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ref. 39829London: Printed for I. & J. Taylor at the Architectural Library 1793. 8vo 227 x 140 mm etched throughout 25 plates including pictorial title which is slightly spotted 7 of the plates have some minor purple crayon over colouring or lettering modern boards endpapers renewed. Often credited to William Wrighte due to his earlier publication of 1767 entitled Grotesque Architecture although there is no evidence for his authorship. The vogue for this style of garden furniture designed to resemble tree roots or entwined branches began in the 1750's but it was first made truly practical at the time of this issue with the introduction of decorative cast iron. This rare pattern-book being the only one wholly devoted to the rustic styles depicting chairs benches tables mirrors and chimney-pieces. RIBA 3932; ESTC locates copies at BL RIBA National Trust V&A and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. London: Printed for I. & J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, [1793?] hardcover
1807ref. 4044A charming book toy where an early user has converted a book into a book box housing a secret compartment for notes and correspondence. The compartment houses eight blank sheets which have been cut to size and then had their edges gilded. Any sent letters are by definition no longer present but nor alas are any billet doux received. The binding itself itself is dated 1807 and the supralibris gives the ownership of the book as 'Ignace Mehl fils d'Haguenau'.
ref. 234226 July 1904 and 16 Aug. no year. Furniture Historian. Two letters SIGNED by Macquoidone by amanuensis he apologises for this - unwell. 3 pages 4to and 4 pages 8vo good condition. He discusses matters which relate to their work on "A History of English Furniture" for which Slocombe provided illustrations - progress on a task; plans wishes; contact with owners/aristos ;travels; suggestions; a sketch of a table; and so on. WITH: a page of notes in Slocombe's hand headed "oak furniture I am to paint"; a typed letter with ms. addition from the Treasurer's House York 2 March 1903 to give facilities for photgraphing; sketches of a couch x 2 and a settee at Hornby Castle with instructions in Slocombe's hand as 26 July 1904; a letter from F.W. Archer 26 Feb. 1903 about the Duke of Leeds permission to paint furniture; a typed letter signed from H.P. Dean 2pp. about a visit by Macquoid his enthusiasm for a settee and his wish for Slcoombe to paint it. An interesting insight into the creation of Macquoid's furniture history. The collection: 26 July 1904 and 16 Aug. (no year). unknown
ref. dola2916Holland Michigan: nd. 3 Volumes incl. Index. 197 1; 205 1; 63. profusely illus. many colour. the catalogue in hardcover fabrikoid the index in soft-cover fabrikoid. matching slipcase. Very good copy. dola2916 Holland, Michigan: nd hardcover
ref. 33991899-1907. The firm apparently antique dealers although it also bought and sold false teeth was established in 1833. All items are addressed to Slocombe with whom the family to whom he was perhaps related by marriage were clearly on intimate terms. Grubby dusty creased dogeared and with several closed tears. The first six letters are from J. B. Fraser the first four being on the letterhead of 'R. D. & J. B. FRASER LIMITED.' 'ESTABLISHED IN THE REIGN OF WILLIAM IV.' Letter 1 Ipswich 4 Jan 1899 4 pages 8vo from J. B. Fraser concerns 'Edith' who is recovering from illness. Letter 2 Ipswich 9 Aug 1900 4 pages 8vo. He sends him a birthday present of 'the enclosed curious antique Ring': 'At first I saw in it only the head of a Girl but on looking closely I found it four-headed bearing the head of a Girl old man - warrior & Ram. It is very old being polished surfaco.' Letter 3 Ipswich 18 Sept 1900 4 pages 8vo. The photo has been sent away but the table is coming from Brighton. He can understand 'the rapture you feel in all your surroundings - Mrs. Fraser & I were there in 1879 & stayed at the Ilfracombe Hotel'. Letter 4 Ipswich 2 Nov 1900 2 pages 8vo. The pictures have been delivered safely 'to the Art Gallery' and Fraser's brother thinks 'my portrait very life-like'. Letter 5 1 May 1901 on letterhead 'CRANE HILL LODGE IPSWICH' 4 pages 8vo. Intimate letter congratulating Slocombe on 'what I regard as a great reward for long & anxious waiting'. Discusses Slocombe's 'regret that your Father's great desire being realized he is not alive to see it'. Letter 6 undated on letterhead 'GWYDYR CASTLE LLANRWST. N. WALES.' 4 pages 8vo in particularly poor condition with untidy closed tear at head of first leaf. Possibly an early letter in which he apologises for having 'Promised more than I can perform' regarding 'the Coats of arms on that Cubbord sic alone'. Describes the coats in some detail. Letters 7 and 8 apparently in a different hand but also signed 'J. B. Fraser'. Both on letterhead 'CRANE HILL LODGE IPSWICH.' Letter 7 17 Oct 1907 4 pages 16mo in extremely grubby stamped addressed envelope with postmarks. Edith has died: 'Daily & indeed hourly I miss poor Edith as seeing she was my first care every morning before leaving home and on my return at night and even now I turn unconsciously to her old room.' Letter 8 2 December 1907 4 pages 16mo. Is disappointed that Slocombe will not be joining them for Christmas 'as you have been for so many years'. Has heard that he 'might send Xmas in America'. 'I miss poor dear Edith every day more and more - It was only this morning I said to her mother as we were dining that we had never heard her murmur or complain of anything but she was always willing to sacrifice herself to the comfort of others.' 1899-1907. unknown
1905ref. BOOKS9270Grand Rapids Mich: Self. G condition; water-stains along margin p.159-176; cover torn/No Dustjacket. ca. 1905. Oblong 12mo. 176 pp. . Self unknown
ref. BOOKS8495Bllomsburg PA: Hawley-Slate Furniture Co. Good plus condition-staincoffee on front cover/No Dustjacket. oblong 8vo. 22 pp. . Hawley-Slate Furniture Co. unknown
1929ref. 20554New York: American Art Galleries 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Maroon buckram spine lettered in gilt. Very good. 28 x 19.5 cm. Unpaginated. 926 entries most are with full descriptions and illustrations photographs. Portraits by Stuart Peale and others lustre ware from England Lowestoft from China; for the Benefit of the National Council of Girl Scouts Inc. Exhibition September 25th to October 9th 1929. Fresh very clean copy with original gray wrappers bound-in bookplate. American Art Galleries hardcover
1978ref. 21235Schiffer. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. 0916838056 . A clean copy in faux woodgran paper over boards with gilt titles front and spine. Modest shelf and edge wear most notable at extremeties corners etc. No jacket present with this copy. PON on ffep. . Schiffer hardcover
1938ref. 251233Paris: Levitan 1938. Hardcover. 148p. presswork on alkaline semi-coated paperstock profuse site and exhibit photography and artists' renderings b&w reproduction for the most part but some show pieces in brown tint. Hardbound item a sewn 9x11 inch oblong in textured green flexible boards with titling embossed gilt. A pocket is fixed inside front cover which holds promotionals find more promotionals bound in at rear and a 6x8 sewn booklet featuring statistics which is ruled like an accountant's ledger in red blue and gray. Leaves are held by original threads and mesh which unfortunately are shown through many cracks gaps and fray. Covers are scuffed. The early leaves are slightly damp-rippled. Complete if uglified. If purchased for a Paris address items will be delivered by truck. The more one buys great discounts will be extended and there is a set of discounts for families with children count the kids! over three and the customer is a big winner!. Levitan hardcover
ref. 2241720 March no year. On letterhead of The Yellow House 8 Palace Court Bayswater London W. 2pp 12mo. Bifolium. In good condition lightly aged. Folded once. He begins by thanking him for his 'kindness in the matter of the plate at New'. He called there that morning and has 'sent on Dr Russells letter of introduction' and has 'written to Dr Moyle' explaining his object and he hopes he will give him permission to have the photod. wh: I consider about the finest piece of dated H English Plate in existence -'. He continues: 'Plate has changed its position since years ago you & I used to talk about it & when you bought the pretty candlestick with the plain columns was it at Torquay' Although it is 'not so great as some of the arts - the skill of handicraft in Silver Plate & architecture seems to me fairly representative of the taste of early England.' He hopes that he will see the Terrells at the Yellow House 'some night'. 20 March [no year]. On letterhead of The Yellow House, 8 Palace Court, Bayswater, London, W. unknown
1997ref. 20778New York: Colonial Williamsburg 1997. 1st. Hardcover. New/New. 11.6x9.8x1.8in. in shrinkwrap. 183 objects are described and illustrated. With 220 color photographs 565 black-and-white illustrations 3 maps and 26 line drawings. 639pp 7.43lb 11.6x9.8x1.8in EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGES NECESSARY Colonial Williamsburg hardcover
1997ref. 24153New York: Lin-Weinberg Gallery 1997. 1st. Soft cover. Near Fine. 11.0x8.5x0.2in. slight curl to edges of cover. The catalogue of an exhibition at the Lin-Weinberg Gallery New York February 20 - March 16 1997. 76pp 0.74lb 11.0x8.5x0.2in Lin-Weinberg Gallery paperback
1987ref. 15670New York: Abbeville Press Publishers 1987. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. 12.3x10.4x1.2in. Signed by Authors. 1st collector's edition signed by author and bound in imported fabric after original Biedermeier design not issued with a dust jacket. Biedermeier -- the style prized by the avant-garde of central Europe in the 19th century and in America today. An unrivaled sourcebook for those interested in the furniture and décor of an era that has uncanny parallels with our own. 180 illustrations 135 in full color. 216pp 3.99lb 12.3x10.4x1.2in Abbeville Press Publishers hardcover
1934ref. 33126Allegan: Baker Furniture Factory 1934. Hardcover. Good. Hardcover. 112pp index. Binding shaken but hinges firm prelims foxed pages tanned else a good copy in publisher's cloth backed boards that have some dampstaining to the edges and superficial loss to the spine. Baker Furniture Factory hardcover
2002ref. 029326New York NY: Chambers Fine Art 2002. 99 pages; furniture section at front printed on glossy stock & Illustrated in color. Yun Gee's work in second section printed on matte paper and in color & black and white. Text in Chinese & English; this is the fully-described catalog for this exhibition at Chambers Fine Art in New York. Approx. 9" x 11 1/2" size; bound in glossy stiff illustrated softcovers; light wear; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Yun Gee. Chambers Fine Art paperback
1992ref. 029319Wien Austria: Eine Prasentation Von Centroform Im Unter Grund 1992. 80 pages; mostly color with some black & white illustrations. This is the catalog for this modern furniture design show held in Vienna. With contributions from Anna-Lulja Praun Helmut Dietrich Ernst Schuh Roland Rainer Adolf Krischanitz W. Valentin Jurvevec Irmgard Frank and others; with choice pieces dates of construction sizes materials used. German text. Approx. 8 5/8" x 11" size illustrated softcovers. Light wear; in very good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Eine Prasentation Von Centroform Im Unter Grund paperback
1740ref. 2420Augsburg: Johann Jacob Haid & son 1740. Six tall narrow folio-sized engravings with etching platemarks 400 x 207 mm. sheets 435 x 277 mm. deckle edges unsigned but by Jacop Wangner after Watteau numbered 1-6 in the plate at lower right imprint at lower right I. Haid et filius excudit A. V. Augustae Vindelicorum. Upper edges archivally tipped to mats. Fine. A perfectly preserved suite of six large rococo engravings reproducing Watteau's paintings for a folding screen intended to be cut out by ladies for use in furniture decoration. Watteau's influence on 18th-century decorative arts throughout Europe by way of the many engravings after his work published by Gersaint has long been recognized but the use of the engravings as actual sheets to be cut up and applied to household objects has garnered little attention until recently. The vogue for decoupage probably first appeared in the late seventeenth century and by the 1720s the hobby of cutting out colored prints for application to various household objects and pieces of furniture was all the rage in France Germany and beyond. The process which remained a favorite pastime throughout the eighteenth century was known as la découpure in French as Ausschneidekunst in German and as lacca contrafatta or lacca povera in Italian although "the latter term appears to be a true misnomer considering the amount of minute work involved" Kisluk-Grosheide p. 83. It consisted of neatly cutting out hand-colored engraved or woodcut motifs or figures applying them to a textile or sometimes cardboard ground and varnishing them. These creations were applied to furniture as well as to "screens folding screens wall hangings ceilings the tops of coaches and sedan chairs" loc. cit. affording a passable imitation of Asian lacquer. The craze which created a goldmine for certain print publishers reached the point that bibliophiles and collectors were warned to keep a vigilant eye on their most precious books prints and paintings lest eager young ladies attack them with scissors. In 1728 six engravings after Watteau's paintings for a folding screen were commissioned by the art collector Jean de Julienne as part of a vast program of reproductions of Watteau's painted oeuvre. They were engraved by Louis Crépy fils and published by the Paris marchand-mercier art dealer and print publisher Edmé-François Gersaint. An announcement of their upcoming publication in the November 1727 Mercure de France explicitly described them and two other Crépy-Watteau engravings as "marvelously appropriate for decoupages with which ladies these days make such pretty furniture" Crépy grave actuellement six morceaux en hauteur . d'après un Paravant peint par Watau dont les compositions sont très-galantes. De pareils sujets peints sur des fonds blancs conviennent à merveille aux découpures dont les Dames font aujourd'hui de si jolis meubles Mercure de France 1 Novembre 1727 p. 2492 digitized on Gallica. Indeed the publisher himself highlighted this usage in his own note in a later issue of the Mercure cited by Glorieux p. 212: pointing out that all of the decorative motifs in the Watteau engravings were "most useful for painters fan-makers sculptors goldsmiths tapestry-weavers embroiderers etc." he added that "all these ornaments can be perfectly used in decoupage" tous ces ornements réussissent parfaitement en découpure. These and other rococo engravings were quickly taken up by German publishers especially in Augsburg Metken p. 102. This paravent folding screen suite was one of the first of the Watteau engravings to be copied in Germany. The present very close reverse copies of Crépy's six plates appeared in Augsburg only a few months after their publication in June 1728 in Paris: engraved by Jacob Wangner or Wagner ca. 1703-1781 they were published by the heirs of Jeremias Wolff in 1729. This set is an otherwise unrecorded reissue of the Wangner copperplates. A lavishly decoupage-decorated secretary in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art includes cutouts that were almost certainly from these Augsburg plates as they are from "reverse copies of the prints by Crépy" Kisluk-Grosheide p. 88 noting other examples of Augsburg copies of Watteau prints used on the same secretary. Her assertion that "it has not been shown that these engravings were actually used for this purpose" p. 84 is only applicable to the French plates. Indeed other examples of lacca povera objects described in her article point to the German production of copies of French rococo prints as the main source for decoupage at this time on pieces produced throughout Europe including in Italy and in France itself. The general title appears at the foot of the first plate. Each engraving presents a central figure or scene set within a frame of delicate rococo arabesques and ornaments. Three show the Comédie italienne figures of Pierrot Harlequin and Colombine a woman playing the lute on a rug-bedecked stage a pair of allegorical figures flanking an awning above and at bottom the smiling visage of a Commedia dell'Arte character of the opposite sex. The remaining pastoral scenes of courtship or douceur de vie are set within naturalistic elements two with streams flowing over a dripping shell-shaped basin or ledge under which a ghostly face can be dimly discerned. Watteau's designs were based on earlier designs by Claude III Audran decorative painter for Louis XIV at Versailles and Fontainebleau to whom Watteau had apprenticed. "After joining forces with ornamentalist Claude III Audran about 1708 he Watteau began inserting figures in Comédie-Italienne costumes into Audran's trademark arabesques" Judy Sund "Watteau's Pierrots Why so Sad" The Art Bulletin vol. 98 no. 3 2016 p. 325 reproducing the Pierrot panel from the present series. OCLC locates a single copy of the Wolff issue at the Bibliothèque nationale de France reproduced in Gallica. In the present issue of which I locate no other copies the engraver's signatures were removed. On the Wolff issue cf. W. Augustyn "Augsburger Buchillustration im 18. Jahrhundert" in Augsburger Buchdruck und Verlagswesen von den Anfangen bis zur Gegegenwart 1997 p. 820 citing E. Isphording Gottfried Bernhard Göz 1708-1774 1997 pp. 35 ff.; Thieme Becker 35:150. On the Crépy engravings cf. Guilmard Maitres ornemanistes p.145; Dacier & Vauflart Jean de Julienne et les graveurs de Watteau au XVIII. siècle 159-163; E. de Goncourt Catalogue Raisonné de l'Oeuvre . d'Antoine Watteau 1875 p. 224 nos. 309-314; G. Glorieux À l'enseigne de Gersaint: Edme-François Gersaint marchand d'art sur le Pont Notre Dame Paris 2002 pp. 189-192; Mark Millard Collection: French Books no. 170.35 5 of the 6 plates. On the use of these engravings for decoupage see: D. O. Kisluk-Grosheide "'Cutting up Berchems Watteaus and Audrans': A Lacca Povera Secretary at The Metropolitan Museum of Art" Metropolitan Museum Journal 31 1996 pp. 81-97; and S. Metken Geschnittenes Papier Munich 1978 pp. 101-2 & 113. Johann Jacob Haid & son unknown
ref. 23725Oshkosh Wis: J.H. Yewdale & Sons Co Printers Milwaukee. Undated ca. 1890. 9.25" x 6.25"136 pp in maroon cloth boards with title in gilt. Light to boards and fore edge some old dampstaining affecting bottom margin near gutter with small loss to a few leaves but still about very good. A scarce catalogue offering dining desk/office lawn and rocking chairs in a wide range of styles and materials as well as a few high chairs cradles and stools. Each of the ca. 130 items is illustrated individually. Not found in OCLC which does record single copies two catalogues from this firm one dated 1908s and the other listed as "1900s. J.H. Yewdale & Sons Co,, Printers (Milwaukee) unknown
1918ref. 23731Pittsburgh PA: W/ & H. Walker 1918. 7 1/2" x 5 3/8" 96 pp extensively illustrated. Some chipping to wrappers at spine; very good. Offering "unheard of bargains in home furnishings" this catalogue includes rocking chairs dining chairs beds dressers desks tables bookcases buffets kitchen cupboards china cabinets wardrobes and other furniture -- much of it Mission style and made of quarter-sawn oak. Also includes refrigerators and stoves luggage sewing machines. A good visual reference for period styles available to shoppers on a budget. W/ & H. Walker unknown
1873ref. 1402090009Govt. Print. Off 1873-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 1 p.l. xxvi 786 p. 23 cm. Hardcover. Bound in publishers brown cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Good binding and cover. Slight fading to gilt. Front hinge not A few spots on front cover. Clean unmarked pages. The Credit Mobilier scandal of 1872 concerned the Union Pacific Railroad and the Credit Mobilier construction company. Congressman Oakes Ames had bribed numerous Congressman with money and stock from Credit Mobilier. Credit Mobilier overcharged the government for construction and pocketed the difference with the acquiescence of shareholding or self-interested members of Congress. This book concerns the Congressional inquiry into the scandal. Subjects: Union Pacific Railroad Company. Credit Mobilier of America. History of Bribery and government malfeasance. Govt. Print. Off hardcover
2000ref. BOOKS073412IBruxelles: Editions Racine 2000. HC. very good w/very good dustjacket hardcover. B&W and color illustrations. ISBN 2873861991 446pp. Editions Racine unknown
1978ref. BOOKS073447INew York: Macmillan Publishing Co 1978. HC. fine brown cloth hardcover in good slipcase. B&W and color illustrations. ISBN 0025432508 Volume One 329 pages; Volume Two 288 pages. Macmillan Publishing Co unknown
1956ref. BOOKS072691IParis: Guy le Prat Editeur 1956. PB. good wraps softcover. B&W illustrations. First published 1773. Title translates to "The Art and Manner of French Cabinetmakers Tricks." Appears to be Volume One only. 570pp. Guy le Prat Editeur unknown
2005ref. BOOKS072611IBelmont VT: The Belmont Press 2005. HC. fine w/fine dustjacket hardcover. B&W illustrations. ISBN 0975456903 204pp. The Belmont Press unknown
