Arti decorative e design

A Checklist of American Coverlet Weavers: Compiled for the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center

Heisey, John · 1978 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Williamsburg, VA, The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1978. 2nd printing. Hardcover. Black, cream and red illustrated boards. x, 149 pp. illustrated in bw with several color illustrations. Edited and expanded by Gail Andrews and Donald Walters. Alphabetical checklist with bi...

The Denver Art Museum: Quilts and Coverlets

DeGraw, Imelda G. · 1974 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.69 | ¥4,786)

Denver Art Museum, 1974. Softcover. Spiral-bound. White & illus. covers.Unpaginated. 144 bw plates, at least one color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1974 exhibition highlighting early American quilts in museum's 200-quilt collection. The illustrated and annotated catalog...

The Weaves of Hand-Loom Fabrics : A Classification with Historical Notes [a Pair of Books]

Reath, Nancy Andrews · 1927 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.69 | ¥4,786)

Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Museum, 1927. Hardcover. Primary copy: Black boards with cream paper title label. 64 pp. with 36 bw figures; a heavy rag-paper sheet with a chart of textile classifications (revised 1935 and printed by the Overbrook Press in Connecticut, accordin...

Irene Emery Roundtable on Museum Textiles, 1975 Proceedings: Imported and Domestic Textiles in Eighteenth-Century America

Fiske, Patricia (editor) · 1976 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Washington, DC, The Textile Museum, 1976. Paperback. Light blue wraps, ii, 195 pp. numerous bw illus. Papers presented at the Textile Museum April 10-12, 1975. Sixteen articles explore silks; printed fabrics; floor coverings; cottons; woolens and linens; and needlework. A few ...

The Copp Family Textiles

Cooper, Grace Rogers · 1971 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.69 | ¥4,786)

Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1971. Softcover. White ill. wraps. 65 pp. 68 bw ills. Extensive survey of the 19th-century Connecticut Copp Family, and their household textiles, costume items, and furniture. Information is given about each textile in the collect...

Weaving and Dyeing Processes in Early New York, with a Description of Spinning Fibers

Parslow, Virginia · 1949 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Cooperstown, The Farmer's Museum, 1949. Softcover. Blue stapled wraps. 2 bw ills. Descriptive guide to understanding early New York weaving processes, influenced by Dutch, Scottish, English and Irish colonists. VG-, wear and fading to cover, notes in pencil to cover .

Made to Remember: American Commemorative Quilts

Klimaszewski, Cathy Rosa · 1991 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.69 | ¥4,786)

Ithaca, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, 1991. Softcover. Red patterned wraps. 48 pp. Numerous bw and color ills. Signed by Cathy Rosa Klimaszewski on title page. Exhibit organized by Cathy Rosa Klimaszewski. Contributions by Elaine Hedges and Jonathan Holstein. Inc...

The Quilt Digest

Various · 1983 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

San Francisco, Kiracofe and Kile, 1983. Softcover. White ill. wraps. 71 pp. Numerous bw and color illus. Several articles on historic quilts and quiltmaking. Amish quilts; Log Cabin; quilt collecting; and much more. VG, clean and tight but with art museum curator's name on ffep.

Hand-Woven Coverlets in the Newark Museum

White, Margaret E. · 1947 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Newark, The Newark Museum, 1947. Softcover. Blue and white patterned wraps. 83 pp. 31 bw plates. Introductory essay and many illustrations of 17th, 18th and 19th century coverlets with descriptive annotations. VG-, mild foxing, cover beginning to separate from textblock from d...

A Gallery of American Samplers: The Theodore H. Kapnek Collection

Krueger, Glee F. · 1978 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

New York, E. P. Dutton, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Yellow cloth, blue ill. DJ. 96 pp. 100 + color and bw ills. Features samplers dating from 1678 to 1865. DJ says..Provides comprehensive study of the development of the American sampler, with special attention to the types...

Quilted for Friends: Delaware Valley Signature Quilts, 1840-1855

Nicoll, Jessica · 1986 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Winterthur, Delaware, Winterthur Museum, 1986. Softcover. White stapled wraps with color illus. and black lettering. 40 pp. with 23 color and bw illus. Catalogue from the exhibition of April to July 1986. With an extensive essay exploring 40 signature quilts made between 1841 ...

Bed Ruggs, 1722 - 1833

Hartford, CT: Wadsworth Atheneum, November 9 to December 31, 1972 · 1972 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

1972. Softcover. White ill. wraps. 80 pp. 4 color, 39 bw plates. Exhibit and catalogue organized by J. Herbert Callister. 18th and 19th century New England bed rugs. Plates include descriptive annotations. Good+ (may be ex-libris/gallery/museum w/ taped, round red classificati...

Early American Pewter: John J. Evans, Jr. Collection

Hirsch, Richard · 1966 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.69 | ¥4,786)

Allentown, PA, Allentown Art Museum, 1966. Softcover. Yellow stapled wraps. 12 pp. 13 bw plates, featuring 102 pieces. First exhibition of collection. Pewterers featured include Nathaniel Austin, Blak(e)slee Barns, Stephen Barns, Frederick Bassett, Thomas Boardman, Boardman an...

Some Notes on American Pewterers

Myers, Louis Guerineau · 1926 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.69 | ¥4,786)

Garden City, Country Life Press, 1926. Hardcover. Blue-grey boards, black cloth spine. xiii, 96 pp. Biographical sketches, products and marks of many notable pewterers, including Richard Austin, the Thomas Badgers, B. Barns, the Bassetts, William Bradfors, the Boardmans, the D...

Myer Myers, Goldsmith 1723 - 1795

Rosenbaum, Jeannette · 1954 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.69 | ¥4,786)

Philadelphia, The Jewish Publication Society of America, 1954. Hardcover. Patterned boards, black cloth spine. 142 pp. 12 bw figs. 30 bw plates. Exploration of 18th-century Jewish goldmith. Covers his life and works he produced. "This timely .. compilation of the life and work...

Early American Copper, Tin and Brass

Kauffman, Henry · 1950 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

New York, Medill McBride Company, 1950. Hardcover. tan cloth boards w/ blue illustration, blue cloth spine. 112 pp. 89 bw ills. copper & blue illustrated dustjacket. Examines handmade metalware of the early colonists and early metal smiths. VG-/Fair+ (cloth spine ends bumped, ...

All That Glisters: Brass in Early America

Simpson, Marc · 1979 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New Haven, Yale Center for American Art and Material Culture. Softcover. White ill. stapled wraps. 26 pp. Numerous bw ills. Commercial and domestic examples of brass in early America. A separate booklet titled "A Checklist Accompanying All That Glisters, Brass In Early America...

George Wickes, 1698 - 1761: Royal Goldsmith

Barr, Elaine · 1980 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Rizzoli, 1980. Hardcover. Grey cloth, yellowish ill. DJ. xiii, 210 pp. 127 bw ills. Alalysis of notable 18th century master silversmith. The firm Wickes founded still holds the appointment to Britain's royal family. VG/VG .

Old Pewter

Bell, Malcolm · 1913 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.69 | ¥4,786)

London, B. T. Batsford, 1913. Hardcover. Navy cloth. xxi, 186 pp. 106 bw plates. History of pewter making. Covers pewter techniques and developments from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries. VG- (Wear to cover, small tear to upper spine, minor foxing.) .

A Short History of the Worshipful Company of Pewterers of London and a Catalogue of Pewterware in Its Possession

Michaelis, Ronald F. with Richard Mundey · 1968 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.69 | ¥4,786)

London, Court of Assistants, Pewterers Hall, 1968. Hardcover. Grey boards with black lettering and decoration. 103 pp. 62 bw ills. Includes history of the company, chartered in January 1473, analyses of pieces it has produced, official emblems of authority, assaying and pewter...