Arti decorative e design

Metalwork in Early America: Copper and Its Alloys from the Winterthur Collection

Fennimore, Donald L. · 1996 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Winterthur, Delaware, The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc, 1996. Hardcover. Cinnamon cloth/oblong boards. Illustrated copper dj with black spine. 472 pp. with 322 items pictured in bw and 17 color plates. The first ever catalogue of a major collection of copper an...

Glass in Early America: Selections from the Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum

Palmer, Arlene · 1993 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Winterthur, Delaware, Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1993. Hardbound. Blue cloth with white & color illustrated dj. 425 pp. Profusely illustrated in bw. "This comprehensive study of glass used or made in America from the middle of the seventeenth century to the middl...

The Furniture of Historic Deerfield

Fales, Dean, Jr. · 1976 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc, 1976. Hardcover. Maroon cloth, yellow ill. DJ. 294 pp. 578 color and bw ills. Illustrated catalogue of many, many pieces of the furniture at Deerfield. Includes useful background information. VG/VG-, previous owner's name inside in ink,...

George Dudley Seymour's Furniture Collection in the Connecticut Historical Society

1958 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Hartford, Connecticut Historical Society, 1958. Softcover. White wraps with printed title and emblem. 143 pp. 141 bw plates. Comprised mostly of annotated plates, with brief introduction. Includes bible boxes, highboys, secretaries, desks, chairs, mirrors, beds, cradles, table...

Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery

Randall, Richard H., Jr. · 1985 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Hudson Hills Press / Walters Art Gallery, 1985. First. Softcover. Crimson cloth/boards. Gilt lettering on spine. Blind stamp design on front cover. Glossy white dj with color illus. black lettering, and French folds. 338 pp. with 722 illustrations, including 100 colo...

The Campbell Museum Collection

Graham, John Meredith · 1969 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Camden, New Jersey, Campbell Museum, 1969. Softcover. Color wraps. Approx. 100 pp. 60+ color, numerous bw plates. .

El Tesoro de la Catedral de Santafe de Bogota

Huertas, Juan Miguel and Oscar Monsalve · 1995 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Santafe de Bogota, Colombia, Amazonas Editores Ltda, 1995. Hardcover. Black boards with blind-stamp lettering. Missing dust jacket. 173 pp. full of color images. Text is in Spanish. Provides detailed photographs of the gold and bejeweled treasures found in this cathedral in Bo...

The Andrews Shaker Collection

Burks, Jean M and Christian Goodwillie (essays) · 2014 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

Boston, Skinner, 2014. Softcover. Color-illustrated softcover with white lettering. 160 pp. Color illustrations. Catalogue contains lots 1-138 from June 15, 2014 auction in Marlborough, MA of Shaker Furniture from the collection of Faith and Edward Deming Andrews. Includes ess...

The Alexander Collection : Important French Furniture, Gold Boxes and Porcelain

Dell, Theodore · 1999 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,111)

New York, Christie's, 1999. Hardcover. Grey cloth/boards; silver lettering. Glossy, color-illus. dj with white lettering on black spine. Map end papers. 421 pp. full of color photos. A bit heavy at 5 pounds. Catalogue from Sale No. 9136 held Friday, April 30, 1999 of 330 decor...

French Porcelain for English Palaces : Sevres from the Royal Collection

Gwilt, Joanna · 2009 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

London, Royal Collection Enterprises, 2009. Paperback. Pale blue card wraps with color image and magenta lettering; French flaps. 200 pp. with 185 color illustrations. An illustrated history of some of the finest Sevres porcelain in the world. Includes vases, tableware, cups/s...

Guatemalan Mask Imagery

Frost, Gordon · 1976 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Los Angeles, Southwest Museum, 1976. Paperback. Color-pictorial wraps, stapled; red lettering. 32 pp. with 34 color and bw plates. With a foreword by Carl Schaefer Dentzel and a lengthy essay by Frost. Lovely color plates. Includes an extensive bibliography. VG- clean and tigh...

Practical Hints on Dyeing with Natural Dyes : Production of Comparative Dyeings for the Identification of Dyes on Historic Materials / Practical Information for the Identification of Early Synthetic Dyes ; Practical Hints on Dyeing with Early Synthetic Dyes / Practical Information for the Identification of Dyes on Historic Textile Materials [3 Volumes]

Schweppe, Helmut · 1986 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$200.00 (€181.45 | £151.36 | ¥31,941)

Washington, DC, Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution, 1986. 1986-1988. Paperback. Each volume: Single-sided pages with two staples at left edge; colored stiff paper cover (green / yellow / orange) with bw illustration and black lettering. 47 pp. / 42 pp....

The Weaves of Hand-Loom Fabrics : A Classification with Historical Notes

Reath, Nancy Andrews · 1927 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Museum, 1927. First, Original edition. Hardcover. Black boards with cream paper title label. 64 pp. with 36 bw figures. An photocopy of the chart of textile classifications is housed in a front pocket. See note below. Classification of early hand...

History of the Ceramic Art: A Descriptive and Philosophical Study of the Pottery of All Ages and All Nations

Jacquemart, Albert · 1877 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

New York, Scribner, Armstrong and Co, 1877. Second edition. Hardcover. Blue leather-like stamped boards, with gilt letters on spine, gilt decoration on front cover, gilt top edges all around; 627 pp. Profuse bw illus. (20 steel etchings, 200 woodcuts, 1000 marks and monograms....

The Thread of New Mexico

Hall, Douglas Kent · 2001 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Albuquerque, New Mexico, The Albuquerque Museum, 2001. Softcover. Burgundy and color illus. wraps, 118 pp. color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2001 exhibition of textiles created by 25 New Mexican weavers. With an essay by Douglas Kent Hall. Each weaver gets several page...

Dressing Renaissance Florence: Families, Fortunes, and Fine Clothing (the Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science, 3)

Frick, Carole Collier · 2002 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$78.00 (€70.77 | £59.03 | ¥12,457)

Baltimore and London, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2002. Hardcover. Beige cloth, gilt letters on spine, brown and pastel yellow and illus. dust jacket in mylar cover; 347 pp. BW illus. "Provides the first in-depth study of the Renaissance fashion industry, focusing on F...

Encyclopedia of Textiles: Decorative Fabrics from Antiquity to the Beginning of the 19th Century Including the Far East and Peru

Jaques, Renate and Ernst Flemming · 1958 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,187)

New York, Frederick A. Praeger, 1958. Hardcover. Black boards; gilt lettering on spine. White dj with color image and black lettering. XXX, [2], followed by XVI color plates and 288 bw plates. A visual historical survey of decorative textiles. Includes techniques, patterns, mo...

Arte Textil Del Peru

de Lavalle, Jose Antonio with Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Garcia · 1988 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$80.00 (€72.58 | £60.54 | ¥12,776)

Lima, Textil Piura, 1988. Hardcover. B/w textured cloth; yellow/red color-illus. dust jacket with white lettering. Mylar cover. 327 pp. with a color map of Peru and a color chronology; color plates throughout. Text in Spanish. Includes introductory material by Mario Vargas Llo...

History of the Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver Wyre-Drawers and of the Origin and Development of the Industry Which the Company Represents

Stewart, Horace (Compiler) · 1891 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$800.00 (€725.82 | £605.44 | ¥127,765)

London, The Leadenhall Prefs, E.C. 1891. ORIGINAL EDITION, NOT A REPRINT. Hardcover. Fine royal blue cloth/bevelled boards; gilt lettering and coat of arms on front cover. White hand lettering (added) to spine. xvi, 140 pp. with bw frontis (tissue guarded) and decoration to th...

Embroiderers of Ninhue: Stitching Chilean Rural Life

Benavente, Carmen · 2010 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Lubbock, Texas, Texas Tech University Press, 2010. Hardcover. Orchid cloth/boards; gilt lettering on spine. Color-illustrated ej with yellow lettering. xiv, 225 pp. with color images throughout, numbered by chapter. Dust jacket in protective cover. For four decades, the embroi...