Antiques: A Popular Guide To Antiques for Everyone
Octopus Books, 1973. Hardbound. Pumpkin cloth with color-illustrated dustjacket. 144 pp., 180 mostly color plates. More
Octopus Books, 1973. Hardbound. Pumpkin cloth with color-illustrated dustjacket. 144 pp., 180 mostly color plates. More
Roma (Rome), Italy: Carlo Bestetti, [1962]. Hardcover. Yellow, black and white decorated cloth, 219 pp., BW & color illus. Text is in Italian, English, French, and German. Considers the mid-century style of Italian designers when it came to the decorative arts. "The valiant enthusiasts who have compiled this book ....... More
London: Bell, 1969. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with gilt spine lettering; gilt spine lettering; golden dust jacket with black illustration and lettering; x, 458 pages 239 plates, illustrations, portrait. Contents: The apothecary -- Costume accessories -- Drinking -- Eating -- Farm -- Fire and lighting -- Kitchen -- Laundry and..... More
Paris: Librairie Ancienne Honore Champion, circa 1900. Hardcover. Portfolio, tan paper boards with red and black lettering and illustration; 62 pp, 40 plates. Text is in French. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum: France, Musee National Rodin. More
Dijon, France: Editions Faton, 1995. Hardcover. Blue-gray cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, color illustrated dust jacket, 439 pp, profusely illustrated in color and bw. Issued in marble red and black slip case. Text in French. "Bruno Pons gradually became convinced of a fundamental truth, which is that the decor..... More
Dijon: Editions Faton, 1995. Hardcover. Gray-blue cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket with white lettering. Folded white cardboard slipcase. 439 pp. Profusely illustrated in color and BW. Eighteen period rooms -- today in museums, embassies, and private residences -- are described. Relying on many overviews and..... More
Malibu: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1989. Hardcover. Black cloth, yellow ill. DJ. 442 pp. 530 bw and color ills. A complete survey of French furniture. Examines over 60 principle cabinet makers and offers illustrations of stunning pieces. Extensive introduction essay discusses French furniture guilds of the 17th century as..... More
Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1981. Hardbound. Black gilt lettered cloth. 218 pp., no illustrations. Includes many useful biographies. A great resource. More
Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, 1981. Hardbound. Black gilt lettered cloth. 218 pp., no illustrations. Includes many useful biographies. A great resource. More
Studio Vista / Christie's, 1980. Hardbound. White cloth with color illustrated dustjacket. Includes a bibliography, Museums, collections and magazines, Guide to prices and A glossary of terms, illustrated throughout with colour and bw. plates and line drawings of interesting things. A scarce reference work on a splendid topic. I've collected..... More
New York / London: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1978. Hardcover. cream boards w/ brown printing. four volumes w/ various paginations w/ color illustrations. navy illustrated dustjacket w/ white printing; protective plastic covers. All four volumes from the reference section of the library. Volumes inspected and pages appear clean, but, may..... More
New York, New York: Portland House, 1988. Hardcover. Maroon cloth over boards; Gilt titling at spine; Color illus. dj.; 284 pp.; numerous bw figures; 100 color plates. Part of The Library of Design; A new edition of the 1873 book Polychromatic Ornament; Contains wonderful examples of ornamentation used for decorative..... More
Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot Freres, 1870, circa. Hardbound. Blue decorative boards. 60 pgs. plates. Text is in French. More
Stuttgart: Verlag von Paul neff, 1880. Dritte Auflage. Hardbound. Original cardboard case surrounding the loose sheets, with paper label. (iv), 60, (6) pages, 100 chromolithographic plates with accompanying leaves of text. An astounding set of 100 vividly colored plates and their accompanying text (in German). In this book, we see..... More
Milano: Federico Motta, 2007. Hardcover. Brown illustrated slipcase; glossy illustrated dj; brown cloth, gold lettering on spine; 1 set of 2 volumes : color illustrations. Text in Italian. Contents as follows: 1. Il Palazzo Ducale di Gubbio e il restauro del suo studiolo / Olga Raggio -- 2. Le tarsie..... More
New York: Doubleday and Company, 1971. Hardbound. Red cloth with greenish, color-illustrated dustjacket. 124 pp., profusely illustrated in color. From the dust jacket: "Howard Ricketts traces the history of objects of vertu from Renaissance times onwards, treating in particular detail the intriguing art of the enameller. The numerous illustrations, integrated..... More
New York: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1943. Softcover. Grey illus. stapled wraps over red covers. Unpaginated. 19 bw plates, 5 BW figures. Presents 18 items or groups of items that match this theme, illustrated here. With an introduction by Elizabeth Riefstahl/. More
Stockholm: Nationalmuseum, 2005. Softcover. Copper flexible wraps, two-fastener binder; 158 pp., duotone and color illus.; one fastener is attached to a circular wheel on front cover, listing contents. Text is in Swedish. Explores a variety of decorative art from Sweden. With illustrated essays by Cilla Robach and Anders Emilson. Includes..... More
Paris: Librairie des Arts Decoratifs, 1928. Portfolio with ties, red paper front and back, linen spine. 59 (of 64) plates present. This copy lacking plates 8, 9, 14, 25 and 34. Priced accordingly. Rare series of plates / illustrations in bw from the 'Librairie des Arts Decoratifs' and an interesting..... More
Lyon: Musee des Beaux-Arts, 1967. Softcover. Tan wraps with black lettering. Unpaginated; 26 pp. + 6 bw plates. Catalogue of 100 examples of painted wallpaper exhibited November 1967 to January 1968 at the Musees des Beaux-Arts, Lyon. With an introduction by Madeleine Rocher-Jauneau. The majority of the works are from..... More
Amsterdam: Visual Arts Office for Abroad, 1980. Softcover. Black paper wraps with tabs for sections on individual artists, 66 pp., many BW illus. Text is in German and English. Presents the work of 20 designers (mostly industrial) from the Netherlands. With an essay by Evert Rodrigo and a foreword by..... More
Paris: Edouard Rouveyre, [1899]. Hardbound. Blue library buckram. 100 pp., 100 tissue plates with extensively annotated tissue guards, followed by 13 plates of Monogrammes et Marques Figuratives de Faiences, 25 pp. Lexique Documentaire, [1], 2 pp. Table des Matieres, 4 pp. ads. Text is in French. Title on spine &..... More
Lisbon: 2009. Hardcover. Oblong white boards with gilt title, black lettering on spine. 272 pp. A plethora of color illustrations. Text in Portuguese and English. A catalogue of items and collections such as boxes, medals, cups, bowls, pipes, etc. from all over the world--Europe, the East, Africa, and the Americas..... More
Paris: Editions Albert Morance, no date given, circa 1932. Softcover. tan boards w/ designs, red cloth spine; ribbon ties. 4 softcovers of plate annotations & loose plates. Text In French. Softcover pgs edge-tanned w/ instances of foxing. All plates present. Plate edges tanned w/ instances of foxing and light marks/scratches..... More
Malibu, CA: Victoria and Albert Museum, 1996. Hardcover. Navy cloth boards with silver spine lettering, blue dust jacket with bw illustration on front cover, color illustration on rear cover, black lettering, 224 pp, illustrated throughout in bw and color. "Through a detailed examination of inventories and other previously unpublished records..... More