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Aslin, Elizabeth
Nineteenth Century English Furniture
This is a very good copy in red cloth, endpapers soiled, otherwise generally clean inside and out. Superb survey by one of the best writers on this subject, well illustrated with 135 black and white plates + 4 color plates, also 7 drawings in the text. Bibliography. 10" high X 7" wide, 93 page text + plate section. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Eichinger, Max
Consols in Rokokostil. Collection of Consoles (Rococo style) of the Royal Castle at Ansbach, Bavaria
This is a very good hardcover portfolio with 22 photographic plates of high style Rococo console tables. The portfolio has some wear, the tipped-on full-page cover label is faded, the 22 loose plates (complete, all plates present) are fine, no marks. Cover label printed in German, French and English. Brief information identifying pieces on each plate. No title page or text. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Rodriguez de Rivas, Mariano
El Mueblo Romantico (Romantic Period Furniture)
Text in English, Spanish and French. A very good blue cloth copy, with a fair dust jacket, soiled & chipped. This is a small but interesting book. No date but ca.1920. With a prologue by the noted authority Luis Feduchi, and text+notes written by the Director of the Museo Romantico de Madrid, Mariano Rodriguez de Rivas. The 74 monochrome photos are also excellent. Volume 3 in the "Coleccion El Mueble en Espana". Text and notes to the illustrations in Spanish,French and English. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Rozier
Meubles Rozier 1935
This is a good only reference softcover copy of this trade catalog, with light wear to the covers and some pencil notations and drawings inside. Also laid-in are 2 price lists and two lists of the pieces in the plates. Sections of the catalog are loose. About 30 plates in both color and black & white, showing individual pieces and room settings. Oblong folio, 9' high X 12" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Schmitz, Hermann
Deutsche Mobel Des Barock und Rokoko
This is a very good hardcover copy in pale-red paper-covered boards, with a black & gilt title label on the front cover and spine. Black cloth spine. This is Band II in the series. Text in German. 600 black & white illustrations. 38 page illustrated text followed by the plate section. One of the most comprehensive surveys of this furniture with individual pieces and room settings. Previous owner name in ink on front pastedown, another in pencil on front free endpaper, otherwise very clean throughout. Spine tips worn. 12" high X 9" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Janneau, Guillaume
Les Sieges
This is a very good softcover copy of one of Janneau's authoritative guides to fine 18th century French furniture, with just light wear. Spine faintly creased. Light soil to covers. Completely clean inside, both text and plates. Text in French. Text essay discusses the transformation or change in the form of the chair and other pieces of traditional French furniture during the course of the 18th century. Over 120 pieces of furniture illustrated in black & white on 48 plates + 2 additional plates with facsimile signatures of the principal makers and designers. All pieces clearly identified. Folio, 12" high X 8" wide, 56 text and note pages + plate section. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Hurrell, John Weymouth
Measured Drawings of Old Oak English Furniture
A 2 page preface and a short index to the subjects of the plates, and then 110 plates of careful drawings of not only old oak furniture, but also architectural woodwork, plasterwork, metalwork and glazing. Each plate identifies the subject of the drawing, for example:Old Oak Chest at Little Moreton Hall, or Pew framing in aisle west of nave at Astbury Church, Cheshire, and so forth. A good rebacked cloth copy with gilded titles, still bright, and nice bevelled green cloth boards, inside many plates are soiled, mostly in the margins, there are a few handstamps inside the front and back covers. The stamps are from "Schmeig & Kotzian", the famous furniture makers in New York in the first half of the 20th century, so this copy probably came from their studio. Large folio, 15" high X 11" wide. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Zweig, Marianne
Zweites Rokoko. Innenraume Und Hausrat in Wien Um 1830-1860
This is a very good hardcover copy in printed and decorated paper-covered boards and cloth spine, with only light wear. Very clean outside and completely clean inside. Text in German. This monograph looks at the furniture in Germany and Austria during the decades of German Rococo Revival in the 1830's through the 1850's. Illustrated in black & white with 80 plates of photographs + 36 figures in the text. Essay by Zweig. Text figures illustrate German decorative arts pieces from the period. 12" high X 9" wide, 46 pages text + plates. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Lux, Joseph August
Empire und Biedermeier
This is a very good hardcover portfolio with the text booklet and 80 loose plates with only light wear. The hardcover portfolio has a printed salmon-colored title label, also the same label on the text booklet. The portfolio boards have a little light fading or discoloration, but still very good. The hard spine of the portfolio has the title printed in salmon colored letters also very good. The text booklet is also very good, with almost no wear, just one tiny inscription to the front endpaper of the booklet. The loose plates are also very clean and fresh. Text by Joseph Lux in German. All plates are reproduced in black & white. Seven drawings of interiors reproduced in black & white in the text booklet. This is the 7th edition of this important collection of Empire and Biedermeier furniture and decorative arts assembled by Joseph Lux and with his introduction and notes. All in all, one of the nicest copies of this we've seen. 13" high X 9" wide, 20 text pages + 80 plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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de Jonge, C.H.and W.Vogelsang
Hollandische Mobel Und Raumkunst Von 1650-1780
This is a very good hardcover copy in red cloth boards and dark brown cloth spine. Gilt device and titles to the front cover and spine. No dust jacket. Very clean inside and out. Spine top chipped. Text in German. 434 black & white illustrations of 17th and 18th century Dutch furniture. 12" high X 9" wide, 22 text pages + plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Burton, E.Milby
Charleston Furniture 1700-1825
This is a very good hardcover copy in rust-colored cloth, very clean inside and out. Spine tips and corners worn. One tiny black mark on the front endpaper. Plates fine. Pioneering work on this subject by the director of the Charleston Museum. Authoritative text and many fine black & white photo plates. Extensive notes and bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 150 pages.
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Tajan
Fonctionnalisme & Modernite en France 1945- 1975
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Tajan in Paris on February 28, 2006. The sale consisted of modern French furniture and smaller decorative arts designed between 1945 and 1975. It includes the work of over 60 French modernist designers. Works by Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouve, Louis Sognot, Alexandre Noll, Pierre Guariche, Boris-Lacroix, Jacques Adnet, and many other less well known but quite interesting designers. Text in French. 314 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color, also a number of vintage black & white photographs showing the work during the period. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 152 pages.
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Artcurial
Maria Pergay Provenant des Collections Gourgaud
This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Artcurial in Paris on May 24, 2011. Text in French. Essay by Cecile Tajan. The sale consisted of furniture designed by Maria Pergay and commissioned by the Baron and Baroness Gourgaud in the 1970's. 24 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Also a number of color photographs of the original room settings in the Gourgaud house. Price estimates for each lot but no prices realized sheets. 11" high X 9" wide, 54 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Gonzalez-Palacios, Alvar di
Il Mobile Nei Secoli Italia Vols. 1, 2, & 3
This is a very good 3 volume hardcover set in the original publisher's binding of illustrated boards with just light wear. This is a complete set. Very clean inside and out. No dust jacket as issued. Text in Italian. Volume 1: 100 pages + 120 plates. Volume 2: 96 pages + 127 plates. Volume 3: 96 pages + 143 plates. Bibliography. Almost all illustrations in color, but a few black & white. 11" high X 9" wide.These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Baccheschi, Edi
Mobili Genovesi
This is a very good hardcover copy in the publisher's original illustrated boards with just light wear. Very clean inside and out. Text in Italian. 133 black & white illustrations + 6 color plates. Standard work on furniture produced in Genoa from the start of the 17th century through the 18th century. 10" high X 9" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Beaussant Lefevre
Objets d'Art et de Bel Ameublement dont Bel Ensemble par Marcel Coard
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at the Drouot in Paris on March 15, 2006. The sale featured an ensemble of fine French furniture by Marcel Coard (20 pages on M.C.) All lots illustrated in color. also several black & white illustrations of Coard room settings. 11" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Colombo, Silvano
L'arte del legno e del mobile in Italia
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with only light wear. Front hinge of book professionnally strengthened. Text block bumped top and bottom corners. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. Standard reference work on Italian wood furniture from the middle ages to the 19th century. Glossary or dictionary of technical terms. Bibliography. 609 plates mostly in black & white, but including over 150 in color. 13" high X 11" wide, 335 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Elder, William Voss III
Maryland Queen Anne and Chippendale Furniture of the Eighteenth Century
This is a very good softcover copy with light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art in March- April, 1968. Curated by William Voss Elder, III. Essay. 78 works in the catalog. All illustrated in black & white. Each piece with full entry including dates, materials, provenance, etc. Fold-out map. Facsimiles of known labels of Maryland cabinet-makers. 8" square, 128 pages. Scarce. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Guichard, Ed.
Les tapisseries décoratives du Garde-Meuble (Mobilier National).
This is a very good hardcover copy in brown marbled paper covered boards and a red leatherette spine. Long ago released from a university reference library and bearing a bookplate and small handstamps to the margins of plates. Text by Alfred Darcel in French. Textile examples chosen by Ed. Guichard. 100 full-page plates, including 6 chromolithographs. Each plate with descriptive text. No date on title-page, but ca. 1910. No photographic plates of the pieces of furniture, just close-up detailed plates showing the decorative fabrics that cover the furniture. Massive reference work weighs 15 lbs. 19" high X 13" wide, 13 text pages + plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking. Ex-Library
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Sudjic, Deyan
Ron Arad: Restless Furniture
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Illustrated in black & white and color. 8" square, 110 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Scarzella, Patrizia
Zanotta Edizioni
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian, English, French, Spanish and German. Essay by Patrizia Scarzella. This catalog presents a selection of furniture from leading Italian designers. Many are associated with the MEMPHIS Group. Most of the pieces were produced in limited numbered editions. Designers include: Bruno Munari, Alessandro Mendini, Riccardo Dalisi, Andrea Branzi, Pierluigi Cerri, Corrado Levi, Alik Cavaliere, Ettore Sottsass, Joe Tilson. Price list sheets at the end. All furniture illustrated in color. Several double-page photographs of pieces in actual room settings. Alessandro Mendinin's 'Zabro' table/chair is illustrated on the front cover. 12" high X 9" wide, 72 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Desroches, Jean-Paul
Ming: l'age d'or du mobilier chinois / The Golden Age of Chinese Furniture
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French and English. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Musee national des Arts Asiatiques Guimet, from March to July 2003. The exhibition is a showcase for the magnificent Lu Ming Shi Collection of Philippe de Backer. The curator of the exhibition was Jean-Paul Desroches. Catalogue checklist with 74 works. Each piece with an extensive entry (with basic identifying information also in Chinese). All pieces illustrated with color photographs. Also other color and black & white illustrations in the text. Bibliography. 11" high X 8" wide, 231 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Bernar Venet
Bernar Venet
This is a very good softcover copy of a gallery brochure of the work of sculptor Bernar Venet. It is bound with a spiral wire binding and consists of 8" X 11" color photographs of Bernar Venet's work, individual pieces and room settings. 35 photographs in all. No text, but the photographs have captions in French and English with materials and sizes. All the works are furniture that is torch cut steel with a wax finish. Galerie J. Rabouan-Moussion, Paris. No price list. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Dorotheum
Austrian Design
This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Light wear to the spine. Completely clean inside and out. Text in German and English. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at the Dorotheum in Vienna on February 29, 2012. The sale consisted of Austrian modernist furniture designs from the 20th century. Essay by Christian Witt-Dorring. 168 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Works by over 50 designers. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 182 pages.This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Ward, Gerald W. R.
American Case Furniture in the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Foreword by Mary Gardner Neill. Preface by Patricia E. Kane. Catalogue of 233 examples in the collection, organized by type, by Gerald Ward. All works illustrated in black & white + a color plate section with 25 full page plates. The pieces range in date from the 1650's to the 1950's, with the vast majority dating to before 1850. Bibliography. Concordance. 10" square, 485 pages. Large heavy book foreign postage will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Saporiti Italia
Saporiti Italia: Sedie
This is a very good hardcover copy without dust jacket, as issued, with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is Volume 4, in the Saporiti Italia series on their furniture production. This volume is on chairs. Illustrated in color. Text in Italian, English, French and German. Many of Saporiti Italia's chais from these years have Missoni fabric coverings. 11" high X 10" wide, 50 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Clara Santini
Mille mobili veneti. L'arredo domestico in Veneto dal sec. XV al sec. XIX. Venezia
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian. This is Volume 3 only of Santini's three volume series on Venetian furniture. 611 color photographs of Venetian furniture from the 15th century through the 19th century. Bibliography. Large heavy book foreign shipping will be extra. 13" high X 10" wide, 335 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Acayaba, Marlene Milan et al.
O Museu da Casa Brasileira
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with just light edge wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Portuguese. Probably the finest collection of Brasilian furniture and decorative arts. Most of the works illustrated are furniture, over 160 pieces, the earliest from the 17th century and continuing through the 20th century. Also a section on decorative arts and a much smaller section on paintings. Essays by several writers including Delia Beru, Gloria Bayeux, Jose Wilton Guerra, Maria Helena Brancante, Maria Helena Estrada, Maria Ruth Amaral Sampaio, and Marlene Milan Acayaba. 11" high X 8" wide, 319 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Zanotta
Zanotta 1986-87
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside. Covers have light soil. Text in Italian. Introduction in Italian, French, English and German. Zanotta started producing furniture in 1954. They produce works by all the leading Italian designers. Illustrated throughout in color with a photograph of each object + a technical drawing and specifications. 7" high X 5" wide, about 140 pages.
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Artcurial
Art Deco
This is a very good softcover copy. Short soft crease to edge of front cover and first page Completely clean, save for a small mark on the rear cover. Text in French and English. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Artcurial in Paris on May 24, 2016. The sale included an exceptional group of pieces by Maxime Old (1910 - 1991) a master of art deco furniture designs. The pieces offered here are from his commission in 1970 in Marseille for the offices of the Port Autonome of Marseille. 24 lots by Maxime Old in the sale. 164 lots in all. All lots illustrated in color. Prices realized sheet included. 11" high X 8" wide, 188 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Duncan, Alastair
A A. Rateau
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with light wear. One closed tear to back panel of dust jacket. Completely clean. Text by Alastair Duncan. This catalog was prepared to accompany the first exhibition of the work of A A. Rateau since before World War II. It was the culmination of a decade's worth of research and acquisition of works by Rateau undertaken by the Delorenzo Gallery. 20 works by Rateau are catalogued and illustrated in color. Archives from the Rateau family supplied black & white photographs of Rateau's studio, etc. Chronology. 11" high X 10' wide, 88 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Aloi, Roberto
Esempi di Arredamento Moderno di Tutto Il Mondo. 2 Tavoli, Tavolini, Carrelli
This is a very good softcover copy in a very good blue dustwrapper with light edge wear. Very clean inside, just one tiny tan stain (the size of a finger print) to the edge of the front blank endpaper. Otherwise completely clean. This is another volume in Roberto Aloi's famed and prized 'Esempi' series. This volume is Volume 2: Tavoli, Tavolini, Carrelli, (on tables, small tables and serving carts). 250 works are illustrated here in black & white, with information on the designer, producer, materials, etc. Text in Italian. Entries in Italian, French, English and German. Short essay by Italian architect Carlo di Carli. Back in the day these were indispensable references for collectors and dealers. All the volumes covered modern design not only in Italy, but all over Europe, England, America. 11" high X 8" wide. First published in 1956 this copy was reprinted a year later in 1957. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Aloi, Roberto
Esempi di Arredamento Moderno di Tutto Il Mondo. 2 Bis.Tavoli, Tavolini, Carrelli. Seconda Serie
This is a very good softcover copy in the original gray stiff card covers, printed in blue. No dustwrapper. Completely clean. This is another volume in Roberto Aloi's famed and prized 'Esempi' series. This volume is Volume 2 Bis: Tavoli, Tavolini, Carrelli, Seconda Serie (on tables, small tables and serving carts). 254 works are illustrated here in black & white, with information on the designer, producer, materials, etc. Text in Italian. Entries in Italian, French, English and German. Short essay by Italian architect Carlo di Carli. Back in the day these were indispensable references for collectors and dealers. All the volumes covered modern design not only in Italy, but all over Europe, England, America. 11" high X 8" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Harwood, Barry R.
The Furniture of George Hunzinger: Invention and Innovation in 19th Nineteenth-Century America
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Covers a bit rubbed. Completely clean inside and out. The spine is not creased, binding firm. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition that opened at the Brooklyn Museum in November 1997 and ran to February 1998. This was the first large exhibition of the designs of George Hunzinger (1835- 1898), one of the most innovative and influential 19th century American furniture designers. 10 color plates + over 200 black & white photographs and reproductions of pages from trade catalogs, interiors with Hunzinger furniture, etc. Bibliography. 12" high X 8" wide, 168 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Contet, F.
Les Sieges d'Art: Epoques Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI et Empire
This is a very good hardcover portfolio in the original brown paste-paper covered boards with just light wear. Brown cloth spine with title in gilt. Completely clean. 50 black & white photographic plates with 110 objects shown. All portfolio cloth ties are present. 18" high X 13" wide. Large heavy book foreign postage will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Contet, F.
Les Sieges d'Art: Epoques Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XVI et Empire
This is a very good hardcover portfolio in the original blue, brown and cream marbled paper covered boards with just light wear. Brown cloth spine with title in gilt. Completely clean. 50 black & white photographic plates with over 100 objects shown. All portfolio cloth ties are present. 18" high X 13" wide. Large heavy book foreign postage will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Leben, Ulrich
Molitor ébéniste de Louis XVI à Louis XVIII
This is a very good hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with light wear, and one tiny chip off the rear panel of the jacket. Completely clean. Text in French. This is the first French edition released after the 1989 German edition. The most comprehrensive monograph on Bernard Molitor (1755- 1833), one of the last great ebenistes in France. One of his first orders came from Marie Antoinette, who ordered floor paneling from mahogany wood for her boudoir in Fontainebleau from him. This book provides a catalogue raisonne of 173 of Molitor's works. All illustrated in black & white, also many color plates, 270 illustrations in all. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 247 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Pellegrini, Antonio
Una Casa in Citta e un Casino in Campagna
This is a very good hardcover copy bound in gray linen cloth with a brown leather title label on the spine, title in gilt, and gilt device on front cover, with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Top page-edge gilt. Limited edition of 1000 numbered copies. Text in Italian. An interesting look at Venetian furniture, decorative arts and paintings in a house in town, and a house in the country. Illustrated throughout in black & white. 10" high X 8" wide, 225 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Luther, Clair Franklin
The Hadley Chest
This is a fine hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket. The jacket is has a chip at the top of the spine, and a tiny chip at the front panel lower corner, otherwise complete. Completely clean inside and out. This is a limited edition of 525 numbered copies. Illustrated in black & white with photographs. 11" high X 8" wide, 144 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Bibliotheque de L'image
Ensembles Mobiliers: Volume 13, 1953
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket of volume 13 only, (1953) from the 18 volume series. Completely clean, no wear at all. No text. 48 black & white plates. This series exactly reproduces the portfolios produced in Paris between 1937 and 1960 by Charles Moreau. These portfolios are larger and were highly sought after because each plate shows a room setting, not just an individual piece of furniture, making it easier to understand the style. Index of Designers in this volume includes: Andre Arbus, Louis Baillon, Suzanne Guiguichon, Maurice Jallot, Jules Leleu, Pierre Guariche, Pierre Paulin, Jean Royere, Louis Sognot among many others. 9" high X 12" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Krier, Leon
I mobili disegnati da Leon Krier
This is a very good softcover copy with just light cover wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian, French, English and German. Illustrated in color with photographs of each piece of furniture + line drawings with technical specifications for each piece. Includes pieces named Mensa, Sella, Aries, Agnus, Ovis, Tetra, Pylon, Palmus, Abacus, Témenos, and Lamina. 12" high X 8" wide, 41 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Tinti, Mario
Il Mobilio Fiorentino
This is a very good hardcover copy in the dark blue cloth covers with gilt titles and stool design on the front cover. Very clean inside and out but small light stains to lower margins of a few pages not affecting the plates. No date but usually said to be ca. 1930. Text in Italian. 320 black & white plates. Scarce standard reference for Italian furniture from Florence. 13" high X 10" wide, 78 text pages + plates. Very scarce in this condition, it feels hardly used. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Vial, Henri, Marcel Adrien & Girodie, André
Les Artistes Décorateurs Du Bois, Répertoire Alphabétique des Ébénistes, Menuisiers, Sculpteurs, Doreurs Sur Bois Ayant travaillé en France Aux XVII° et XVIII° Siècles
This is a very good hardcover two volume, mixed set with light wear. Volume 1, Tome Premier: A a L, was published in 1912, Bibliotheque d'Art et d'archeologie, as a limited edition of 600 copies. Volume 2, M a Z & Supplement, was published in 1922 by Jean Schemit, Editeur, Paris. Both volumes are bound in light green cloth with gilt titles on the spine. There is a gift inscription on the front endpaper of Volume 1. Otherwise completely clean throughout. Both volumes have the original softcovers bound in. Text in French. Not illustrated. 10" high X 8" wide, 323 & 261 pages. Large heavy books, foreign shipping will be extra. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Ellsworth, Robert Hatfield
Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples of the Ming and Early Ch'ing Dynasties
This is a fine hardcover copy bound in olive green cloth with title in gilt on the spine, with a near fine hardshell slipcase with light edgewear, and a small brown stain to the top edge of the slipcase only. Completely clean inside. Essential reference on Classical Chinese furniture written by one of the great twentieth century collectors. 250 finely printed illustrations, including 27 color plates. 14" high X 10" wide, 303 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Kjellberg, Pierre
Art Deco Les Maitres du Mobilier, Le Decor des Paquebots
This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket. Spine of jacket a bit sunned. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Second edition revised and enlarged. Color and or black & white illustrations on every page. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 247 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Christie's
English and Continental Furniture (including Property from Culham Court Interiors by Chester Jones)
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's London January 26, 2007. Sale code: FLUX-7386. The sale included furniture from ineriors designed by Chester Jones for Culham Court. 226 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. 11" high X 8" wide, 162 pages.
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Pradere, Alexandre
French Furniture Makers: The Art of the Ébéniste from Louis XIV to the Revolution
This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. No fading or marks to jacket. Completely clean inside and out. Black silk moire endpapers. Slight yellowing to the page edges. Along with works by Pierre Verlet, this monograph is one of the standard works on fine French furniture of the 18th century. This book covers the works of over 60 French ebenistes. 530 illustrations including many color plates. At least one color plate for each master carver + several black & white illustrations. Glossary of Woods. Glossary of French terms. Bibliography. 13" high X 10" wide, 442 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Churchill, Edwin A.
Simple Forms and Vivid Colors: An Exhibition of Maine Painted Furniture, 1800-1850
This is a very good softcover copy with light wear. Very clean inside and out, except for previous owner name on half title-page: Robert Thayer, the well known Connecticut antiques dealer. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Maine State Museum from July 8, 1983-February 28, 1984. Foreword By Dean A. Fales, Jr. Illustrated throughout in color with 32 large color plates. photographs. Bibliography. 11" high X 8" wide, 117 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Rice, Norman S.
New York Furniture Before 1840 in the Collection of the Albany Institute of History and Art
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Albany Institute of History & Art in 1962. Introduction by Milton W. Hamilton. Text and preface by Norman S. Rice, who also curated the exhibition. This is the Cogswell Fund Series publication number two. Illustrated throughout in sepia with photographs. Bibliography. 10" high X 8" wide, 63 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Colglazier, Gail Nessell
Springfield Furniture 1700-1850: A Large and Rich Assortment
This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Very clean inside and out, Previously owned by Robert Thayer, the well known Connecticut antiques dealer, with his scribbled name on the title-page. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Connecticut Valley Historical Museum from April 27 to December 31, 1990. Checklist of cabinetmakers working in Springfield, 1700- 1850. Illustrated in color and black & white. 8" high X 9" wide, 56 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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