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American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection

Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, Oct. 12, 1986 to Apr. 19, 1987 · 1986 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

1986. Softcover. Grey wraps. 263 pp. 28 bw, 150 color plates. An extensively annotated and beautifully illustrated catalogue by J. Michael Flanagan, with introductory essays by Wendy A. Cooper, Morrison H. Heckscher, and Gregory R. Weidman providing important background inform...

American Furniture from the Kaufman Collection

Flanigan, J. Michael et al. · 1986 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, 1986. Hardcover. Grey cloth/white DJ. 263 pp. 28 bw, 150 color plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1986-1987 exhibition. An extensively annotated and beautifully illustrated catalogue by J. Michael Flanagan, with introductory essays by...

Matieres de Reves: Stuff of Dreams from the Paris Musee Des Arts Decoratifs

Hunter-Stiebel, Penelope and Odile Nouvel-Kammerer · 2002 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Portland, Oregon, Portland Art Museum, 2002. Hardbound. Black cloth with dj. 175 pp. Numerous large color plates. This book was published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Portland Art Museum in 2002 and two other venues. It reproduces over 200 works from the middl...

The Shakers: Their Arts & Crafts. (Philadelphia Museum Bulletin, Vol. 57, No. 273, Spring 1962)

Frost, Sister Margueritte et al. · 1962 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Philadelphia, 1962. Softcover. Blue illustrated wraps. pp. 67-114. with 33 bw plates. Checklist of 257 exhibits, including inspirational drawings, furniture, utilitarian objects, costumes and textiles, and Shaker documents. Introduction, "The Prose and Poetry of Shakerism" by ...

Property from the Collection of the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum

Sotheby Parke Bernet, NY: Apr. 21-28, 1978 · 1978 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

1978. Softcover. White wraps. Unpaginated. 219 bw plates. This auction catalogue features Americana, including Glass, Chinese Export Porcelain, Pewter, Paintings, Prints, Furniture, Decorations and Books. Includes a list of prices realized. VG .

A Century of Ceramics in the United States, 1878-1978; a Study of Its Development

Clark, Garth and Margie Hughto · 1979 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, E. P. Dutton, 1979. First Edition. Softcover. Green wraps. xxv, 371 pp. Numerous bw plates. VG-, Cover corners may have creases. Tanning to page edges. Contents clean and tight.

America's Quilts and Coverlets

Safford, Carleton L and Robert Bishop · 1972 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc, 1972. Hardcover. Sky blue cloth with decorative red inlay on front cover. 313 pp. 462 color & bw plates. No dust-jacket. Remains a suitable reading/research copy. Good- (possible ex-college w/ department notation to front endpaper. boards scuf...

A History of American Pewter

Montgomery, Charles F. · 1973 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, Praeger Publishers, 1973. Hardcover. Tan cloth. 246 pp. Numerous bw plates. This book is part of the Decorative Arts Series, edited by Graham Hood. A standard and still essential reference on this topic, written by one of the well-known curators of Winterthur Museum. VG-, ...

The Jean and Kenneth Chorley Collection: Important English Pottery and American and English Furniture, Works of Art and Paintings

Christie's, NY: Jan. 16-24, 1993 · 1993 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

1993. Softcover. Color wraps. 98 pp. Numerous color & bw plates. Lists 287 works, including asking prices. VG .

Treasures in Glass on Loan to the Allentown Art Museum from the Corning Museum of Glass

Allentown, PA: Allentown Art Museum, Oct. 1 to Dec. 31, 1966 · 1966 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

1966. Softbound. Illustrated wraps. 95 pp. 200+ bw illustrations. A well-illustrated presentation of 206 items loaned for this expansive exhibition. Errata sheet laid in. VG- (Wear at bottom left of front cover where a sticker was removed; Blindstamp to title page) .

Century of Revivals: Nineteenth-Century American Furniture from the Collection of the Newark Museum; (the Newark Museum Quarterly, Vol. 31, Nos. 2-3-Spring/Summer 1980)

Dietz, Ulysses G. · 1983 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

The Newark Museum, 1983. Softcover. Black and color pictorial and stapled wraps. 63 pp. 54 bw plates. Title on cover: Century of Revivals: Nineteenth-Century American Furniture in The Newark Museum. Issued in conjunction with a 1982-1983 exhibition of this 19th-century America...

May Useful Arts Employ My Youth": The Hope R. Hacker Collection in the Allentown Art Museum

Vincent, Margaret · 1987 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Allentown, PA, Allentown Art Museum, 1987. Softcover. Green stapled wraps with color illus. and white lettering. 24 pp. 16 bw plates. A catalogue of 58 embroideries in the Hacker Collection, 14 of them worked by members of the family. Several others are American samplers, and ...

American Decorative Arts at Dartmouth

Hanover, NH: Hopkins Center, Jan. 10 to Mar. 1, 1981 · 1981 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

1981. Softcover. Color wraps. v, 50 pp. 50 bw plates. Exhibition catalogue. Text by Margaret J. Moody. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of 50 works. VG-, cover lightly worn & soiled small round stamp on title page .

American Pewter: Garvan and Other Collections at Yale

Hood, Graham (introduction) · 1965 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New Haven, CT, Yale University Art Gallery, 1965. Softcover. White wraps. 59 pp. Numerous bw plates. Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (Volume 30, Number 3-Fall, 1965). VG-. May have round blue stamp on front cover or writing on front page, cover lightly worn.

Charleston Furniture, 1700-1825 (Contributions from the Charleston Museum XII)

Burton, E. Milby · 1955 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Charleston, South Carolina, The Charleston Museum, 1955. Hardcover. Burnt orange cloth with gilt spine lettering. 150 pp. 149 bw plates. Provides details of all kinds of furniture produced in Charleston, South Carolina, over the course of a century and a quarter. Includes beds...

Weathervanes, Carvings, and Quilts

Somerville, Romaine Stee · 1978 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Baltimore, Museum and Library of Maryland History, 1978. Softcover. White wraps. [17] pp. 13 bw plates. Annotated catalogue of 47 works from the exhibition of June to Sept. 1978. With a brief introduction by Somerville. VG, clean and tight but with light toning to cover at spine.

Decorative Arts and Household Furnishings in America, 1650-1920: An Annotated Bibliography

Ames, Kenneth L. and Gerald W.R. Ward (editors) · 1989 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Winterthur, Del, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1989. Hardcover. Red cloth. 392 pp. No illus. This bibliography provides access and orientation to the study of household furnishings used in the United States from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century. A usef...

Wedgwood Portraits and the American Revolution

Wedgwood, Josiah · 1976 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Washington, D. C. National Portrait Gallery, 1976. Softcover. White wraps. 134 pp. Numerous bw plates. With a nine-page essay, "Joseph Wedgwood and America: His Trade and His Politics", and the annnotated and illustrated catalogue. Includes bibliographical references (page 129...

Maryland Silversmiths, 1715-1830: With Illustrations of Their Silver and Their Marks and with a Facsimile of the Design Book of William Farris

Pleasants, J. Hall and Howard Sill · 1930 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.41 | ¥9,582)

Baltimore, Maryland, J. Hall Pleasants, 1930. Hardcover. Gray paper boards with black cloth spine, gilt letters on spine, 324 pp. 67 full-page bw plates. A tremendous resource to have at one's fingertips, with many full-page illustrations and additional reproductions of dozens...

American Furniture 2000

Beckerdite, Luke (editor) · 2000 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Hanover, NH, The Chipstone Foundation and University Press of New England, 2000. Softcover. Black wraps. xii, 239 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. Some of the essays included are: "The Early Furniture of Christopher and Job Townsend" by Luke Beckerdite, "A New Suspect: Baltimor...