Curule: Ancient Design in American Federal Furniture
2003. Softcover. Blue wraps. 48 pp. Numerous bw and color plates. More
2003. Softcover. Blue wraps. 48 pp. Numerous bw and color plates. More
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1989. Hardbound. Black cloth with silver & color illustrated dust jacket. 199 pp., profusely illustrated in color. Groundbreaking look at unusual and exotic furnishings of the 19th & 20th centuries, with wonderful photographs. Exquisitely crafted, these works leave conventional reality in the dust and take..... More
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1989. Hardbound. Black cloth with silver & color illustrated dust jacket. 199 pp., profusely illustrated in color. Groundbreaking look at unusual and exotic furnishings of the 19th & 20th centuries, with wonderful photographs. Exquisitely crafted, these works leave conventional reality in the dust and take..... More
Bay City, Michigan: North American Construction Company, 1916. Second Edition. Paperback. Illustrated wraps with white lettering; 151 pp; richly illustrated. An interesting copy of this home-furnishing mail-order catalog. More
New York: Bonanza, 1971. Softcover. Red boards and tan cloth spine with color-illustrated dustjacket. . 580, [5] pp., 1000 bw photographs. With maple and pine to 1800, including colonial utensils and wrought-iron house hardware into the 19th century. Revised edition. More
Framingham, MA: Old America Company, 1928. Hardcover. Brown cloth, gilt lettering, top edge gilt. Unpaginated. 1773 bw illustrations with descriptions. Volume 1 of a 3 volume set. Volume I contains: chests, boxes, highboys, lowboys, cupboards, desks, sideboards, tables, bookcases, stands, torcheres, candle stands, screens, rooms, beds, bedsteps, cradles, musical instruments..... More
Exton, PA: Schiffer Limited, 1984. 1st edition. Softcover. Tannish wraps. 160 pp. Profuse bw plates. Compilation of furniture in Nutting's collection. More
Cambrige, MA: The University Press, 1928. 7th Edition. Softcover. Tan wraps with brown lettering, 80 pp., bw illustrations throughout. Catalogue of Wallace Nutting furniture. More
Framingham, Massachusetts: Old America Company, 1933. Hardcover. Brown cloth, homemade brown paper dust jacket, 550 pp., many BW illus.; weighs 4 lbs. Intended to be either a stand-alone volume, or a supplement to Nutting's previous two-volume set, which consisted of 5000 illustrations in unpaginated books. He tells us here: "This..... More
Softcover. Yellow stapled wraps. 43 pp. 27 bw ills. Essay by Marvin Schwartz. 17th- 19th century country style furniture. More
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1982. Softcover. Magenta illus. wraps with black lettering; 55 pp. with 55 plates. With all bw line drawings and a preface by Nye. More
New York, New York: William Helburn, 1895. Hardcover. Blue cloth library binding; Unpaginated, approx. 120 pp.; 55 bw plates. Drawings of Colonial furniture, including sofas, highboys, cane chairs, Windsor chairs, sideboards, mirrors, tables, and more; Oversized, approx. 12" x 17" More
New York, New York: William Helburn, 1895. Hardcover. Brown cloth library binding; Unpaginated, approx. 120 pp.; 55 bw plates. Drawings of Colonial furniture, including sofas, highboys, cane chairs, Windsor chairs, sideboards, mirrors, tables, and more; Oversized, approx. 12" x 16" More
West Hollywood, California: Los Angeles Modern Auctions, no date given (circa 2007). Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; 88 pp.; 4 gatefolds; Profusely illustrated in color. Published in conjunction with an auction of thirty lots of R.M. Schindler furniture commissioned by and from the collection of Basia Gingold; Includes three essays--about the..... More
Providence, Rhode Island: The Rhode Island Historical Society, 1965. Softbound. Brown paper wraps with white and black lettering and embossed urn shape on front cover, [xxv] 178 pp. 105 BW plates and 25 BW plate supplements, 7 BW figures. Issued in conjunction with a 1965 exhibition. With introductions by Joseph..... More
Providence, Rhode Island: The Rhode Island Historical Society, 1965. Hardcover. Red cloth with cursive gilt-embossed title on front cover, [xxv] 178 pp. 105 BW plates and 25 BW plate supplements, 7 BW figures. A rare variant of this cataloge, in an unusual binding. Spine title is "Rhode Island Furniture 1730-1810"..... More
New York, NY: Whitney Library of Design, 1983. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Light green illustrated wraps with red and black lettering, 224 pp., bw illustrations. "Furniture Designed by Architects covers 26 prominent architects whose work, spanning two centuries, encompasses a broad spectrum of styles. Organized in eight chapters, the book..... More
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1978. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps with black lettering; 412 pp. with 585 numbered bw illustrations, additional bw figures, numbered, and further figures and diagrams without numbers;. Includes all manner of early furniture followed by a section on technical and historic aspects; with a concluding section of..... More
Baltimore, Maryland: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1947. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards; 195 pp.; profusely illustrated in bw. Letter pertaining to furniture in the book, to Adelyn Breeskin, Director of the Baltimore Museum of Art, laid in. Features 125 items, with annotations, including chairs, card tables, chests-on-chests, low boys..... More
Baltimore, Maryland: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1947. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards; 195 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition timed to coincide with the 150h anniversary of Baltimore's City Charter. Features 125 items, with annotations, including chairs, card tables, chests-on-chests, low boys, high boys..... More
Baltimore, Maryland: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1947. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards; 195 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw. Features 125 items, with annotations, including chairs, card tables, chests-on-chests, low boys, high boys, and much more; un--non-numbered copy of 2,000 copies in this edition. A finer copy won't be found..... More
NY: Abrams, 1996. Hardbound. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on spine, glossy color illustrted dust jacket, 312 pp. 70 bw, 219 color plates. Superb examples of interior design through the ages are on view in the period rooms at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. From an ancient Roman..... More
New Orleans, Louisiana: Louisiana State Museum, 1972. Softcover. Tan wraps with black lettering, bw ilustration, 85 pp. 1 color plate tipped in as frontispiece, 61+ bw illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1972 exhibition. With an introductory essay by Jessie J. Poesch. The annotated and illustrated catalogue presents 61 pieces..... More
Yardley, Pennsylvania: C. L. Prickett. Softcover. Illus. wraps; 27 pp. with color photographs. A catalogue of items for sale. More
Yardley, Pennsylvania: C. L. Prickett. Softcover. Illus. wraps; 27 pp. with color photographs. A catalogue of items for sale. More