English and American Furniture
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1929. Hardcover. Black cloth, maroon ill. DJ. 311 pp. 400+ bw plates [second copy beige cloth, no DJ]. More
Garden City: Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1929. Hardcover. Black cloth, maroon ill. DJ. 311 pp. 400+ bw plates [second copy beige cloth, no DJ]. More
Morristown, New Jersey: Morris Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1975. Softcover. Tan & illus. paper stapled wraps, [20 pp.], BW illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1975-1976 exhibition of children's chairs throughout the decades. With an introduction by Mary M. Chandor. The annotated catalogue cites 71 chairs, and many are..... More
New York: Christie's, 1988. Softcover. Brown and gray illustrated glossy wraps; gray spine with black lettering. 113 p. 129 labeled BW and color plates + additional illustrations, 1 fold-out. Title continues: Including furniture from Gustav Stickley's house, Syracuse, New York, circa 1903. Auction held Saturday, December 10, 1988, Lots 1-129..... More
New York: Christie's, 2015. Softcover. Glossy pictorial wraps. 205 pages : color illustrations. Sale code: SAVAGE-3703./ Includes bibliographical references and index./ Place of sale: New York. Date of sale: January 23, 2015. More
1972. Softcover. White wraps. 130 pp. 135 bw ills. Catalogue prepared by Jairus Barnes and Moselle Taylor Meals. Includes introducton and fully annotated plates of fabulous examples. Shaker furniture, transitional furniture, Queen Ann style, Chippendale, Sharaton, and much more! Features 160 exhibited items. More
Old Lyme, Connecticut: Frances Griswold Museum, 2014. Softcover. Gray color-illustrated softcover with french flaps and white and blue lettering. xi, 59 pp. 76 illustrations, mostly color. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name which ran from June-September 2014 at the Frances Griswold Museum. More
NY: Bonanza Books, 1962. Hardcover. Half black cloth. 336 pp. 700+ color and bw plates. From the DJ... "Chapters cover Jacobean and William and Mary styles, Queen Anne, Chippendale, Classical Period, and Early Victorian furniture. [The author] gives the historical background of each period and style, describes the known craftsmen..... More
Hartford, CT: Connecticut Historical Society, 1956. Softcover. Yellow stapled wraps with black lettering. 67 pp. 31 bw plates. All the chairs in the collection have a Connecticut heritage and were gifts to the Society. Most do not have much documentation but are believed to be from the 18th and early..... More
Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1958. Hardcover. White boards with color illustration on front cover, black lettering, 143 pp. 141 bw plates. Comprised mostly of annotated plates, with brief introduction. Includes bible boxes, highboys, secretaries, desks, chairs, mirrors, beds, cradles, tables, stands, clocks, and much more. More
New York: W. W. Norton & Co. (a Barra Foundation book), 1987. Hardcover. Beige cloth over boards w/ gilt printing. 273 pp.; 16 color plates; 258 bw figures. white illustrated dustjacket. Includes twenty essays by various authors, including "17th-Century Upholstery in Massachusetts" by Robert F. Trent, "Evidence from the Frame..... More
Litchfield, Connecticut: Litchfield Historical Society, 2008. Hardcover. White pictorial boards with black lettering, 83 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color and bw photos; Includes CD in slipcase. Accompanied the exhibition held April 18 - November 30, 2008; Includes several essays about the county and its furniture makers; CD-ROM contains a database..... More
Winterthur, Del./ Philadelphia: The University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. Hardbound. Burnt orange woven cloth with gilt spine lettering, color illustrated dust jacket, color illustrated end pages, 277 pp., profusely illustrated with color and bw photographs. Paint, Pattern, and People explores the fascinating and diverse furniture of southeastern Pennsylvania through the..... More
The University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011. Hardbound. Orange woven cloth. 277 pp., profusely illustrated with color and bw photographs. Paint, Pattern, and People explores the fascinating and diverse furniture of southeastern Pennsylvania through the people who made, owned, inherited, and collected it. Delving into the cultures and creativity of the..... More
New York: Dover Publications, 1970. Softcover. Blue wraps with illustration and white and black lettering on cover and spine, x, 86 pp., bw illustrations throughout. "When does a cabinetmaker cease being a mechanic and become a masterpiece-maker? When his original designs seem to sum up the taste and culture of..... More
NY: Doubleday, Page & Company for The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1922. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue paper-covered boards with tannish velum spine with paper label at top. xii, 86 pp. 56 bw plates. A classic, and quite uncommon in any edition. Contents as follows: The end of Knickerbocker New York..... More
Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1916. Hardcover. Black cloth, decorated, gilt lettering on spine & front cover. top-edge gilt. 168 pp., 127 bw plates. A biography of American craftsman and architect Samuel McIntire (1757-1811). With many illustrations of his interior work. #784 of 900 copies. More
Sandwich, Massachusetts: Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, 1987. Softcover. White & color illus. stapled wraps, unpaginated, 8 color plates, 64+ BW illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1987 exhibition of this furniture, and also marking the 350th anniversary of the town of Sandwich, Massaschusetts. With essays providing historical background, especially on..... More
Concord: Concord Antiquarian Society, 1937. Softcover. Pale green wraps. 62 pp. Numerous bw plates. Highlights the Society's furniture collection. More
New York: American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation, 2008. Paperback. White and color-photographic wraps with red lettering and spine. xxi, 282 pp. Color and BW illustrations. "Charles Rohlfs (1853-1936) ranked among the most innovative furniture-makers at the turn of the twentieth century. Praised by the international press and exhibited throughout the..... More
Mexico: Artes de Mexico, 2011. Hardcover. Black boards with blindstamped lettering. Color illus dj with white lettering. 96 pp. Fully illus in color. Text in Spanish and English. More
New York: Clarkson Potter, 1997. Hardcover. Paper-covered glossy boards with pictorial dustjacket. xv, 223 pp., profusely illustrated with over 300 color plates. Contents as follows: Preface -- I. High-Style Furniture: Boston and Salem -- Philadelphia -- Baltimore -- New York City -- II. Country Furniture: New England -- The Middle..... More
Utica, NY: Syracuse University Press / Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1999. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, french fold cream & color illus. dust jacket,171 pp. 19 bw, 91 color plates. Issued in conjunction with several 1999-2000 exhibitions. Includes essays on more than 65 finely crafted examples of..... More
Utica, NY: Syracuse University Press / Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, 1999. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, french fold cream & color illus. dust jacket,171 pp. 19 bw, 91 color plates. Issued in conjunction with several 1999-2000 exhibitions. Includes essays on more than 65 finely crafted examples of..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1988. Hardcover. Gray stampbed cloth, with silver letters & motif on spine & front cover, gray & decorated dust jacket, 96 pp., 350 BW illus. & 47 color plates. "Based on an exhibition created by the Architectural League of New York." An exhibition of..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1984. 1st. Softcover. Black & color illustrated wraps with gold lettering, xi, 416 pp., many BW illustrations. "Deals with the chief economic, social, and stylistic factors that influence the design and production of furniture in Chicago. It considers not only business conditions and..... More