Arti decorative e design

Costume, Coutume: Galeries Nationales Du Grand Palais

Cuisenier, Jean et al. · 1987 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

Paris, Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1987. Softcover. White & illus. wraps, 328 pp. BW and color illus. Text is in French. Issued in conjunction with a 1987 exhibition of French clothing and fashion accessories. With opening essay by Jean Cuisenier. The annotate...

Federal Furniture and Decorative Arts at Boscobel

Tracy, Berry B.; Mary Black · 1981 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Boscobel Restoration Inc. / Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1981. Hardcover. Goldenrod stamped cloth, gilt letters on spine, 165 pp. 39 BW illustrations, 166 color plates, 2 fold-outs. From the cover flap of paperback: Boscobel is a delightful example of New York Federal domes...

Quilts from Appalachia: An Exhibition Sponsored by the Palmer Museum of Art, Penn State, and Central Pennsylvania Village Crafts, Inc

Macneal, Patricia Miner and Maude Southwell Wahlman · 1988 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

University Park, Pennsylvania, The Pennsylvania State University Palmer Museum of Art, 1988. Softcover. Glossy white wraps with color illus. and black lettering. 68 pp. with 20 color plates and 1 bw map. "This was published in 1988. It's a book of quilts exhibited under the ti...

Stitches in Time: An Exhibition of Embroideries and Needlework Techniques, January 28th Through April 12th, 1947

Haynes, Elizabeth · 1947 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, The Cooper Union Museum For The Arts of Decoration, 1947. Original. Pamphlet. Cream paper wraps, stapled, with black lettering. 15 pp. with no illus. Catalogue from the exhibition of 1947. With a lengthy title essay by Elizabeth Haynes and a list of selected referenc...

The Wrightsman Collection, Vols. I, II, and III (Furniture; Furniture/Gilt Bronzes/Carpets; Furniture/Snuffboxes/Silver)

Watson, F.J.B. · 1966 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$325.00 (€294.86 | £245.96 | ¥51,905)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1966. 1966/1966/1970. Hardcover. All volumes: Red cloth/boards; gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Color-illus. dj with bw lettering. Mylar covers. Pictorial end papers. Pagination is consecutive over volumes I and II 670 pp. with...

American Furniture by New England, New York & Other Cabinetmakers. Sale No. 2689; a Fine Collection of Cigar Store Indians Including Chiefs and Squaws, Tiffany Favrile & Other Art Nouveau Objects, Bronzes of Historical Figures, Bird & Duck Decoys, Other Decorations, Oriental Rugs

1968 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1968. This sale was held April 20, 1968 in New York City. 8 (of 40 listed) Cigar Store Figures are illustrated. All 40 of these items were derived from the collection of Edwin P.S. Newman of Washington, DC. Also illustrated are one Tiffany lam...

Old Textiles

Riefstahl, R.M. and Margaret E. Haydock · 1925 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Baltimore, Baltimore Museum of Art, 1925. Softcover. Pale blue wraps, stapled, with navy blue lettering and border decoration. 31 pp. with bw frontis and 8 additional bw plates. Catalogue from the exhibition held April to May 1925. The essay, A Loan Exhibition of Historica Tex...

Pennsylvania Clocks and Clockmakers: An Epic of Early American Science, Industry, and Craftsmanship

Eckhardt, George H. · 1955 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Devin-Adair Company, 1955. Hardcover. Blue cloth, grey cloth spine. xviii, 299 pp. Numerous bw illus. Picturem shows purple, but the book is BLUE! The first book devoted solely to clocks made in Pennsylvania. "A mine of new information on old timepieces. It gives a d...

International Glass Sculpture

Wilson, Kenneth M. et al. · 1973 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Coral Gables, Florida, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, 1973. Softcover. White & color illus. stapled wraps with transparent and titled cover; 53 pp. 30+ BW and color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1973 exhibition of examples of glass sculptures from around the world...

Magnificent Jewels, Thursday, 20 November 1997

Christie's · 1997 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Geneva, Christie's, 1997. Softcover. Black and illus. wraps, 334 pp. many color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1997 sale of 614 lots (#300-914) of a variety of precious jewels and jewelry. Includes glossary and biographies of designers and firms. The final lot is the Raja...

Form: Eine Bilanz Uber Die Formentwicklung Um Die Mitte Des XX. Jahrhunderts = a Balance Sheet of Mid-Twentieth-Century Trends in Design = Un Bilan de L'Evolution de la Forme Au Milieu Du Xxe Siecle

Bill, Max · 1952 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$180.00 (€163.31 | £136.22 | ¥28,747)

Basel, Verlag Karl Werner, 1952. Hardcover. Blue cloth, 188 pp. profusely illus. in BW. Text is in German, English, and French. "Primarily a picture book laying no claim to completeness or balance. It illustrates things that evince a remarkable degree of perfection, or embody ...

The Sewell C. Biggs Collection of Americn Art: A Catalogue; Volume I - Decorative Arts

Hutchins, Catherine E. (ed.), Philip D. Zimmerman and Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough · 2002 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$36.00 (€32.66 | £27.24 | ¥5,749)

Dover, Delaware, The Biggs Museum of American Art, 2002. Softcover. Blue wraps with color illustrations and gold and white lettering; 521 pp. total; 395 total illustrations. Volume I - with essays by Philip D. Zimmerman and Jennifer Faulds Goldsborough and works set in chronol...

Gold Boxes and Miniatures of the Eighteenth Century (the James A. De Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor)

Grandjean, Serge et al. · 1975 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.41 | ¥9,582)

Fribourg, Office du Livre for the National Trust, 1975. Hardbound. Blue cloth, brown title block on spine with gilt letters, brown and color illustrated dust jacket, 367 pp. many bw illustrations and tipped-in color plates. Yet another illustrated catalogue of a portion of the...

The John Brown House Loan Exhibition of Rhode Island Furniture: Including Some Notable Portraits, Chinese Export Porcelain & Other Items

Ott, Joseph K. et al. · 1965 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Providence, Rhode Island, The Rhode Island Historical Society, 1965. Hardcover. Red cloth with cursive gilt-embossed title on front cover, [xxv] 178 pp. 105 BW plates and 25 BW plate supplements, 7 BW figures. A rare variant of this cataloge, in an unusual binding. Spine title...

Carpets and Rugs of Europe and America

Sherrill, Sarah B. · 1996 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Abbeville Press Publishers, 1996. Hardcover. Black stamped cloth, gilt letters on spine, blue & color illus. dust jacket in mylar cover, 463 pp. color and BW illus. "Examines Western carpet design and production from the Middle Ages to the present, in styles that ran...

L'Art Populaire En Wallonie

Musee de la Vie Wallonne · 1970 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.41 | ¥9,582)

Liege, Belgium, Musee de la Vie Wallonne, 1970. Hardcover. Autumn orange cloth, gilt letters on spine, brown and white and illus. dust jacket in mylar cover; illus. flyleaves, 560 pp. 864 BW illus. 67 color illus. Text is in French. Showcases a variety of examples of folk art ...

Grueby Tile with Price List from David Rago (Grueby Pottery)

1994 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Trenton, NJ, David Rago, 1994. Softcover. Tri fold marketing brochure (green with tile in center on front), 7-sheet pricelist and description laid-in loose. VG .

Fulper Art Potter: An Aesthetic Appreciation 1909-1929

Blasberg, Robert W.; Bohdan, Carol L. · 1979 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

New York, Jordan-Volpe Gallery, 1979. Softcover. Quarto. Softcover. Brownish color illustrated wraps. 88 pp. profusely illustrated mostly in bw. This sumptuous catalogue was published to accompany an exhibition held at Jordan-Volpe Gallery from March 21 to May 30, 1979. This b...

The American High Chest

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1930 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1930. Softcover. Yellowish, gray-flecked stapled paper wraps, [24 pp.], 20 BW illus. "The first of a series to be issued from time to time by The Metropolitan Museum of Art." Presents 20 illustrated examples of American highboys or hig...

Important Watches, Geneva, 9 November 2015

Christie's · 2015 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

Geneva, Christie's, 2015. Softcover. Black & color illus. wraps, illus. flyleaves, 380 pp. highly illustrated in color. Issued in conjunction with a 2015 auction of watches of various styles and origins. Provides details and full-color illustrations of 367 lots. Includes Rolex...