Arti decorative e design

Victorian Interior Decoration: American Interiors, 1830-1900

Moss, Robert W. and Gail Caskey Winkler · 1992 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

New York, Henry Holt and Company, 1992. Softcover. glossy pictorial & black wraps w/ white printing. 257 pp text and bw illus.; 16 pp color plates in center section of book. Remains a nice, bright copy. VG- (light scuffs, scratches & edge-wear to wraps. light rubbing to corner...

Christopher Dresser: A Pioneer of Modern Design

Halen, Widar · 1993 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, Phaidon Press Limited, 1993. first pbk edition. Softcover. Silver illustrated wraps with red and black lettering. 208 pp. 232 figures in color and in bw. Book on 19th century industrial designer Dresser. VG Slight wear to wrap edges. Otherwise a clean and tight copy.

North Carolina Quilts

Roberson, Ruth Haislip (editor) · 1988 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Chapel Hill, NC & London, The University of North Carolina Press, 1988. Softcover. Red wraps with color illus and cream lettering. 214 pp. color & BW illus. "Features color photographs of more than 100 quilts crafted in North Carolina between the early nineteenth century and 1...

American Furniture: Queen Anne and Chippendale Periods in the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum

Downs, Joseph · 1952 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, Macmillan Company, 1952. first printing, special leather binding. Hardcover. Brown leather with gilt lettering on spine, five raised bands with gilt accents. Top of page block gilt. Green/gold marbled end-papers. xl / [approx 450 pp] 5 color plates, 386 b+w. Attracti...

Little by Little: Six Decades of Collecting American Decorative Arts

Little, Nina Fletcher · 1984 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, E.P. Dutton, 1984. Softcover. Glossy color-illustrated softcover with black lettering, xiv, 292 pp. bw and some color illustrations. An inspiring account of the superb collection of New England country arts of the 17th through the 19th centuries assembled "little by ...

White Gold

Haughton, Brian and Paul Crane · 2017 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

London, Brian Haughton Gallery, 2017. Paperback. Glossy black/gray wraps with white illustration, white/gold/red lettering. 88 pp. At least 90 color illustrations, one fold-out. Catalogue of porcelain items for sale at Brian Haughton Gallery in London. "Our Catalogue White Gol...

Succession de Madame de Poles: Catalogue Des Objets D'Art Et de Bel Ameublement Principalement Du Xviiie Siecle

Poles, Madame de · 1936 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Paris, Galerie Jean Charpentier, 1936. Paperback. Tan paper wraps with dark blue lettering. 71 pp text + LX [60] BW plates. Title continues: Importante gouache par N. Lavreince; dessins - gouaches par Van Loo, Lallemand; tableaux anciens par Pillement; objects varies de la Ren...

Keramos: The Teaching of Pottery

Kriwanek, Franz F. · 1970 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Dubuque, Iowa, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1970. Paperback. Oblong white wraps with BW illustrations and red stripe along outer edge with white lettering. xi; 131 pp. 194 BW figures. "The purpose of Keramos is to provide the teacher of pottery with a text which presents t...

Die Neuzeitliche Wohnung : Ausstellung Zeitgemässer Wohnungseinrichtungen Und Erzeugnissen Des österreichischen Kunstgewerbes

Schestag, August (Forward, Vorwort) · 1928 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$750.00 (€680.45 | £567.60 | ¥119,780)

Wien, Annoncenexpedition E. Braun, 1928. Softcover. Printed colored wraps and glued square binding. 33 pp, 22 pages of bw illustrations, 10 pp. ads at rear. There are 35 sheets between the covers, unnumbered, with photographic sheets intermingled systematically with text sheet...

L'Art de Vivre: Decorative Arts and Design in France 1789-1989

Arminjon, Catherine; Yvonne Brunhammer; et. al · 1989 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Vendrome Press, 1989. Hardbound. Brown cloth boards w/ color illustrated DJ, 256 pp, profuse color and BW illustrations. From Publishers Weekly--Based on an exhibit at Manhattan's Cooper-Hewitt Museum, this generously illustrated volume collects eight essays by Europ...

Delaware Silversmiths 1700 - 1850

Hindes, Ruthanna · 1967 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Wilmington, Historical Society of Delaware, 1967. Softcover. Blue wraps. iv, pp. 247 - 308. 22 plates of BW illustrations. Biographies of 51 silversmiths and apprentices working in Delaware between 1700 and 1850. Entire Issue of Delaware History Volume XII, no. 4. G+. Sun fadi...

Rodney Hunt

Hunt, Rodney · 2012 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Rockland, Maine, Dowling Walsh Gallery, 2012. Paperback. Small, oblong white stapled wraps with black lettering and color illustrations. 20 unnumbered pp. comprised mostly of color plates. Catalogue of an exhibition held May 4-26, 2012. Rodney Hunt creates miniature scale mode...

The Frame in America, 1860-1960

Adair, William B. · 1995 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Washington, DC, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 1995. Staplebound. Quarto. softcover, Ivory stapled wraps with red/black lettering, BW and pink illustrations. 20 pp (magnolia in color). 4 BW, 7 color illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Federal Re...

American Needlework: The History of Decorative Stitchery and Embroidery from the Late 16th to the 20th Century

Harbeson, Georgiana Brown · 1938 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

NY, Bonanza Books, 1938. Hardcover. Beiege and blue cloth.1 232 pp. 6 color, nearly 400 bw plates. Still one of the best publications, even after all these years. This Bonanza edition is a reprint of the original 1938 printing. A very worthwhile reference. VG may have a bookpl...

Engraved Gems: Survivals and Revivals

Brown, Clifford Malcolm (editor) · 1997 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.19 | ¥10,381)

Washington, DC, Trustees of the National Gallery of Art, 1997. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt lettering on spine, black DJ. 320 pp. 7 color, numerous bw plates. VG/VG .

Western European Sculpture from Soviet Museums: 15th and 16th Centuries

Liebmann, Michael · 1988 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Leningrad, Aurora Art Publishers, 1988. Hardcover. Rust cloth boards with stamped lettering. 261 pp. 105 color plates and 63 BW illustrations. Contains reproductions of the best Renaissance works from Soviet collections of sculpture, illustrating it's artistic merit. VG/G, wea...

Enciclopedia Dell'Ornamento Popolare: Ceramiche, Legni, Metalli

Bossert, H.Th · 1952 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$52.00 (€47.18 | £39.35 | ¥8,305)

Milan, Soc. Editrice I. Krachmalnicoff S.p.A. 1952. Hardcover. Tan boards with red lettering and design; cloth spine with red lettering. Under 200 unpaginated pp. 48 color and BW plates. Missing dust jacket. Text in Italian. Each plate contains many pictures of vases, plates, ...

Ten for Tefaf

Aardewerk, Emiel and Esther Aardewerk · 2017 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

The Hague, A. Aardewerk Antiquair Juwelier, 2017. Hardcover. Slate cloth boards with silver lettering. 71 pp. Over 35 color and BW illustrations. The fifth catalogue in the series "10 for TEFAF." Showcases 10 beautiful works in this collection, including a kettle, a bread bask...

Very Rich & Handsome: American Neo-Classical Decorative Arts

Feld, Elizabeth with Stuart Feld · 2014 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,472)

New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc, 2014. Softcover. Tan illustrated wraps with bw silhouettes and slate lettering. 144 pp. with 97 items pictured in color and several color and bw figures. Gallery catalogue of 97 works exhibited from December 2014 to February 2015. With...

Christopher Dresser

Durant, Stuart · 1993 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

London, Academy Editions, 1993. Softcover. Glossy illustrated softcover with white lettering. 144 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Christopher Dresser was the first modern designer as well as a botanist, theorist and traveller. Dresser knew that mass production called for a new...