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Joseph Richardson and Family: Philadelphia Silversmiths

Fales, Martha Gandy · 1974 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Middletown, Connecticut, Wesleyan University Press, 1974. Hardcover. Navy cloth, cream pictorial DJ. decorative end pages, xviii, 340 pp. 182 bw illus. From the DJ..Examining, evaluating and interpreting both the extant silver marked by the Richardsons and the recently discove...

American Silver (Vol. III)

Hammerslough, Philip H. · 1965 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Hartford, Privately printed, 1965. Limited edition. Hardcover. Grey boards with grey cloth spine. 159 pp. Profuse bw plates. Clear mylar cover. 1 volume of what was eventually a 4 vol. series. This volume is complete by itself. Examples of silver made after 1810. Entries are a...

South Carolina Silversmiths 1690-1860

Burton, E. Milby · 1968 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Rutland, Vermont; Charleston, South Carolina, Charles E. Tuttle Co. for the Charleston Museum, 1968. Original edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth spine, light gray paper boards, silver DJ with BW illustration. xvii, 311 pp. Several bw illus. Alphabetical listing of 320 silversmiths...

Silversmiths of Lancaster, Pennsylvania 1730 - 1850

Gerstell, Vivian S. · 1972 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Lancaster, PA, Lancaster County Historical Society, 1972. Hardcover. Dark grey cloth boards with silver lettering. ix, 145 pp. Profuse bw illustrations. Names, marks and biographies of Lancaster silvesmiths. VG (minor shelf wear, otherwise clean) .

American Ceramics Before 1930: A Bibliography

Weidner, Ruth Irwin · 1982 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Westport, Greenwood Press, 1982. Hardcover. Reddish cloth with gilt lettering. xx, 279 pp. No ills. A full bibliography of nearly 3000 publications related to American ceramics. VG, Ex Art library copy with label, a few stamps, otherwise very clean hardly used .

Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Arts; from the Geesey Collection and Others

Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1956 · 1956 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

1956. Softcover. Beige illustrated wraps. 34 pp. 63 bw illustrations. Foreword by Henri Marceau, essay by Frances Lichten. VG-, light soiling to cover .

Henry Francis Du Pont 1880-1969

Sweeney, John A H. · 1980 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Winterthur, DE, Winterthur Museum, 1980. Softcover. Buff wraps, 44pp, 14 bw illustrations. "Observations on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of His Birth May 27, 1980. VG .

English and Other Silver in the Irwin Untermyer Collection

Hackenbroch, Yvonne · 1969 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1969. Hardcover. Beige cloth, green spine, yellowish ill. DJ. 46 pp. + plate pp. 213 bw plates, 213 bw ills. Catalogue devoted to English silver. Addresses artistic development of such silversmiths as Nelme, Platel, Willaume, Mettayer,...

Winterthur Farms

1969 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Mexico, NY, Backus Pedigree Co, 1969. Softcover. White ill. wraps, bound with glue and blue string. Unpaginated. Several bw ills. From title page..Catalog of Winterthur Farms Complete Dispersal, Friday, September 12, 1969. 140 Registered Holsteins. VG .

Federal Philadelphia 1785-1825: The Athens of the Western World

Garvan, Beatrice B. · 1987 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Philadelphia, PA, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1987. Softbound. Black & color pictorial wraps, 96 pp, profuse color and b/w illustrations. Published for exhibition July 5 to September 20, 1987, of Federal Philadelphia period decorative objects, paintings and furnishings. The ex...

New York Furniture Before 1840

Albany Institute of History & Art · 1962 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Albany, NY, Albany Institute of History & Art, 1962. Softcover. Tan illustrated wraps, 63pp, bw illustrations throughout. Exhibition catalogue of furnishings of the descendeants of the Dutch settlers of New York. VG (slight shelf wear) .

Centuries and Styles of the American Chair 1640 - 1970

Bishop, Robert · 1972 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc, 1972. Hardcover. Green clotth with white pictorial DJ. 516 pp. 923 plates. Foreword by Charles F. Hummel. Chapters include The Earliest Settler, 1640 - 1700; Fashions from Abroad, 1680 - 1730; The Queen Anne Style, 1720 - 1755; The Chippendale...

Furniture in Maryland 1740-1940: The Collection of the Maryland Historical Society

Weidman, Gregory R. · 1984 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$145.00 (€131.55 | £109.74 | ¥23,157)

Baltimore, Maryland Historical Society, 1984. Hardbound. Black cloth boards w/ silver spine printing. 342 pp. XXIV color plates and 259 bw plates. This is a special, limited hardcover edition. Lacks its own ISBN (which is only for the paperback edition). Three essays including...

Savannah Furniture 1735 - 1825

Theus, Mrs. Charlton M. · 1967 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Savannah, 1967. Softcover. Tannish illustrated wraps. xi, 100 pp. 23 bw plates. Foreword by "Antiques" magazine editor, Alice Winchester. Chapters addressing Savannah history, types of wood, inventories of Savannah furniture makers, types fo furniture made in Savannah, alphabe...

Delaware Cabinetmakers and Allied Artisans 1655 - 1855

Dorman, Charles G. · 1960 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.62 | ¥8,784)

Wilmington, Historical Society of Delaware, 1960. Hardcover. Greenish cloth. 106 pp. 27 bw plates. Biographies of cabinetmakers in alphabetical listing. Appendices include estate inventories from David Penny, Charles Trute, William Penny and John White. VG .

The Book of Decorative Furniture: Its Form, Colour and History (2 Vols. )

Foley, Edwin · 1912 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

New York, T.C. & E.C. Jack, 1912. Hardcover. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. 847 pp. 100 tipped-in color plates and 1000 drawings. Complete survey of furniture from across western Europe. Covers three centuries of furniture styles and makers from England, France, Italy, and S...

Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design

Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, Nov. 27, 2002 to Mar. 2, 2003 · 2002 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

2002. Softcover. Blue pictorial wraps. ix, 253 pp. Several smaller bw & color illus, 82 color plates. Includes three lengthy and informative essays, an annotated catalogue of 108 works, artists' biographies, an annotated list of state projects, as well as an index of rendering...

Baltimore Painted Furniture 1800-1840

Elder, William Voss · 1972 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,472)

Baltimore, MD, The Baltimore Museum of Art, 1972. Softcover. Black illustrated wraps with white lettering, 132 pp. Profuse bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1971 exhibition. With an introductory essay by William Voss Elder, III. Highlights furniture from notable cabinetm...

The Israel Sack Collections of American Antiques : Boston, New York, Marblehead, New London

Sack, Israel · 1928 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Boston, Israel Sack, 1928. Softcover. Green wraps, black lettering. Unpaginated, approx. 78 pp. Profuse bw ills. Features annotated antique furniture selections, interior views, and house sketches from the following estates: Westomere of New London; eighty-five and eighty-nine...

Le Style Directoire : Mobilier Et Decoration

Janneau, Guillaume · 1949 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Paris, Chez Charles Moreau, 1949. Hardcover. 62 uncut pp.; 48 loose bw plates. Laid into folio of tan paper/boards, with black lettering. 17th and 18th French furniture and wood decoration on doorways, etc. Text in French. Contents VG, clean and tight with only faint edge tann...