Arti decorative e design

European Porcelain of the 18th Century

Meister, Peter Wilhelm and Horst Reber · 1980 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Oxford, Phaidon, 1980. Hardcover. White cloth, navy blue & color illus. dust jacket, 320 pp. 99 color, 447 bw plates. "Approaches European porcelain of the eighteenth century from a new angle, avoiding the usual lsiting of factories and their output. After briefly defining por...

The Tasteful Interlude: American Interiors Through the Camera's Eye, 1860-1917

Seale, William · 1975 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, NY, Praeger Publishers, 1975. first edition. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with gold gilt spine lettering, black pictorial dust jacketwith yellow and orange lettering, 256 pp. over 226 bw plates. This is the first edition of an excellent examination of American interio...

Animals in Crystal: Helen Harper Brown Memorial Exhibition

St. Petersburg, FL: Museum of Fine Arts, June to December, 1988 · 1988 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

1988. Softcover. Blue wraps. Unpaginated. Numerous bw plates. Features Steuben glass pieces from Harper's collection. VG .

Greek Costumes and Embroideries from the Benaki Museum, Athens

1959 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution, 1959. Softcover. Pink patterned stapled wraps. 39 pp. Numerous bw plates. Comprehensive account of the costumes and embroideries produced in Greece in the 18th and 19th centuries. VG .

Dover Stamping Co. 1869

1971 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Princeton, NJ, The Pyne Press, 1971. First Edition. Softcover. Green wraps. 205+ pp. Numeorus bw illus. This volume is part of the American Historical Catalog Collection. Includes an illustrated catalog and historical introduction to tinware, tin toys, tinned iron wares, tinne...

British Design: Konstindustri Och Design, 1851 - 1987

Bayley, Stephen et al. · 1987 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, 1987. Softcover. White card wraps with red/violet design and black spine lettering. 109 pp. Numerous bw plates. Text in Swedish but with a foreword in English by the British Ambassador. British industrial design - autos, flatware, seating, textiles a...

Des Kaisers Rock: Uniform Und Mode Am Osterreichischen Kaiserhof, 1800 Bis 1918

Kugler, Georg and Herbert Haupt · 1989 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Halbturn, Austria, Schloss Halbturn, 1989. Softcover. Blue ill. wraps. 192 pp. 160 bw and color plates. Text in German. Features the clothing and wardrobe of 19th century Austrian rulers. Catalogue from the exhibition of May - Oct. 1989. VG .

The 22nd Annual International Glass Invitational

Habatat Galleries, Farmington Hills, MI: 1994 · 1994 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Farmington Hills, Michigan, Habatat Galleries, 1994. Softcover. Grey wraps. 72 pp. Profuse color plates. Invitational included works by 96 artists (18 not shown in the catalogue). VG .

Mobeldesign

Auer, Ernst Josef et al. · 1985 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Baden-Wurttemburg, Design Center Stuttgard; Landesgewerbeamtes Baden-Wurttemburg, 1985. Softcover. Black wraps with color illus. white lettering and cut out square. French flaps. 200 pp. Profuse bw and color plates. Text in German and Italian. Very well-illustrated, with copio...

The Modern Chair: Its Origins and Evolution

Magnusson, Carl · 1977 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, 1977. Softcover. Color illus. stapled wraps. 62 pp. Numerous bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a series of 1977-1978 exhibitions of chairs. Features innovative examples by Shakers and designers including Michael Thonet, Josef Hoffman, C...

American Hooked and Sewn Rugs: Folk Art Underfoot

Kopp, Joel and Kate · 1985 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, E. P. Dutton and Co, 1985. Hardcover. Navy cloth, orange ill. DJ. 141 pp. about 200 color, 50 bw plates. In-depth study of the history and development of hooked rugs. VG/VG .

Remember the Ladies: Women in America, 1750-1815

De Pauw, Linda Grant, and Conover Hunt · 1976 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, The Viking Press, 1976. Softcover. Taupe illus. wraps. 168 pp. Profuse bw and color plates. "'Remember the Ladies ..' wrote Abigail Adams in 1776. But Americans quickly forgot." (intro) What was it like to be a woman in the 18th century? Chapters here address such to...

Morris and Company

1979 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

London, The Fine Art Society, Ltd, 1979. Softcover. Patterned wraps. 56 pp. Numerous bw plates. Features textiles, furniture, ceramics, jewelry, and fine art. Catalogue from the exhibition of April 28 to May 18, 1979. VG .

Silver: History and Design

Glanville, Philippa, ed · 1996 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1996. Hardcover. Black cloth, black ill. DJ. 144 pp. 202 bw and color plates. Silver from the middle ages to the 20th century from the collections of the V&A. Table settings, the myth of the maker's mark, expert essays and more. A sumptuous book...

Vital Forms: American Art and Design in the Atomic Age, 1940-1960

Rapaport, Brooke Kamin and Kevin L. Stayton · 2001 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. / Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2001. Softcover. White ill. wraps. 256 pp. 200+ bw and color plates. All kinds of contemporary design in the "mid-mod" era: housing developments, furniture, automobiles, jewelry, glassware, table ware, architecture, the...

Vital Forms: American Art and Design in the Atomic Age, 1940-1960

Rapaport, Brooke Kamin and Kevin L. Stayton · 2001 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. / Brooklyn Museum of Art, 2001. Softcover. White ill. wraps. 256 pp. 200+ bw and color plates. VG- (Ex-lib. usual markings) .

Dress and Morality

Ribeiro, Aileen · 1986 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Holmes and Meier Publishers, 1986. Hardcover. Red cloth, red ill. DJ. 192 pp. 106 bw plates. Provacative account of the way the moralists have viewed the history of dress. Historic targets, discussed here, include the Roman short tunic, men's trousers, tight-lacing, ...

Curule: Ancient Design in American Federal Furniture

New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, August 5, 2003 to January 4, 2004 · 2003 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

2003. Softcover. Blue wraps. 48 pp. Numerous bw and color plates. VG .

The Windsor Style: A Pictorial Study of the History and Regional Characteristics of the Most Popular Furniture Form of Eighteenth-Century America, 1730 - 1830

Santore, Charles and Thomas M Voss · 1981 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Philadelphia, PA, Running Press, 1981. Hardcover. Forest green cloth, white pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 215 pp. 17 color, 271 bw plates, with a few in color. "In recent years, no form of American furniture has so sparked the interest of collectors, antiquarians, and connoisseu...

Staffordshire Pots & Potters

Rhead, G. Woolliscroft and Frederick Alfred Rhead · 1906 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, Hutchinson and Co, 1906. Hardcover. Navy cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, gilt decoration on front cover; gilt top edges. xvi, 384 pp. 4 color plates, 116 bw illus. and 90 line drawings. Chronicle of the chief triumphs of the Staffordshire potter, meant to b...