Arti decorative e design

Embroiderers of Ninhue: Stitching Chilean Rural Life

Benavente, Carmen · 2010 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,069)

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. For four decades, the embroiderers of Ninhue, Chile, have bee...

Beads and Beadwork of the American Indians: A Study Based on Specimens in the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation

Orchard, William C. · 1975 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1975. Second edition. Softcover. Cream and color illus. paper wraps, 168 pp. 16 color plates, many BW illus. and figure. A highly illustrated update to the original 1929 reference on Native American beadwork. VG (Former...

Costumes of the Plains Indians (Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, Vol. XVII. Part II)

Wissler, Clark · 2006 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Pottsboro, TX, Crazy Crow Trading Post, 2006. Softcover. Black and color illus. wraps, 64 pp. color and BW illus. and diagrams. Originally published in 1915, and reprinted here, mostly with full color illustrations. Includes diagrams of patterns for many of the pieces. Nice!. ...

Les Tapisseries Du Xiie à la Fin Du Xvie Siècle [Histoire Générale Des Arts Appliqués à L'Industrie]

Guiffrey, Jules · 1911 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Paris, Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1911. Original Edition, Not a Reprint. Hardcover. Original sky blue paper wraps with red/black letteringl bound into blue library buckram, black lettering on spine. 228 pp. with 15 sepia heliogravure plates on rag paper and 98 bw illus...

Riznitsa Manastira Studenitse (= le Trésor Du Monastère de Studenica)

Vasilic, Angelina · 1957 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Beograd, Saopstenja zavoda za zastitu i naucno proucavanje spomenika kulture Narodne Republike Srbije, 1957. Original edition, not a reprint. Paperback. Ivory wraps with teal image and black lettering. 68, [2] pp. followed by 43 bw plates, some with multiple images. Text in Se...

Catalogue de L'Orfèvrerie Du Xviie, Du Xviiie Et Du Xixe Siècle

1958 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Paris, Editions des Musees Nationaux, 1958. Hardcover. Cream cloth, 258 text pp. plus 107 plate pages with 406 BW plates; many BW figures in text. Text is in French. A catalogue that documents European goldsmiths of the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries. The emphasis is on French...

Gerhardt Knodel Makes Place to Be

Knodel, Gerhardt · 1982 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1982. Softcover. Gray and BW illus. stapled wraps, 60 pp. BW and color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1980-1982 exhibition of a variety of projects undertaken by American visual and fiber artist Gerhardt Knodel (b. 1940). Includes his own comment...

Antiche Mappòt Romaneil Prezioso Archivio Tessile Del Museo Ebraico Di Roma

Davanzo Poli, Doretta with Olga Melasecchi and Amedeo Spagnoletto · 2016 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.19 | ¥10,381)

2016. Paperback. Glossy, color-illus. wraps with white lettering on crimson spine. French flaps. 324 pp. with more than 450 illustrations in color. Text in Italian. A beautiful catalogue of exquisite textiles. “La lunga e affascinante storia della Roma ebraica è narrata dagli ...

And Eagles Sweep Across the Sky" Indian Textiles of the North American West: Navajo Blankets and Rugs, Baskets of the West

Dena S Katzenberg · 1977 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Baltimore, MD, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1977. Paperback. Color wraps. 152 pp. 8 color, numerous bw plates. Published to accompany the exhibition held in Baltimore, MD: Baltimore Museum of Art, Sept. 18 to Nov. 13, 1977. A very-well illustrated reference on these areas of inter...

Folger's Coffee Collection of Antique English Silver Coffee Pots and Accessories

Omaha, NE: Joslyn Art Museum, Apr. 2 to May 17, 1970 · 1970 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

1970. Softcover. White wraps. 102 pp. 100+ bw plates. Exhibition catalogue. Includes an index of provincial and London silversmiths, as well as numerous illustrations. Edited by Ross E. Taggert. VG .

The Famous Alvarado Collection; Gathered During More Than Three Centuries by the Alvarado Family Illustrating the Ancient Art of Ecuador

Keeble, Frank H.G. (Introduction) · 1917 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

New York, Anderson Galleries, 1917. Softcover. White glued and printed wraps. 168 pp. 22 items are illustrated. 629 lots are listed. Two-page introduction by Keeble. VG, minor marks from former library owner, a solid copy with light soiling to covers .

Winterthur Illustrated

Sweeney, John A.H. · 1967 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Delaware, Winterthur Museum, 1967. Softcover. White wraps. 179 pp. Appx. 200 color & bw plates. VG-, crease along spine .

Footnotes: On Shoes

Benstock, Shari and Suzanne Ferriss · 2001 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University Press, 2001. Hardcover. Brown cloth, gilt letters on spine, mylar cover, 325 pp. BW illus. A collection of 16 essays dealing with the cultural fascination with shoes. Offers "various answers to this question, from the perspectives ...

Juan Montoya

Villegas, Benjamin et al. · 1998 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Bogotá, Colombia, Villegas Editores, 1998. Hardcover. Gray cloth, blue and color illus. dust jacket in mylar cover; 391 pp. 400+ color illus. Showcases work by Colombian-born American archtitect and interior designer Juan Montoya. "Presents a selection of 37 of Montoya's inter...

Sweetheart Jewelry and Collectibles

Snider, Nick · 1995 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Atglen, PA, Schiffer Books, 1995. Paperback. Black illus. wraps; white lettering. 160 pp. full of color images. A Schiffer Book for Collectors with Value Guide. Includes a glossary, index, and information on hundreds of different kinds of collectibles. Unused by with light she...

Entre Llums = Entre Luces = between Lights = Entre Lumières

Sala, Teresa-M · 2011 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.41 | ¥9,582)

Barcelona, Museu del Modernisme Catalan, 2011. Softcover. White and color illus. wraps, 128 pp. many color illus. Text is in Catalan, Spanish, English, and French. Showcases dozens of examples of ornate table lamps of every configuration imaginable. With an opening essay by Te...

Wiener-Porzellan, Sammlung Karl Mayer: November 1928

Von Falke, Otto · 1928 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$58.00 (€52.62 | £43.89 | ¥9,263)

Wien (Vienna), Auktionshaus fur Altertumer, 1928. Hardcover. Cream embossed paper boards, royal blue cloth spine, unpaginated, 148 BW plates. Text is in German. Issued in conjunction with an auction of Viennese porcelain collected by Karl Mayer. With a reprinted introduction b...

Le Porcellane Tedesche Di Palazzo Pitti

Clarke, Tim and Andreina d;Agliano · 1999 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Ferrara, Belriguardo, 1999. Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt letters on spine and front cover; blue and color illus. dust jacket, 225 pp. many color and BW illus. Text is in Italian. Showcases the German porcelain pieces held by the Pitti Palace in Florence. The annotated and illus...

At Home in Manhattan: Modern Decorative Arts, 1925 to the Depression

Davies, Karen · 1983 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New Haven, Conn, Yale University Art Gallery, 1983. Softbound. Color wraps. 123 pp. 81 mostly bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1983-1984 exhibition -- the first "in several decades to highlight the works of major American designers active in New York City during the lat...

At Home in Manhattan: Modern Decorative Arts, 1925 to the Depression

Davies, Karen; Salsgiver, Karen · 1983 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New Haven, Conn, Yale University Art Gallery, 1983. Softcover. Teal and color-illustrated wraps with black lettering. 123 pp. BW and color illustrations. Issued in conjunction with a 1983-1984 exhibition -- the first "in several decades to highlight the works of major American...