Chairs: Seated in Splendour
London: Mallett, 2001. Softcover. Glossy color pictorial wraps. Gray spine with silver text. 124 pages; profusely illustrated with color images. More
Furniture - European
Decorations, Interieures and Meubles des Epoques Louis XV, Louis XVI et Empire: Revue d'Art Decoratif (2 volumes: 1re Annee 1907-1908, 2eme Annee 1908-1909
Paris, France: Librairie Charles Foulard. Hardcover. Teal and brown cloth library binding. Vol 1: 192 plates. Vol 2: Approx. 200 pp.; 94 bw plates. In French. Oversize. Nice large plates depicting decorative items (clocks, vases, etc.), and furniture including desks, tables, chairs, chests, and more. More
English Household Furniture, Mainly Designed by Chippendale, Sheraton, Adam, and Others of the Georgian Period
Boston, Massachusetts: Bates & Guild Company, 1900. Hardcover. Red cloth library binding; Unpaginated, approx. 200 pp.; 97 bw plates. Originally included a hundred plates featuring 348 examples of Georgian furniture, but in this volume, plates 4, 25, and 95 missing; Includes annoations for each plate; Approx. 11" x 14" More
English Household Furniture, Mainly Designed by Chippendale, Sheraton, Adam, and Others of the Georgian Period
Boston, Massachusetts: Bates & Guild Company, 1900. Hardcover. Coarse woven utlity cloth binding; Unpaginated, approx. 200 pp.; 97 bw plates. A hundred plates featuring 348 examples of Georgian furniture. Includes annoations for each plate; Approx. 11" x 14" More
EQUIPEMENT INTERIEUR: A Private Collection (Sale NO8066, December 18, 2004)
New York: Sotheby's, 2004. Softbound. Color illustrated glossy wraps. 100 pp., profusely illustrated in color. Lists 51 lots of European Modernist Furniture, designed by architects like Jean Prouve, Charlotte Perriand, photographer Lucien Herve, Andre Salomon, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Rattan Singh, etc. Extraordinary pictures and reference material. More
Inventaire de Tous les Meubles du Cardinal Mazarin, Dresse en 1653, et Publie D'apre L'original, Conserve dans Les Archives de Conde
Londres (London): Whittingham et Wilkins, 1861. Hardcover. Brown embossed cloth, gilt letters on spine, 404 pp. No illus. Text is in French. An inventory of the furniture and fixtures owned by Cardinal Marzarin (1602-1661), Italian cardinal and chief minister of France from 1642-1661. More
Le Mobilier classé par styles au Musée des arts décoratifs et au Musée N. de Camondo
Paris: Éditions d'art Charles Moreau, 1900s. Hardcover. Board prortfolio, 2 volumes 136 plates (in portfolios), all pages are loose. Text in French. Contents: 1st ser. Gothic. French and foreign renaissance. Louis XIV. Regency. Louis XV - 2nd ser. Louis XV. Louis XVI. Directory. Empire. Restoration. More
R. Ackermann's Repository of The Arts Illustrations ONLY
1815 onwards. Hand Colored plates mounted in a scrapbbok sort of book. A Gothic Sofa (47, Nov. 1826), Drawing Room Window Curtain (75, March 1815), A Gothic Cabinet (52, April 1827), French Cottage Bed (74, Feb. 1815), Gothic Furniture (55, July, 1827), Furniture for An Artist's or Amateur's Apartment (no..... More
Ronald Phillips Ltd.: Antique English Furniture
London: Ronald Phillips Ltd., 2011. Hardbound. Green cloth, black DJ featuring color photograph. 288 pp. Many excellent, large, color photographs of 151 catalogue entries. Detailed notes, including provenance and bibliography when applicable. Ronald Phillips Ltd. is a member of the British Antique Dealers; Association. More
Vienna 1900-1930: Art in the Home
New York: Historical Design, 1996. Softcover. Tan & illus. wraps, 80 pp., many BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1996-1997 exhibition featuring "a comprehensive and exciting display of fine and decorative arts from Vienna's golden period of artistic growth." (intro) Essay: A Viennese Artist Rediscovered: Leopold Forstner..... More
Das Mobel: Ein Musterbuch Stilvoller Mobel aus Allen Landern in Historischer Folge
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann. Hardcover. Black library buckram. Unpaginated descriptions of plates--dual text in German and French. Followed by 100 plates, mostly bw with approx 10 in color. Additional tipped-in color frontispiece. Oversize. More
Das Mobel: Ein Musterbuch Stilvoller Mobel aus Allen Landern in Historischer Folge
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann. Hardcover. Oversized 3/4 red leather and tan paper over boards with black lettering; unpaginated descriptions of plates, Followed by 100 plates, mostly bw with approx 10 in color. Dual text in French and German. "The Furniture: A Sample book of stylish furniture from all countries in historical..... More
The Upholsterer's and Cabinetmaker's Repository, Volume Second: A Series, Containing Fourty-Four Engravings in Colours, of Fashionable Furniture; Consisting of Beds, Sofas, Ottomans, Window-Curtains, Chairs, Tables, Book-Cases, &c. &c.
London: R. Ackermann, 1823. Hardcover. Half-bound black and brown boards with mounted green title card, with black lettering; 52 pp. + "Ackermann's List of Works" tipped in at the rear ; richly illustrated in color. Scarce item, with all plates except 19 present. Nice colorful plates. More
British Furniture 1880-1915
Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1978. Hardbound. Brown buckram with blue illus. dj; 195 pp. with numerous bw illus.;. Includes erratam slip (inside front cover). More
British Furniture, 1880-1915
Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1978. Hardbound. Brown buckram with blue illus. dj; 195 pp. with numerous bw illus. Includes erratam slip (inside front cover). More
Adrian Alan: Vol. II
London: Adrian Alan Limited, no date given (early 2000s?). Hardcover. White pictorial glossy paper over boards; 61 pp.; 59 color photos. Beautiful full-page photos of mostly 19th-century European furniture from the likes of Balthazard, Hachette & Co., Durand, Baccarat, and more. More
Le Beau Meuble de France
Paris: Nilsson, n.d.; 1920s. Hardcover. Red-orange library buckram binding. Unpaginated. With approx. 40 pp. text and 80 bw plates. In French. Oversize. Text in French. Broad survey of French furniture with examples from medieval to modern. Each of the 8 sections begins with a brief introductory essay. The bw plates..... More
Charles Rennie Mackintosh As a Designer of Chairs
London: Warehouse Publications, 1974. First English Edition. Softbound. BW illustrated wraps over paper covers. 106 pp., profusely illustrated in bw and color. Text is in English. Originally published in 1973 in Italian. Considers the life and work of Scottish architect and designer Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928), especially focusing on his..... More
Esempi di Arredamento Moderno di Tutto il Mondo: Tavoli, Tavolini, Carrelli
Milano (Milan), Italy: Ulrico Hoepli Editore, 1957. Paperback. Gray paper wraps with blue lettering; linen spine. Blue and white dust jacket with BW illustrations on back; white lettering on cover/black on spine. xxix; 100+ pages of 250 BW illustrations. Italian with some French and English. No. 2. Catalogue of furniture..... More
L'Arredamento Moderno, Terza Serie: Trecento Artisti, Venti Nazioni, Ottocentocinque Illustrazioni
Milano: Editore Ulrico Hoepli, 1948. Softcover. Grey paper wraps with dark brown lettering. French flaps. Over 800 bw images. Text in Italian. All sorts of wonderful 20th-Century designs of domestic architecture, home furnishings, table ware, etc. With a catalogue describing each item and an index of architects and artists represented..... More
Sale Da Pranzo
Milano: Hoepli, 1956. Paperback. Quarter-bound cloth and paper wraps with khaki spine and grey covers with blue lettering; 226 pp.; richly illustrated. Text in Italian. More
Studi, Librerie, Scrivanie
Milano: Hoepli, 1953. Paperback. One-quarter bound wraps with blue lettering; xlvii pp.; [137] pp. of illustrations. Text in Italian. More
Esempe di Arredamento Moderno di Tutto il Mondo: Tavoli, Tavolini, Carrelli. Seconda Serie
Milano: Ulrico Hoepli Editore, 1955. Softcover. Quarto. Softcover. plain paper wraps with blue titles in black and green jacket. xlix, [132] pages of plates : b&w illustrations ; 28 cm. More
British Antique Furniture: Price Guide & reasons For Values
Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1989. Hardbound. Brown cloth with color-illustrated dustjacket. 392 pp., 106 color and 1150 bw plates. Since its publication in 1978, this title has been a best seller on the subject. More than 1000 photographs are individually accompanied by prices and reasons for the factors that influence..... More
The Price Guide To Victorian Furniture
Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1973. Hardbound. Brown cloth with color-illustrated dustjacket. [xii], 339 pp., over 1000 bw illustrations. Since its publication in 1973, this title has been a best seller on the subject. This copy has the updated pricelist from January 1981. More than 1000 photographs are individually accompanied by..... More