. Hummel figurines photographed from W. Goebel's factory archive collection..... More
At Home with Art How Art Lovers Live with and Care for Their Treasures
New York: Clarkson Potter, 1997. First edition. Boards. 246 pages. 30 x 23 cm. Profusion of color photographs Index. More
English Furniture And Decoration 1680 To 1800
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1911. Second edition. Hardcover. 201 pages. 29 x 22 cm. Profusely illustrated: black and white photographs cover four broad periods -- William & Mary, Queen Anne, Chippendale, Adam, Hepplewhite and Sheration. Two spots front cover else clean inside and out. Backstrip reinforced with binding tape. More
Etoffes et Tapissieries Coptes
Paris: H. Ernst, ca 1920. First edition. Hardcover. 4 pages in text. 22 x 17 cm. Folio, a total of forty-eight plates loose as issued -- thirty-six in color, many with multiple images per plate, and twelve in black and white. Vivid and nuanced color reproductions. Backstrip extremities chipped. More
Royal Doulton Figures Produced at Burslem c1890-1978
Stoke-on-Trent: Royal Doulton Tableware Ltd, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. 432 pages. Large 4to, copiously illustrated, mostly in color. Index of Figure Names. Illustrated catalogue of Royal Doulton Figures: The HN and M Series. An important, if not indispensable reference tool presenting for the first time, a complete record of all..... More
Sheraton Furniture
London: Faber and Faber, 1962. First edition. Hardcover. 125 pages in text.Illustrated with 100 plates, four in color. Bibliography. Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER P180. "A history of late18th-century furniture which traces the influence of Thomas Sheraton's The Cabinet-maker and upholsterer's drawing book on furniture making during the eighties and nineties." More
The Old Houses Of Stratford-Upon-Avon
London: Methuen, 1925. First edition. Hardcover. 180 pages. 19 1/2 x 13 cm. 37 illustrations: photographs and drawings. Index. Bright, crisp copy. Owner inscription. More
Ormolu: The Work Of Matthew Boulton
London: Phaidon, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. 398 pages. 28 x 21 cm. 174 high quality photographs, some in color. Bibliography. Index. Ormolu ornaments -- candelabra, door knobs, sconces, clock cases, inkstands, etc -- produced by Matthew Boulton. Covers at head slightly dampstained. More
Architectural Painting
New York: Rizzoli, 1986. First edition. Hardcover. 190 pages. 28 x 22 cm. More than 300 photographs in color an black and white. To endow and enhance architectural space with form, color and pattern is the raison d'etre of architectural decoration. More
Rugs And Carpets Of The Orient
London: Hamlyn, 1977. Boards. 95 pages. 32 x 24 cm. Profusely illustrated, mostly with color plates. More
The London Furniture Makers From The Restoration To The Victorian Era 1660-1840
London: B.T. Batsford, 1952. First edition. Hardcover. 276 pages. 30 x 22 cm. A record of 2500 cabinet-makers, upholsterers, carvers and gilders with their addresses and working notes illustrated by 165 reproductions of makers' trade-cards. With a chapter by R.W. Symonds on the problem of identification of the furniture they..... More
Louis XV Mobel Des Louvre
Leipzig: Ornamentverlag, ca 1910. Second edition. Boards. Folio, 39 x 29 cm. 12 page text plus 28 plates of measured drawings or phototype reproductions of photographs. Text and plates clean, minor aging. More
An Introduction To The Study Of Costume From Nudity To Raiment
London: W. & G.Foyle, 1929. First edition. Hardcover. 303 pages. Introduction by Sisley Huddleston. Elaborately illustrated in color and black and white -- more than 150 in total.Bibliography. Index. An in depth study by a well-respected scholar into the origins of clothing, utilitarian and otherwise. More
Pottery and Porcelain 1700-1914 England, Europe and North America The Social History of the Decorative Arts
New York: Meredith Press, 1968. 1st American edition. Hardcover. 386 pages. Sixteen plates in full-color and 122 pages of black and white plates with the greater part of the illustrations here, never reproduced previously. Bibliography. Index. ARNTZEN/RAINWATER P272. "An erudite, readable survey of European and American pottery and porcelain....Emphasizes the..... More
Counterpoint: Two Centuries of American Masters
NY: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1990. First edition. Paperback. 112 pages. 27 x 23 cm. Illustrated in color and black and white. More