Arti decorative e design

New American Glass: Focus West Virginia

Eige, Eason · 1987 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Huntington, WV, Huntington Museum of Art, 1987. Softcover. Purple stapled wraps with blue lettering. [12] pp. 4 color and 6 bw plates. Includes the works of Paul Stankard and Ginny Ruffner. WV: Huntington Museum of Art, November 6, 1988 to January 29, 1989. VG- (some rubbing a...

Innovative Designers: The Originals

Hildreth, Jean C. (Curator) · 1987 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Phoenix, The Arizona Costume Institute, 1987. Softcover. red & blue printed wraps w/ illustration & reflective silver printing. 34 pp. Numerous bw plates. Includes descriptively annotated entries, which accompany plates. Designers include Paul Poiret, Madeleine Voinnet, Alix G...

Elena Karina, a Sense of the Sea: Recent Porcelain Vessels and Drawings

CA: The Oakland Museum, October 14 to November 30, 1980; three additional venues · 1980 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

1980. Softcover. Pale green-grey stapled wraps. Unpaginated. Several color plates. Includes lovely images and interview between Karina and Harry Rand. VG .

Toilet Articles from Ancient Egypt from the Charles Edwin Wilbour Memorial Collection and the Collection of the New York Historical Society in the Brooklyn Museum

Riefstahl, Elizabeth · 1943 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1943. Softcover. Grey illus. stapled wraps over red covers. Unpaginated. 19 bw plates, 5 BW figures. Presents 18 items or groups of items that match this theme, illustrated here. With an introduction by Elizab...

The Afro-American Tradition in Decorative Arts: Notes on the Exhibition

OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, February 1 to April 2, 1978; six additional venues · 1978 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

1978. Softcover. Mustard and gold ill. stapled wraps. 24 pp. Numerous bw ills. VG-, light fading to cover edges .

Footloose: Not All Shoes Are Made for Walking

New Brunswick: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, March 16 to August 28, 1977 · 1977 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

1977. Softcover. Mauve ill. stapled wraps. 32 pp. 9 bw plates. Organized by Gabriele Ohanian, Elizabeth Paredes and Nancie Balun. Addresses shoe materials, heels, sandals, boots, dress shoes, athletic footwear, and accessories. Includes glossary. VG .

Floor Coverings in New England Before 1850

Little, Nina Fletcher · 1967 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

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Sturbridge, Old Sturbridge Village, 1967. Softcover. White illustrated wraps. 83 pp. 48 bw plates. A great book on this seldom-discussed topic. Includes a bibliography. VG (previous owners name on cover; may be ex-museum/gallery w/ taped red, round classification sticker to lo...

Stage and Costume Designs by Russian Painters from the Collections of Mr. And Mrs. Nikita D. Lobanov-Rostovsky and Mr. George Riabov

Zavalishin, Vyacheslav and George Riabov · 1966 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York City, Harkness House for Ballet Arts, 1966. Softcover. White stapled wraps, [16 pp.], Color frontispiece tipped in. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition. With an essay by Vyacheslav Zavalishin, translated by George Riabov. The exhibition checklist cites 117 pieces...

Cosmetics Packaging: A 20th Century Art Form

New York: Fashion Institute of Technology, May to September 8, 1979 · 1979 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

1979. Softcover. Black ill. stapled wraps. 20 pp. 17 bw figures. Descriptively annotated illustrations of cosmetic packages. Includes a variety of items, mostly from the 1930s, 40s and 50s. VG (A few light scratches to wraps) .

The Goldsmith: An Exhibition of Work by Contemporary Artists-Craftsmen of North America

Washington, DC: Renwick Gallery, May 17 to Aug. 18, 1974, one other location · 1974 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

1974. Softcover. White wraps. Appx. 50 pp. Numerous bw plates. Includes a three-page essay by Harry Bober, "The Renaissance in Contemporary American Goldsmith Art and an exhibition checklist of 164 works. VG-, light soiling & bend to cover .

American Furniture 2002

Beckerdite, Luke (editor) · 2002 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Hanover, NH, The Chipstone Foundation and University Press of New England, 2002. Softcover. Pictorial wraps. xii, 289 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. Some of the essays included are: "Survival of the Fittest: The Lloyd Family's Furniture Legacy, by Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley...

Israel Sack: A Record of Service, 1903 - 1953

Sack, Albert · 1954 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

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[not identified], Self published, 1954. Presentation copy. Softcover. Moss green stapled wraps. 48 pp. Numerous bw plates. Tribute organized by Mr. Sack's son. Consists of letters from museum directors and private collectors alike. VG-, fading, scuffing and wear to cover, very...

Hadley Chests

Zea, Philip, and Suzanne L. Flynt · 1992 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Deerfield, Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, 1992. Softcover. Green ill. wraps. 31 pp. 16 color plates. Exhibition catalogue of the Hadley chests made for young women and enjoyed by families for generations. Thirteen chests were on display at three locations between Decem...

Our Own Snug Fireside: Images of the New England Home, 1760-1860

Nylander, Jane C. · 1993 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth, siena and blue illus. DJ. xiv, 317 pp. 162 bw illus. "In this portrayal of home life in New England from the years preceding the American Revolution to the eve of the Civil War, Jane Nylander explores both everyday re...

Journal of Glass Studies, Volume 38

Dreier, Franz Adrian · 1996 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Corning, The Corning Museum of Glass, 1996. Softcover. Blue ill. wraps. 359 pp. 70+ bw plates. Entire volume is devoted to 18th-century German glass-maker Franz Gondelach. VG, clean and tight with unbroken spine; ex-lib. stamp on title page and very light wear to spine front e...

The Best the Country Affords: Vermont Furniture, 1765-1850

Zogry, Kenneth Joel · 1995 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Bennington, VT, Bennington Museum, 1995. Hardbound. Tan cloth boards. Forest green dust jacket with yellow lettering and color illustration. 172 pp. Color illustrations. This catalogue accompanies the exhibition, The best the country affords, held at the Bennington Museum, Ben...

American Silver 1655 - 1825, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2 Vols)

Buhler, Kathryn · 1972 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1972. Softbound. Black wraps. Volume I: xx, 383 pp. Numerous bw plates. Volume II: pp. 384 - 708. Numerous bw plates, color frontispiece. A truly exhaustive survey of the museum's impressive silver collection. VG, not issued in slipcase as was the ...

American Silver 1655 - 1825, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2 Vols)

Buhler, Kathryn · 1972 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, 1972. Hardcover. Grey cloth spine with paper boards, black slipcase. Volume I: xx, 383 pp. Numerous bw plates. Volume II: pp. 384 - 708. Numerous bw plates. A truly exhaustive survey of the museum's impressive silver collection. VG/VG, books in ver...

The Jerome and Rita Gans Collection of English Silver on Loan to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Bliss, Joseph · 0 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Arn Publishing Company, nd. Softcover. Black illustrated wraps. 247 pp. Profuse bw and color plates. Beautiful photos and descriptions of the Gans collection of English silver. G+, cover creased, with wear and scuffing to edges. Interior nice and tight .

English Decorated Trays (1550-1850)

John, W. D. and Jacqueline Simcox · 1964 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Newport, Mon, England, The Ceramic Book Company, 1964. Hardcover. Smooth green boards, gilt letters on spine & front cover, xii, 213 pp. 455 bw and color plates. "Trays have for many centuries been in constant use in almost every domestic sphere for the carrying of food and ot...