Herman Miller: Classic Furniture And System Designs For The Working Enviornment
London: Thames & Hudsion, 2005. Hardcover. tan cloth boards. pictorial dustjacket. 242 pgs w/ illustrations. A history of the Herman Miller Company. More
London: Thames & Hudsion, 2005. Hardcover. tan cloth boards. pictorial dustjacket. 242 pgs w/ illustrations. A history of the Herman Miller Company. More
Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1981. Hardbound. Yellow cloth with color illustrated dustjacket. 240 pp., profusely illustrated with 41 color and 219 bw plates. A fascinating pictorial survey of furniture, buildings, woodcarvings, textiles, everyday utensils and even gravemarkers of Germanic origin, illustrated, it covers the work of Germans all over North America..... More
New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1972. Hardcover. Green clotth with white pictorial DJ. 516 pp. 923 plates. Foreword by Charles F. Hummel. Chapters include The Earliest Settler, 1640 - 1700; Fashions from Abroad, 1680 - 1730; The Queen Anne Style, 1720 - 1755; The Chippendale Style, 1750..... More
New York: Galahad Books, 1973. Hardcover. Red cloth, white ill. DJ. 224 pp. 277 bw plates. Reference guide to assist readers with recognizing characteristics of early American furniture. More
New York: Bonanza, 1983. Hardcover. Red cloth; Color pictorial DJ. 526 pp. 950+ plates. Foreword by Charles F. Hummel. Chapters include The Earliest Settler, 1640 - 1700; Fashions from Abroad, 1680 - 1730; The Queen Anne Style, 1720 - 1755; The Chippendale Style, 1750 - 1800; Isolated Instances, 1750 -..... More
Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1957. Hardcover. Green cloth, red ill. DJ. xvii, 252 pp. 32 bw plates. Begins with an essay-study of American furniture making. The majority of the book is a dictionary of biographical sketches of notable cabinetmakers, in alpha order by surname. Includes glossary..... More
New York: Bonanza Books, 1957. Hardcover. Red cloth, red pictorial DJ. x, 246 pp. 32 bw plates. Study of American furniture making. Biographical sketches of notable cabinetmakers. Includes glossary and bibliography. More
West Chester, PA: The Society, 1987. Softcover. Brown/gold wraps with bw illustration and black lettering, 31 pp. 32 bw illustrations. Essay by Margaret Bleecker Blades. Includes impressive and unique chair designs from the Society's collection. "This catalogue accompanies an exhibition held at the Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pennsylvania..... More
Paducah, KY: Collector Books, 1981. Hardbound. Illustrated board covers. 128 pp., profusely illustrated mostly in color. More
West Chester, Pennsylvania: Boor Management LLC, 2006. Hardcover. Blue pictorial boards; Matching dj.; 592 pp.; 409 color figures. Includes 18 chapters, including "Origins of Neo-Classicism," "Philadelphia in the Classical Period," "Architecture in Philadelphia: 1800 - 1840," "The Quervelle Sketchbook," and "Furniture Makers"; Features tables, chairs, sofas, sideboards, bedsteads, looking glasses..... More
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1972. Softcover. White B&W illustrated stapled wraps, [20 pp.] 7 bw illustrations. Issued in conjunction with a 1972 exhibition that features the Baltimore-made Federal furniture in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The exhibition catalogue lists 20 pieces, including..... More
1990. 2nd printing. Softcover. Wraps. 131 pp. 80 bw, 23 color plates. Foreword by Jonathan L. Fairbanks. 19-page essay with three pages of notes examines American furniture makers and furniture design from the 1950s to the 1980s. Includes biographical information on each artisan. Most works are compared to a 17th..... More
New York: Exeter Books, 1985. First. Hardbound. Brown boards w/ color pictorial DJ, 192pp, profusely illustrated in BW and color. The history of American Furniture is the history of America. This history shows a facet of American design, showing how the shifting styles through time and from one region to..... More
Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd., 2002. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gray lettering, marbled endpapers. Glossy gray and color-photographic dust jacket with white lettering. 256 pp. During his production years, Gustav Stickley made photographs of much of his work. Some were used in his Craftsman magazine, and some were used..... More
St. Louis: City Art Museum of Saint Louis, 1970. Paperback. Silver wraps with embossed lettering. 72 pp. Mainly illustrations. Exhibited at the City Art Museum of Saint Louis, Apr. 24-June 7, 1970; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, July 15-Aug. 30, 1970; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Oct. 2-Nov. 10, 1970; and..... More
Old Chatham, NY: Shaker Musuem and Library, 1997. Paperback. White and BW-illustrated wraps with black and gray lettering. 32 pp. BW and some color illustrations. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Shaker Museum and Library. More
Hartford: Connecticut Historical Society, 1967. Hardcover. Green binding with black lettering and decoration. B&W frontispiece. [2] 97 pp. Illustrated throughout in B&W. "Contains all the articles on Connecticut cabinetmaking written by Houghton Bulkeley for the Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin from 1957-1966." More
New York: H.N. Abrams, 1991. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with silver lettering and illustration; illustrated endpapers; 176 pp.; richly illustrated. "For 100 years, Baker Furniture has been a leader in the manufacture of fine furniture. Specializing in English and American styles of the 18th and 19th centuries, Baker, founded in..... More
New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2008. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; Color illus. endpapers;. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name held at The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Material Culture; An in-depth study of Shaker design..... More
New York: Prentice-Hall, 1937. Hardcover. Tan cloth boards with brown lettering; ix, 469 pp; illustrated throughout in bw, one black page with mounted color squares and protective tissue guard sheet; 7 folded sheets. "A survey of traditional decoration": 7 fold. leaves at end. Includes bibliographical references (pages 443-449). More
New York: Prentice-Hall, 1947. Hardcover. grey cloth boards w/ red printing. book ix, 468 pgs w/ bw illustrations. 1947 Second Edition. Light toning to glossy stock pages. More
New York: Bonanza Books, 1967. Hardcover. Beige cloth, white ill. DJ. vii, 197 pp. Profuse bw plates. Study of the background and work of many of the more than 700 cabinetmakers who worked in the South from 1737 to 1820 [from dj]. More
Charleston, South Carolina: The Charleston Museum, 1955. Hardcover. Burnt orange cloth with gilt spine lettering. 150 pp. 149 bw plates. Provides details of all kinds of furniture produced in Charleston, South Carolina, over the course of a century and a quarter. Includes beds, bookcases, cabinets, chairs, chests of drawers, clocks..... More
Saint Louis, Mo. City Art Museum of Saint Louis, 1970. Softcover. Silver wraps, French flaps, 72 pp. Profuse bw plates. Issued in conjunction with many 1970-1971 exhibitions about furniture. Includes innovative examples designed by Knoll, Eero Aarnio, B. Danese, Kartell, Anna Castelli, Kazuhide Takahama, Douglas Deeds and Barry Rosengrant, and..... 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