Museum Exhibitions - European Decorative Arts
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The Lunning Prize Designers' Exhibition
New York, New York: Georg Jensen Inc., 1957. Softcover. Color wraps. Unpaginated, approx. 30 pp. Profusely illustrated in bw. Accompanied an exhibition of Scandinavian design featuring winners of the Lunning Prize, including Carl-Axel Acking (Sweden), Tias Eckhoff (Norway), Kaj Franck (Finland), Nanna and Jorgen Ditzel (Denmark), and others. More
Poetyckie Tworzywo: Szklo francuskie 1878-1999 ze zbiorów, Musée des Arts décoratifs w Paryzu
1999. Softcover. Black wraps. 87 pp. Numerous color plates. Text in Polish and French. More
Christopher Dresser 1834-1904
London: Arkwright Arts Trust Camden Arts Centre, 1979. Softcover. Color illus. wraps; 52 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color and bw. Accompanied an exhibition that appeared at the Camden Arts Centre, London, and the Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough, in 1979 and 1980. 246 items annotated. Extensive text. More
Musical Instruments and Their Decoration: Historical Gems of European Culture
Cincinnati: Seven Hills Books, 1986. Hardcover. Spice cloth with gold lettering; yellow ill. DJ. 163 pp. 109 bw and color ills. Array of richly decorated musical instruments in the world's most important collections. Primarily keyboards and stringed instruments. More
The Arts of Denmark: An Exhibition Organized by The Danish Society of Arts and Crafts and Industrial Design
Denmark: Danish Society of Arts and Crafts and Industrial Design, 1960. Softcover. Gold and white decorative wraps; 160 pp. with color and bw illustrations throughout. Catalogue from the exhibition held in the US 1960 - 1961, which began its tour at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The catalogue is arranged..... More
BIEDERMEIER: The Invention of Simplicity
Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 2006. Hardbound. Tan cloth/boards; color-illustrated dustjacket with lavender spine. 400 pp., 410 color illustrations. The book examines Biedermeier painting, furniture and decorative arts as a style and a cultural attitude. Visual arts of the period, roughly 1815-1835, which are still largely unstudied as distinct from Romanticism..... More
Formes Danoises: L'Art de L'Interieur au Danemark (Exposition Itinerante 1964-1965)
Lyon: Musee des Beaux-Arts, 1964. Softcover. Grey wraps with navy and tan lettering. French flaps. 79 pp. Numerous bw plates. Text in French. Includes furniture, flatware, ceramics, and related items, all of Danish design. Catalogue from the touring exhibition. More
Disegno: Italian Renaissance Designs for the Decorative Arts
New York: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum / Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, 1997. Softcover. Pattterned green/brown wraps. 128 pp. Approx. 50 bw plates. Survey of the origins of modern-day objects and concepts of design. "The beginnings of modern design occurred in Renaissance Italy, which first fostered the concept that all the..... More
Dosor Dosor Dosor
Stockholm, Sweden: Nationalmuseum, 1990. Hardcover. Glossy illustrated boards, no DJ. 216 pp. 28 large color plates and 500 small BW photos. In Swedish with English key to the annotations and English translations of section descriptions. Exhibition catalogue featuring 500 snuff boxes from the collections of the Nationalmseum and the Tobacco..... More
Exhibition of Wall Paper: Historical and Contemporary
Buffalo, New York: The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Albright Art Gallery, 1937. Softcover. Color pictorial stapled wraps (which are a folded piece of wall paper), [52 pp.], 8 BW plates. Text on cover: Wall Paper. Issued in conjunction with a 1937-1938 exhibition "planned to illustrate as completely as possible, to..... More
Ancient Pottery , Marble, and Glass
1977. Softcover. Yellow wraps. 33 pp. Several bw illus. A catalogue of 70 works is preceded by a brief introduction. More
Trois Siecles de Papiers Peints
Paris, France: Musee des Arts Decoratifs, 1967. Softcover. White & blue wraps. 133 pp. + advertisements. Profuse bw plates. Text is in French. Issued in conjunction with a 1967 exhibition of three centuries of French wall paper. With an introduction by Eugene Claudius Petit and an essay by Jean-Pierre Seguin..... More
Design in Scandinavia: An Exhibition of Objects for the Home from Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden
New York: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1954. Softcover. Brown & illus. wraps. 125 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1954 exhibition of Scandinavian-designed decorative objects. Includes an introductory essay and an illustrated catalogue listing of many works, from furniture to textiles to pottery. More
Empire in het Paleis: De inrichting van het Paleis op de Dam ten tijde Lodewijk Napoleon = Empire in the Palace: The decoration and furnishing of the Royal Palace at the time of Louis-Napoleon
Amsterdam: Stichting Koninklijk Paleis te Amsterdam, 1983. Softcover. Cranberry wraps with color illus. and bw lettering. French flaps. End papers with floor plans of the palace. 53 pp. with bw illustrations throughout. Parallel text, Dutch/English. Catalogue from the exhibition held June - September 1983. More
Cinquantenair de L'Exposition de 1925
1976. Softcover. Black/green patterned wraps. 165 pp. Several bw and color plates. Text in French. More
Decorative Arts of the Italian Renaissance, 1400-1600
1958. Hardcover. Pictorial boards. 179 pp. Numeorus bw & color plates. More
Die Wiener Werkstätte: Modernes Kunsthandwerk von 1903-1932
Wien (Vienna): Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, 1967. Softcover. Beige wraps. 100 pp + 80 bw plates. Text is in German. Issued in conjunction with a 1967 exhibition of items made in Vienna's avant-garde heyday, mainly by the Wiener Werkstätte, and by such artists as Josef Hoffmann, Dagobert Peche, C...... More
The Meeting of the Two Worlds: The Crusades and the Mediterranean Context
1981. Softbound. White wraps. 103 pp. 61 bw plates. More
E. Colonna
Dayton, Ohio: The Dayton Art Institute, 1983. Softcover. Green illus. wraps; 88 pp.; 101 bw figures. Accompanied a traveling exhibition of furniture, household items, and jewelry by Edward Colonna; Includes an essay by Eidelberg; Errata sheet laid in. More
Nordic Images: Scandinavian Design in the 1990s
1994. Hardcover. Black cloth, white/black DJ. Unpaginated. Numerous color plates. Text in Danish (or Swedish) and English. Features decorative arts from Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. More
The Age of the Baroque in Portugal
Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1993. Softcover. Black & illus. wraps. 303 pp. Profuse bw and color plates. Study of 18th century Portuguese furniture and decorative arts. Lavish illustrations. Articles: Portugal and the World in the Age of Dom Joao V / A. J. R. Russell-Wood -- Dom Joao..... More
Nordic Cool: Hot Women Designers
Washington, DC: National Museum of Women in the Arts, 2004. Softcover. Color illus. wraps; 111 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. Foreword by Judy L. Larson; Essay by Jordana Pomeroy; Includes housewares, interiors, jewelry, furniture, and more by female designers from Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland. More
Stig Lindberg: Formgivare
1982. Softcover. White ill. stapled wraps. 39 pp. Numerous bw plates. Text in Swedish. Examples include ceramics, plastics, glass, and textiles. More
Russian Lacquer Boxes: A Narrative Tradition: From the Frederick Seibold Collection
Madison, Wisconsin: Chazen Museum of Art, 2006. Softcover. Maroon-and-white pictorial stapled wraps; Color illus. slipcase; 15 pp.; 14 color figures. 60 items listed with annotations. More