1942Best.-Nr. 332940Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1942. Pamphlet. 18p. wraps. 9.25x6 in. Very Good. Ink stamp of former owner on top corner of front cover. Government Printing Office unknown books
1929Best.-Nr. 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 books
1938Best.-Nr. 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 books
1934Best.-Nr. 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 books
1931Best.-Nr. JC8360Grand Rapids Michigan et al: Century Furniture Company 1931. Sixth printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Half black cloth and blue paper gilt-stamped lettering in black leather spine label; 8vo; pp. 148 illustrated in b/w. Boards rubbed and lightly soiled; spine tips and corners a little frayed. Addresses furniture styles in England France and America from the 1500s-1800s and includes illustrations and a glossary. Century Furniture Company hardcover books
1740Best.-Nr. 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 books
Best.-Nr. B184472-2Holland Michigan n.d. 148pp. Prof. illus. Lrg. 4to. Boards. Holland, Michigan, [n.d]. hardcover books
1905Best.-Nr. 002413Chicago: A. J. Johnson & Sons Furniture Company 1905. First Edition. Very good. Trade catalog n. d. ca 1905; oblong folio 18 1/4 x 13; pp. 58 recto only; textured olive wraps 1/4 cloth and large rivets as published; a small cut to cloth on spine; wraps with a few spots to margins and nicks and cuts along edges of paper; faint vertical crease; numerous sepia-tone illustrations; very good condition. A beautiful lavish trade catalog for the A. J. Johnson & Sons Furniture Company - established in 1869 and known for manufacturing luxury furniture. Each page featured an entire suite ie. beds bureau chifforette vanity foot stool etc. the materials the pieces were made of Mahogany Walnut the style of the furniture Queen Anne Hepplewhite William and Mary and the dimensions. A. J. Johnson & Sons Furniture Company hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 2330Bruxelles: The Company . . 2 sepia interior views 72 sepia plates each containing several pieces of furniture or decorative artifacts. Oblong folio tan lightly marbled wrappers; two-hole punch; red silk cord fastener Not in McKinstry. Over 420 reproduction pieces are illustrated in this very handsome catalogue. Most of the furniture is Gothic or Rennaisance with a few 18th century pieces. Interestingly we were able to identify our liquor cabinet in the shop which appears on plate 41! Also included is a photocopy of the original 28-page price list Bruxelles: The Company, . unknown books
Best.-Nr. 2329Bruxelles: The Company . . 2 sepia interior views 72 sepia plates each containing several pieces of furniture or decorative artifacts. Oblong folio tan lightly marbled wrappers; two-hole punch; red silk cord fastener Not in McKinstry. Over 420 reproduction pieces are illustrated in this very handsome catalogue. Most of the furniture is Gothic or Rennaisance with a few 18th century pieces. Interestingly we were able to identify our liquor cabinet in the shop which appears on plate 41! Laid in is a an 8-page illustrated brochure in English with a tipped on statement: "Maker of fine furniture presents a selection of a few designs created to suit the present american sic market requirements. For your convenience prices are quoted delivered New-York duty included. For orders amount to $500-- and up we are prepared to maintain the quotations for delivery in such places as Chicago Detroit Cleveland Boston Philadelphia San Francisco Los Angeles." This brochure is a little soiled and chipped on the outer edge. Also included is a 28-page price list on onion-skin paper Bruxelles: The Company, . unknown books
2000Best.-Nr. 22321Wappingers' Falls:: Antique Collectors' Club. As New in As New dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 1851493026 . Color and black and white photographs throughout. Second edition. As new in like dust jacket. . Antique Collectors' Club, hardcover books
1988Best.-Nr. 19463NY:: Abrams. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1988. Hardcover. 0810916959 . Text by Alastair Duncan. 144 illustrations including 131 color plates. First edition. Trace foxing on top edge else near fine in a near fine light wrinkle to rear panel dust jacket. . Abrams, hardcover books
1998Best.-Nr. 20949Atglen: Schiffer Publishing. Near Fine. 1998. Hardcover. 0764302051 . With price guide. Mostly color photographs throughout. First printing. Near fine in oblong glossy pictorial boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Schiffer Publishing hardcover books
Best.-Nr. 45305801-nnew. unknown
1950Best.-Nr. 76742Germany: N.p. 1950. Oblong quarto 12 3/4 x 9 inches. 60 pp. Comprised entirely tinted illustration of early mid-century furniture offerings. Publishe'rs wrappers with two brads gilt and black cover lettering. Small bit of lower to with gnawing. A very good and visually pleasing catalog. N.p. unknown
Best.-Nr. SJ-C43H-WQJHVery Good. 5th ptg. 1976. VG book & jacket. Small Chinese inscription on title page. unknown
1941Best.-Nr. 76168Boston: Charak Furniture Company 1941. First edition. Oblong quarto 12 x 9 1/4 inches. 79 1 pp. of which all but four pages are comprised of photographic illustrations of furniture on offer. Publisher's spiral bound brown and white wrappers titled in black. Some ligght weat to edges and very minor soiling to rear but overall a very handsome copy.One copy located by OCLC. The first 60 pp. contain images of the company's specialty; fine reproductions of 18th century American furniture and the rest of the catalog are of their modern furniture."Over the course of nearly seven decades Charak Furniture Company produced exemplary reproductions of 18th-century-era furniture including works created in the American colonial and Georgian styles as well as sophisticated mid-century modern pieces made by the likes of German furniture designer and painter Tommi Parzinger. Charak was established in Boston Massachusetts in 1919. It earned a reputation for exceptional design and durability and the 1920s were a period of high production for the brand. Charak was a leading manufacturer of reproductions of early American furniture that was influenced by Queen Anne– and Georgian–era design including secretaries dressers and cabinets with exquisite details like accented moldings carved finials recessed door panels claw feet and other embellishments. While the Great Depression put many furniture manufacturers out of business Charak Furniture Company weathered the era’s difficulties. In fact during the 1930s it introduced one of its most enduringly popular dining tables: the drop leaf Danbury table. The solid mahogany table which features four leaves to comfortably accommodate larger dining parties as necessary is supported by four slender and elegantly curving legs a wonderful example of the company's furniture from this era." Charak Furniture Company unknown
1845Best.-Nr. 75952Paris: D.Guilmard 1845. First edition Oblong quarto 10 x 7 inches. Title page plus the complete complement of 123 full page lithographs of French furniture. Although not stated in OCLC. this cops copy has 5 bis plates for no. 22 and one bis plate for no. 66. Publisher's blind ruled brown cloth gilt gilt cover lettering. marbled endpapers From hinge nicely repaired but still with a chip to the loer gutter margin of the marled endpapers. The text block is quite clean. A handsome copy of a wonderful trace catalog.There were 3 or 4 editions of this catalog and the only way of telling the difference is by the plate count which has by far the most number of plates. And this copy has even more as no cataloger have ever mentioned the bis plates. Only 5 of this edition located by OCLC all with no mention of any bis plates. "Little is known about the life of the Parisian publisher of Le Garde-meuble Désiré Guilmard c. 1810-c.1885 except that he founded the publishing firm of D. Guilmard in 1839. Because his name appears as the "delineator" of the majority of the furniture plates in Le Garde-meuble many historians presumed he was a furniture designer. However he is not known to have had a furniture shop nor are there any signed examples of his furniture extant. We do know that Guilmard was closely connected to the Parisian design community and through his numerous publications see below became an influential purveyor of taste. He was also an exceptionally able businessman who promoted French furniture and design during a fifty-year period of rapidly changing taste" Smithsonian. D.Guilmard hardcover
1881Best.-Nr. 75567Paris: Ducher et Cie 1881. Original yellow half-cloth portfolio. 6 pages and plates. Plates are numbered 1-65 including 12 double-page plates with double numbering; 36.5x28.5 cm. Covers indicate 1880 and mention 60 plates Complete. Text in French / Français - spots/foxing throughout Overall very good refer to pictures for details. Ducher et Cie hardcover
2010Best.-Nr. 1-0810989980Harry N Abrams Inc 2010. Paperback. New. 256 pages. 10.00x7.25x1.00 inches. Harry N Abrams Inc paperback
Best.-Nr. 60314Leipzig Industrie-Comptoir 1810. 4to 330 x 265 mm. Two hefts both uncut in the original printed wrappers with publisher's titel-label pasted on to front wrapper. Wear to extremities and Heft 11 missing spine and front wrappers detached and back wrapper partly detached. Internally with light brownspotting throughout. Heft 10: 1 pp. 10 plates; Heft 11: 1 pp. 9 plates. First edition Heft 10 and 11 being the last two in the series of this exceedingly rare work with illustrations on furniture of all kinds. Only one complete copy is known In the Victoria and Albert Musem unknown
1829Best.-Nr. 75517New York: Albert Grosfield Inc. 1829. First edition of this Early Grosfeld catalog. The wholesale price list is 4 pp. and printed on rectos only. The printed paper wrapperstwo brads split to upper spine tell us that Albert Grosfeld's main showroom was on Third Avenuce in New York City but he also had showrooms in Chicago and Los Angele. Is is accompanied by 100 placards showing the furniture on offer. Each card measures 7 5/8 by 9 1/2 inches and bears a photographic illustration of the piece along with a printed description stock number and dimensions As follows: 1111/20150 Adam Satinwood Writing Desk hand-decorated leather top. MADE IN ENGLAND. H. 38". W. 42". D. 23". Very good condition.The company seems to have specilaized in high end reproductions of antique furniture. They survives the Gfreat Depression and mwere quite active in the Mi-Century Modern Movement. Albert Grosfield Inc. hardcover
1968Best.-Nr. 74182N.p.: N.p. ca. 1968. Modern working collection of over 100 original stencils tracings and hand painted samples of Federal furniture decorations. All laid in enveloped or taped into a modern three ring binder. These were used for furniture projects mainly chairs so signs of use are to be expected. A treasure trove for researchers and practitioners.Up until the 1840s stencils were widely used in America for walls and furniture. The use of stenciling declined as wallpaper became more economically viable as a decorative finish but it did not die out entirely. This collection dates from the 1960s and the designer perhaps named M. Robertshaw has taped in two pages of the catalog of stenciled American Federal furniture by Hitchcock Chair Company of Connecticut so it is likely he worked there. In 1818 Lambert Hitchcock founded an innovative chair company in the northwestern hills of Connecticut where he produced beautiful hand stenciled furniture. The company was ver successful and didn't close its doors in 2006 although it has recently been revived. N.p. unknown
2012Best.-Nr. 1-4083331232Tōkyō : Shūeisha 2012. 2012. Tankobon Hardcover. New. Japanese language. 9.69x7.24x1.42 inches. Tōkyō : Shūeisha, 2012. hardcover
Best.-Nr. 100-16858Baker Furniture. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Baker Furniture hardcover
