Fine French Furniture & Chinese Ceramics
New York: The Chinese Porcelain Company, 2003. Hardcover. Grey cloth, white ill. DJ. 84 pp. 26+ color plates. Published to accompany the Fall 2003 exhibition. More
New York: The Chinese Porcelain Company, 2003. Hardcover. Grey cloth, white ill. DJ. 84 pp. 26+ color plates. Published to accompany the Fall 2003 exhibition. More
Stockholm: Nationalmuseum, 1993. Softcover. Color pictorial stapled wraps; French flaps; 23 pp. with several color photographs;. Most text in Swedish, but the lead essay (Silver for Use and Enjoyment) is in English; with brief biographic information about each artist and a list of works. More
New York: The Chinese Porcelain Company, 1998. Hardcover. Black cloth, black ill. DJ. 106 pp. Approx. 30 color plates. Rare and important objects from prestigious and celebrated collections including Daisy Fellowes, the Duke of Brissac and the Ortiz-Patino, and the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna of Russia.Published to accompany an exhibition..... More
Baden: Hier und Jetzt, Verlag fur Kultur und Geschichte GmbH / Textilmuseum St. Gallen, 2015. Silver wraps with blue spine and image of bright yellow watering can. French flaps. 185 pp. with (mostly) color and some bw illus. throughout. Auf Deutsch. Ein farbenprächtiges Blütenmeer, wildwuchernde Ranken, arrangiert zu dekorativen Gebinden..... More
London, England: Fischer Fine Art Limited, 1986. Softcover. Black color-illustrated wraps with french folds, 92 pp., profusely illustrated in color/bw. Issued in conjunction with a 1986 exhibition. Austrian architect and designer Josef Hoffmann once wrote: "We should start again at the very point where personal creativity had come to an..... More
Octopus Books, 1979. Hardbound. Speckled brown boards with brown, color-illustrated dustjacket. 400 pp., profusely illustrated in color. More
Troyes, France: Edité par la Maison de l'Outil, 2005. Softbound. Beige wraps, 124 pp, 71 color plates. Text is in French with English translations at the rear. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition of work by 76 contemporary European ceramists. Most are French, with several other artists from Switzerland, Germany..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2007. First. Hardcover. Cream cloth/boards with blind-stamp spine lettering. Color-illus. dj with black/red lettering. 383 pp. with color and duotone images throughout. Showcases 36 "spectacular houses and gardens whose owners come from the worlds of fashion, music, art and society." An irresistible voyage through some..... More
Cambridgeshire: Balding and Mansell, [1930]. Softcover. Dark Wedgwood blue paper boards w/ white lettering; 48 pp; family potter tree on inside back cover. More
Secaucus, New Jersey: Chartwell Books, Inc., 1990. Hardbound. Black cloth with glossy, color-illustrated dustjacket. 1914 pp., profusely illustrated in vivid color. Traces the development of ceramics and identifies key traditions and styles. Lavishly illustrated in full color. Nicely organized and easy to read. Useful index. More
New York: Librairie Hachette, 1963. Hardcover. White ill. cloth surrounded by glossy dustjacket. 343 pp. Profuse bw and color plates. Study of 40 eminent 18th-century French furniture makers, including Antoine Gaudreaux, Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, Gilles Joubert, The Cressons, Jean Avisse, Nicolas Heurtaut, Pierre Roussel, The Foliots, Louis Delanois, Roger Vandercruse, Pierre..... More
New York: French & European Publications, Inc., 1965. Hardcover. White ill. cloth surrounded by glossy dustjacket. 341, (2) pp. Profuse bw and color plates. Study of 40 eminent 18th-century French furniture makers, including Antoine Gaudreaux, Jean-Baptiste Tilliard, Gilles Joubert, The Cressons, Jean Avisse, Nicolas Heurtaut, Pierre Roussel, The Foliots, Louis..... More
London: Percy Lund, Humphries & Co, 1932, circa. Hardbound. Bluish cloth. xxvi, 135 pp., 53 bw plates and one folding map (at rear). Second impression was in 1932, so this is dated to then or prior. A very nice copy. Contents include: Glossary, List of Marks used by the Adams..... More
Boston: Bulfinch Press / Little, Brown and Company, 1991. Hardcover. Black cloth. BW and yellow pictorial dust jacket. 288 pp. Profuse illustrations in bw and color. "Published to conincide with the exhibition, Fornasetti: designer of dreams, held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2 October 1991-19 January 1992"--Title page..... More
Oslo, Norway: Royal Noregian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1987. Softbound. Black illustrated wraps. [54] pp. Profusely illustrated in bw and color. Lists 19 different jewellers, illustrating them in bw and their work in color, with biographical essay for each. text is in English. Simply beautiful works! More
Koln: Museum für Angewandte Kunst, 1996. Softcover. Pictorial wraps. 416 pp. 480 bw and color plates. Text in German. Fascinating history of the Russian Czars and their collections of clothes, jewelry, porcelain, furniture, fine arts, and textiles. Illustrations of many dazzling and extravagant pieces. More