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Furniture of the Georgia Piedmont Before 1830

Atlanta, GA: The High Museum of Art, September 11 to October 31, 1976 · 0 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Softcover. Brown ill. wraps. 143 pp. 185 bw plates. Foreword by Alice Winchester. Essay by Henry D. Green. Catalogue and exhibit examine previously unexplored topic of early furniture of the Georgia piedmont. Annotated and illustrated examples include: huntboards and sideboard...

Connecticut Furniture: Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries

Maynard, Henry P. (Curator) · 1967 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Hartford, CT, Wadsworth Atheneum, 1967. Softcover. White illustrated wraps. xvi, 156 pp. 275 bw illustrations. Exhaustive survey of Connecticut oak of the 17th and 18th centuries, including the Chippendale style, tracing the organic growth of designs in the regions. Exhibit co...

Cabinet Makers and Furniture Designers

Honour, Hugh · 1969 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Spring Books, 1969. Hardcover. Black cloth with black ill DJ. Ill paste-down. 320 pp. 32 color plates and 230 bw ills. Study of some of the world's most prolific furniture makers including Chippendale, Sheraton, Boulle, Piranesi and Le Corbusier. VG/VG .

Old Italian Lace

Ricci, Elisa · 1913 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott, 1913. Hardcover. Blue gilt-embossed cloth over boards. Decorative gold end papers. V1: 426 pp with 417 bw plates. V2: 277 pp with 343 bw plates. A stunning set of this large (11.1" x 14.2") and heavy (17 pounds). Both volumes are very-well illus...

The Arts and Crafts of Newport Rhode Island, 1640-1820

Carpenter, Ralph E., Jr. · 1954 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Newport, RI, Preservation Society of Newport County, 1954. Hardcover. Green cloth. xii, 216 pp. 139+ bw illus. Books covers Newport's era of prosperity, the Newport cabinet and chair makers, Newport limners and engravers, and silversmiths. Also includes the 1774 census, The Ni...

Design in America: The Cranbrook Vision 1925-1950

Clark, Robert Judson and Andrea Belloli · 1983 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. / Detroit Institute of Arts and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1983. Softcover. Grey and color pictorial wraps. 352 pp. 61 color plates, 200 bw and color illustrations. "This exhibition catalog documents the emergence of modern American design ...

Pennsylania Folk Art

Allentown, PA: Allentown Art Museum, October 20 to December 1, 1974 · 1974 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

1974. Softcover. Orange ill. wraps. 98 pp. 421 works of art ill. Major exhibition featuring 18th and 19th century fine and decorative arts of the Pennsylvania Dutch. VG, previous owner's name large on cover .

The Art of the Weathervane

Miller, Steve · 1984 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Exton, PA, Schiffer Publishing, Ltd, 1984. Black cloth/ black ill. DJ. 160 pp. Profuse color and bw plates. Book contains profuse bw and color illustrations divided into three chapters, which are accompanied by brief essays. Many great examples of antique weathervanes are incl...

Lathe-Turned Objects: An International Exhibition

Philadelphia, PA: Port of History Museum, Sept. 17 to Nov. 13, 1988 · 1988 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

1988. Softcover. Black wraps. xix, 148 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. Illustrated catalogue of 135 + works, with an alphabetical list of artists and statements by the artists. Beautiful photographs by Eric Mitchell. VG .

A Tribute to Charles F. Montgomery, 1910-1978

Fleming, E. McClung · 0 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Softcover. Blue wraps. 8 pp. No illus. Remarks from a service of rememberance for Charles Montgomery, fomer director of the Winterthur Museum and senior research fellow at Winterthur. VG .

Winterthur and America's Museum Age; Winterthur: 1951-1981, a Chronology

Harris, Neil · 1981 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Winterthur, DE, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1981. Softcover. Yellow wraps. Apx. 50 pp. No illus. VG-, light soiling on cover .

The Moravian Potters in North Carolina

Bivins, John Jr. · 1972 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina Press, 1972. Hardcover. Brown & cream cloth, decorative end pages, 300 pp. xiii, 276 bw plates. Includes chapters on the master potters, the apprentices and journeymen, the materials, tools, and techniques, as well as glossaries of...

Notes on Franz Greenwood and the Glasses That He Engraved (Also Listed As Frans Greenwood)

Buckley, Wilfred · 1930 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$70.00 (€63.51 | £52.98 | ¥11,179)

London, Ernest Benn Limited, 1930. limited 55/250 copies. Hardbound. Plain gray boards, blue cloth spine with gilt lettering. 14 pp. 30 bw photographic plates. This is copy No. 55 of 250 copies. A terrific copy of this rare title. VG interior but with bumps to corners and tann...

International Exhibition of Glass and Rugs

Richards, Charles R. (introduction) · 1929 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, The American Federation of Arts, 1929. First. Softcover. Blue wraps. Appx. 100 pp. Numerous bw plates. Includes a lengthy introduction by Charles R. Richards, followed by a checklist of 334 works of glass, and a checklist of 81 rugs. Good, cover worn with tattered ed...

A History of English Furniture. With Plates in Colour After Shirley Slocombe, and Numerous Illustrations Selected and Arranged by the Author

MACQUOID, Percy · 1919 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$70.00 (€63.51 | £52.98 | ¥11,179)

London, Lawrence & Bullen, Ltd, 1919. Hardbound. A four-volume set. THE AGE OF OAK: Red, gilt-embossed cloth. 243 pp. 15 color and 215 bw plates. THE AGE OF SATINWOOD: Red, gilt-embossed cloth. 260 pp. 15 color, 243 bw plates. THE AGE OF MAHOGANY: Red, gilt-embossed cloth. 271...

Country Cabinetwork and Simple City Furniture (Winterthur Conference Report 1969)

Morse, John D. (editor) · 1970 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Charlottesville, VA, University Press of Virginia, 1970. Softbound. Illustrated stiff wraps. 311 pp. 57 bw plates throughout. Fifteenth Annual Winterthur Conference Report 1969. Published for the Winterthur Museum. Some of the article titles are : 'Urban Aspects of Massachuset...

Warm and Wonderful: The Jacquard Coverlet

Hirschl & Adler Folk, NY: Feb. 27 to Mar. 26, 1988 · 1988 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

1988. Softcover. White wraps. 36 pp. 13 color plates. This interesting exhibition catalogue begins with a brief introduction by Frank J. Miele, and continues with a detailed description by Melinda Ventre of the creation process of the woven coverlet, interspersed with wonderfu...

Art to Wear: New Handmade Clothing

NY: American Craft Museum II, May 26 to Oct. 14, 1983 · 1983 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, American Craft Museum, 1983. Softcover. Black wraps. Unpaginated. Numerous color plates. Exhibition catalogue. A brief introductory essay is accompanied by a checklist of 75 works. VG, one copy with crease top corner front cover, and some checkmarks in red pencil thr...

Period Rooms in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Peck, Amelia et al. · 1996 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

NY, Abrams, 1996. Hardbound. Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering on spine, glossy color illustrted dust jacket, 312 pp. 70 bw, 219 color plates. Superb examples of interior design through the ages are on view in the period rooms at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. From...

Simon Willard and His Clocks

Willard, John Ware · 1968 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, Dover Publications, 1968. Unabridged and Corrected Republication. Softcover. Black wraps. 133 pp. 4 color, 74 bw plates. This book was formerly titled "A History of Simon Willard, Inventor and Clockmaker: Together With Some Account of His Sons-His Apprentices-and the Workm...