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CHINNERY Victor
Oak Furniture. The British Tradition. A History of Early Furniture in the British Isles and New England. [Second Impression] NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Impression, with coloured frontispieces, coloured plates, very numerous monochrome photographs throughout and patterned endpapers; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. With personal bookplate on front free endpaper. Bright copy of a standard reference, published seven months after the first edition.
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STEVENS Christopher Claxton
18th Century English Furniture. The Norman Adams Collection. [Second, Revised Edition.] NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
8vo., Second Edition, with coloured frontispiece, very numerous fine coloured and monochrome photographs (a number full-page) throughout, and pictorial endpapers; brown cloth, upper board and backstrip lettered in gilt, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. With the separately published errata slip. Enlarged version of the original edition of 1983.
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TWO RED ROSES FOUNDATION.
Arts and Crafts Metalwork [with] Furniture [with] Tile [with] Lighting. [Various authors and contributors] NEAR FINE SET IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPERS
4 vols., sm. folio, First Edition, with many hundreds of fine coloured and monochrome photographs and facsimiles throughout; black cloth, upper boards blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt backs, patterned endpapers, a near fine set in unclipped dustwrapper. The set comprises: Vol. 1: Metalwork (2014); Vol. 2: Furniture (2014); Vol. 3: Tile (2016); Vol. 4: Lighting (2017).
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RUSSELL Gordon
The Things We See [No. 3.] Furniture. BRIGHT COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with title-vignette and numerous photographs throughout; pictorial wrappers, a bright, clean copy in unclipped dustwrapper. The images includes a number of Russell's own works.
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Baneat, Paul
Le Mobilier Breton
This is a very good hardcover portfolio with text booklet and 40 (complete) loose photographic plates. Very clean inside and out. But small handstamp of previous owner unobtrusively on front cover, title-page, and a few plate margins. String ties for closing portfolio, still present and in good condition. Text in French. 10 page text + list of plates. 40 black & white plates. Includes case furniture, beds, tables, benches, etc. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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Hessling, Egon and Waldemar
Le mobilier du Premier Empire
This is a very good hardcover portfolio with 60 photographic plates (complete). Generally very clean inside, but some small stains to margins of text and a few plates. Light soil and toning to the portfolio boards. Introduction and list of plates with descriptions only in French. Captions to the plates in English, French and German. Portfolio ties fine. 15" high X 12" wide. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Hessling, Egon and Waldemar
Louis XIV Mobel des Louvre und des Musee des Arts Decoratifs
This is a very good hardcover portfolio with 40 photographic plates (complete). Completely clean inside, but for a small handstamp of a previous owner (furniture designer), on the title page. Outside boards are toned, with some staining and writing on the back. Text in German. Introduction and list of plates with descriptive entries in German. Introduction also illustrated with small photographs of the furniture and technical drawings (plans, elevations, profiles, etc.). 15" high X 12" wide. Portfolio ties fine. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and sent with tracking.
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Tajan
Collection d'un Amateur. Arts Decoratifs du 20e Siecle
This is a very good softcover copy with just some wear to the lower corner of the front cover, otherwise fine. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French and English. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Tajan in Paris on November 19, 2003. The sale consisted of a fabulous collection of French 'neo-classical' style furntiure and decorative arts assembled privately in Paris. Essays by Felix Marcilhac and Francois Tajan. Several short essays on the designers. 144 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. A number of color photographs of the original room settings of this great collection. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 161 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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David Rago
Craftsman Auction Weekend March 11, 2007
This is a very good softcover copy with just some wear to the spine. Massive auction catalog for a sale held at David Rago Arts and Auction Center on March 11, 2007. The sale featured the furniture that Gustav Stickley designed ca. 1901 for the Vancroft Estate, owned by Joseph B. Vandergrift in the hills of West Virginia. 35 lots of Stickley furniture from this estate. Vintage black & white photographs of Vancroft interiors. 1154 lots in the complete sale. All illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 328 pages.
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Artcurial
Black. Le Noir Dans Le Paysage Domestique
This is a fine softcover copy with no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Artcurial in Paris on June 28, 2006. The sale consisted of modern French design with a black color theme. It included the full range of furniture and decorative arts: chairs, tables, case furniture, lamps, lighting fixtures, vases, etc. One section devoted to the collection of Marcel Wanders. 261 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Includes the work of over 100 designers including: Adnet, Arad, Bellini, Joe Colombo, Christian Dell, Eames, Fontana, Fornasetti, Garouste & Bonetti, Guarriche, Arne Jacobsen, Pierre Jeanneret, Knoll, Kuramata, Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand, Mangiarotti, Enzo Mari, Mategot, Serge Mouille, George Nelson, Verner Panton, Potzamparc, Prouve, Saarinen, Sapper, Sarfatti, Starck, Thonet, Wirkkala, Wanders, and Sori Yanagi among many others. Price estimates for each lot, no prices realized sheets. Index of designers. 11" high X 8" wide, 108 pages.
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Park, Young-Kyu
Korean Wood Furniture
This is a near fine hardcover copy in a very good hardshell slipcase with just light wear. Very clean inside and out. Text in Korean with English summaries. Brief introduction by Sunu Choi, Director General of the National Museum of Korea. 30 color plates + thousands of black & white illustrations and drawings. 590 photographs of furniture hardware alone. Also small color plates of wood samples. Catalog of tools used to produce Korean furniture. 12" high X 9" wide, 367 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Tracy, Berry
Classical America 1815-1845: An Exhibition at the Newark Museum
This is a very good hardcover copy with just a little light soil to the covers. Very clean inside. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Newark Museum in the summer of 1963. The exhibition was curated by Tracy, Berry and William Gerdts. 295 works in the exhibition. Most illustratrated in black & white. Exhibition checklist. Bibliography. 10" high X 8" wide, 212 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Rubi, Christian
Peinture Paysanne. Mobilier Peint Du Pays Bernois
This is a very good softcover copy with only light wear in a thin yellowed glassine wrap. Spine not creased. Very clean inside and out. Text in French. Illustrated in color with 32 plates + 22 black & white figures in the text. This furniture was created in Berne, Switzerland from about the late 17th century to the mid 19th century. All of the pieces are painted with folk style paintings of flowers and plants. 10" high X 7" wide, 32 text pages + plates.
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Millon & Associes
3 Collections Art Nouveau
This is a fine hardcover copy in glazed illustrated boards, (no jacket, as issued). Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at the Drouot in Paris on April 4, 2008. Text in French. The sale consisted of three collections of art nouveau decorative arts and sculpture. The first section had 49 lots of sculpture in bronze or other precious metals. The second section had pewter and dinanderie. The third section had about 100 lots of art nouveau glass with many pieces by Galle. The next section had about 35 lots of art nouveau ceramics. The last section had about 50 lots of French art nouveau furniture with wotk by Majorelle, Jallot, Emile Andre, Georges de Feure, Edward Colonna, and Henry van de Velde. 283 lots in all. All lots illustrated in color. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 8" wide, 122 pages.
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Behal,Vera
Mobel des Jugendstils. Sammlung des Osterreichischen Museums fur Angewandte Kunst
This is a fine hardcover copy in a near fine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in German. This is the 2nd revised and enlarged edition. Bibliography. 277 pieces of furniture catalogued and illustrated in black & white photographs + 11 color plates. Also a section on drawings and sketches for furniture and interiors with 23 illustrations. 10" high X 9" wide, 358 pages. A beautiful copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Macquoid,Percy
A History of English Furniture (v. 1-4)
This is a very good hardcover 2 volume set (complete) in a very good dust jackets with just light edge-wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is the two volume reprint of Macquoid's classic reference, 'A History of English Furniture. The Age of Oak and the Age of Walnut. The Age of Mahogany and the Age of Satinwood', first published in 1904-05. Volume 1 contains the first two of Macquoid's original four volumes, and volume 2 contains the last 2 of Macquoid's original 4 volumes. Illustrated throughout in black & white with approximately 1000 photographs in these volumes + 8 color plates (4 per volume). 11" high X 9" wide, about 243 & 255 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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Sotheby's
Genoese Silver and Furniture from a Private Swiss Collection
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 Sotheby's London on May 27, 2009. The sale consisted of a private Swiss collection of Genoese silver and furniture. The Genoese furniture is 18th century parquetry work, several pieces. Also several Venetian painted lacquer work furniture. The Genoese silver, about 25 pieces: candlesticks, salvers, chalices, an incense boat, etc. 146 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 99 pages.
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Heckscher, Morrison H.
American Furniture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Vol. II Late Colonial Period: The Queen Anne and Chippendale Styles
This is a fine hardcover copy in a very good lightly sunned slipcase. Signed by Heckscher on the half-title page. Completely clean inside. The linen cloth covers of the book have titles in gilt and a red leather title label to the spine. This volume of the museum's survey of their American furniture collections deals with the mid-18th century. Curator Heckscher has prepared extensive entries for the 212 pieces included in this volume. Extensive bibliography. Illustrated in color and black & white. 12.5" high X 9.5" wide, 383 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Ricci, Seymour
Der Stil Louis XVI: Mobiliar Und Raumkunst
This is a very good hardcover reference copy in the original dark green boards with title label in gold on black. Very clean inside and out. Some chipping to page-edges. Text in German. 272 black & white plates with 480 photographs of furniture. Standard reference on Louis XVI room settings and furniture. 12" high X 9"wide, xviii + plates.
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Janneau, Guillaume
Historique du Meuble
Fine white cloth in a near fine dust jacket. Text in French. A general survey of world furniture put together with Janneau's unerring eye for important pieces. Illustrated in black and white. 10" high X 8" wide, 66 text pages + 165 plates.
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Ferrari, Giulio
Il Legno e La Mobilia nell' Arte Italiana
This is a very good hardcover copy bound in the original green smooth cloth with a black and gilt title label on the front cover, title in gilt on the spine. Completely clean inside and out. No marks to covers. This is the 2nd enlarged edition. Text in Italian. 350 black & white plates, including 6 color plates. This large survey covers several centuries of Italian carved wood furniture and decorative sculpture as used in interior design. An indispensable reference for the history of Italian furniture. 12" high X 9" wide, 381 pages. A beautiful copy. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Sokolova, T.
Russian Furniture in the Collection of the Hermitage
This is a fine hardcover copy in a near fine dustjacket and very good slipcase. Text in English and Russian. Introduction in English as well as descriptions of plates at end in English. 195 plates in black & white and color. All the furniture is 18th through late 19th century Russian work. Most photographs show the furniture in room settings, but close-ups of individual pieces. The book is organized into sections: 18th century, 19th century, to give the reader a sense of the development and styles. 12" high X 10" wide, 31 text pages + plates. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Beurdeley, Michael
Chinese Furniture
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is the 2nd printing. Long a standard work in the field, still one of the best surveys of the full range of Chinese furniture. Chronology. Glossary. Dynasty marks. Bibliography. 237 black & white illustrations, including many color plates. 11" high X 10" wide, 199 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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Lenygon, Francis
Decoration in England from 1640 to 1760
This is a very good hardcover copy in dark red cloth covers with gilt title on the spine. Front cover embossed with an elaborate device. Spine lightly sunned. Slight foxing to the endpapers. Previous owner initials on front endpaper. Otherwise very clean throughout. 322 superb black & white plates. 14" high X 11" wide, 276 pages.
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The Newark Museum
Classical America 1815-1845
This is a very good softcover copy. Covers clean, binding firm. Completely clean inside, very clean outside, but a few small faint marks. This landmark exhibition spawned a number of other exhibitions concerned with neo-classical taste and design in America over the next several decades. Curated by Berry Tracy and William Gerdts. 295 works in the exhibition. Bibliography. Over 150 illustrations of the decorative arts pieces in the exhibition and over 30 illustrations of paintings and sculpture in the fine arts section of the exhibition. 10" high X 8" wide, 212 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Snyder, Tricia and Gil and Paul A. Goudy
Zoar Furniture 1817-1898 A Preliminary Study
This is a very good softcover copy in black & white pictorial card covers and black plastic spiral binding with only light wear. Completely clean inside and outside. Slight crease to the top edge of the front cover near the spine. This study traces the development of furniture made in the village of Zoar, Ohio at the Zoar Cabinet Shop during the 19th century. 163 black & white photographic plates. Selected bibliography. Brief introductory text. 11" high X 9" wide, 128 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Kremerskothen, Josef
Moderne Klassiker: Mobel die Geschichte Machen
This is a very good hardcover copy in white illustrated boards with only light wear. Very clean inside and out, no marks to text or illustrations. Text in German. Price list pamphlet laid in. Hundreds of small black & white illustrations of 20th century furniture and lighting. Designer index. Manufacturer index. An encyclopedic survey of the classics of modern design of the 20th century. The last section shows typical room settings decade by decade through the century. 12" high X 8" wide, 263 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.
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Palazzetti
Classics of Modern & Contemporary Furniture 1999
This is a very good softcover copy with only light wear. Very clean inside and out, just a small mark to the front cover and a few stress creases around the punch holes. It has three holes punched along the left edge for insertion into a ring binder. A business card of a Palazzetti executive stapled to the front cover. Inside 49 pages of black & white photographs and design specifications of classic modern furniture and their prices. 11" high X 8.5" wide, 49 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.
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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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