Arti decorative e design

Weaving, Spinning, & Dyeing: A Beginner's Manual

Hower, Virginia G. · 1976 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, Prentice-Hall, Inc, 1976. Softcover. Red/orange illustrated wraps with white lettering. 169 pp. with bw illus. throughout. How to use a spindle, spinning wheel, frame loom, four-harness loom; spin wool from a fleece; make natural dyes; weave thing...

The Joy of Handweaving

Tod, Osma Gallinger · 1977 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Dover, 1977. Softcover. Color-illus. wraps with black lettering. 326 pp. with more than 160 bw figures. The 1st paperback edition of a well-known manual for weavers. Each topic of weaving theory and technique is presented with it practical applications in mind. Inclu...

Apprenticeship in Craft

Williams, Gerry · 1981 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Goffstown, New Hampshire, Daniel Clark Books, 1981. Softcover. Putty/white wraps with putty/black hand images and black lettering. 215 pp. with 4 bw photos. Details 4 stages of apprenticship: finding, keeping, nurturing, and releasing. Addresses whether or not the concept rema...

Designing on the Loom (How to Do It Series Number 57)

Kirby, Mary · 1955 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, The Studio Limited, 1955. Hardcover. Terracotta cloth/boards with white lettering. No dj. 85 pp. with 42 bw plates and additional bw figures. Includes planning a fabric, reading printed instructions, making the most of plain weave, color and weave effects, Tweed, wooll...

Your Handspinning

Davenport, Elsie G. · 1964 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Tarzana, California, Select Books, 1964. Reprint of 1953 Edition. Softcover. Baby blue wraps with black line drawing and lettering. 132 pp. with 96 diagrams and 5 plates. All about wool, flax, spinning wheels, preparing spun fibres for use. A brief chapter on spinning other fi...

Is It Genuine? a Guide to the Identification of Eighteenth-Century English Furniture

Crawley, W. · 1972 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$38.00 (€34.48 | £28.76 | ¥6,068)

New York City, Hart Publishing Company, Inc, 1972. Hardcover. Black cloth, red title plate with gilt letters on spine, woodgrained dust jacket, 188 pp. 86 BW illus. "Will enable everyone -- dealer, collector, or antique browser -- to determine the authenticity of a piece of pu...

Liverpool Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century and Its Makers

Boney, Knowles · 1989 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, Portman Press, 1989. Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt letters on spine; light blue & illus. dust jacket; 223 pp. 50 BW plates. A reissue of a 1957 book. "Dr. Boney sketches the rise, development and decline of china-making in eighteenth-century Liverpool; he describes the v...

Willow! Solving the Mystery of Our 200-Year Love Affair with the Willow Pattern

Quintner, David Richard · 1997 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Burnstown, Ontario, General Store Publishing House, 1997. Softcover. Olive green & illus. wraps, 220 pp. many BW illus. "There are millions, maybe hundreds of millions, of objects printed with the Willow Pattern design lining shelves, brooding behind glass door panes, glisteni...

Useful Improvements, Innumerable Temptations: Pursuing Refinement in Rural New England 1750-1850

Zea, Philip · 1998 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$46.00 (€41.74 | £34.82 | ¥7,346)

Deerfield, Massachusetts, Historic Deerfield, Inc, 1998. Hardcover. Color illus. boards with teal cloth spine, decorated flyleaves, 91 pp. profusely illustrated in color. Published to accompany an exhibition that explored what objects of everyday life were typical and unique i...

Les Tresors Des Eglises de France

Taralon, Jean · 1965 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Paris, Musee des Arts Decoratifs, 1965. 2e edition corrigee (2nd edition corrected). Hardcover. Maroon cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, 469 pp. of text plus 254 BW plates on pages, 8 color plates tipped in; weighs 3 lbs. Text is in French. Provides a catalogue of "t...

The Doris Leslie Blau Designer's Collection

Bastone, Lisabeth · 0 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, NY, Doris Leslie Blau Ltd. Softcover. Black wraps, French flaps, 109 pp. many color illus. "Thirty-one designers and architects have participated in The Designer's Collection Project. The results are an eclectic mix of designs that showcase the imagination, innovatio...

Les Annees Folles: Art Deco & European Avant-Garde Carpets, 1920-1940

Danon, Enzo and Roberto Danon · 1998 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$93.00 (€84.38 | £70.39 | ¥14,851)

New York, NY, Doris Leslie Blau / Textilia, 1998. Softcover. Gray and lined wraps, French flaps, 68 pp. color illus. Main text is in English, with intro also in Italian. Issued in conjunction with several 1998-1999 exhibitions of these unique carpets. Includes samples of the w...

Glass Throughout Time: History and Technique of Glassmaking from the Ancient World to the Present

Mentasti, Rosa Barovier et al. · 2003 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Milan, Skira, 2003. Hardcover. Black boards with white lettering. Color-illus. white dj with white lettering on black spine.285 pp. with color and bw images throughout. Pertinent ephemera laid in. First published for the exhibition held in Aosta, Italy. The book takes the form...

Eat, Drink & Be Merry: The British at Table, 1600-2000

Day, Ivan (editor) · 2000 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.26 | ¥17,566)

London, Philip Wilson Publishers, 2000. Hardcover. Orange-red buckram, red & color illus. dust jacket, 168 pp. BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a series of 2000-2001 exhibitions that trace "the evolution of our national meals through an exploration of English paint...

American Silver: A History of Style, 1650-1900

Hood, Graham · 1971 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Praeger Publishers, 1971. Hardcover. Blue cloth, blue & illus. dust jacket, 256 pp. 286 bw plates. "Traces the history of style in American silver, from the lovely, simple seventeenth-century cups and beakers and the marvelously ornamental Baroque and Rococo pieces t...

Ivory Carvings in Early Medieval England

Beckwith, John · 1972 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

Greenwich, Connecticut, New York Graphic Society Ltd / Harvey Miller & Medcalf, 1972. Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt letters on spine, 168 pp. 270 BW illus. 1 color plate as frontispiece; weighs 4.5 lbs. Addresses the subject of ivory carvings chronologically: in the seventh and ...

Ivory Carvings in Early Medieval England

Beckwith, John · 1972 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

London, England, Harvey Miller & Medcalf, 1972. Hardcover. Blue stamped cloth, gilt letters on spine, 168 pp. 270 BW illus. 1 color plate as frontispiece; weighs 4.5 lbs. Addresses the subject of ivory carvings chronologically: in the seventh and eighth centuries; in the tenth...

Collection Helene Stathatos: Les Bijoux Antiques (Volume 1 Only of 3)

Amandry, Pierre · 1953 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$300.00 (€272.19 | £227.08 | ¥47,906)

Strasbourg, n/a, 1953. Softcover. Plain, cream paper wraps with red/black lettering. 148 pp. with 80 bw figures, followed by 54 bw plates. Text in French. With a one-page introduction, including a bw photo of Mme. Stathatos. 266 items described and pictured in 5 chapters and t...

Mobilia, No. 131-132, June-July 1966 (Georg Jensen 1866-1966)

Moller, Svend Erik with Gunnar Bratvold and Lena Larsson (editors) · 1966 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Copenhagen, Gunnar Bratvold, 1966. Softcover. Silver wraps with blindstamp and black lettering. Unpaginated with approx. 150 pp. Mostly bw with a few color illustrations. Single edition of this independent Scandinavian design monthly, all about metalwork designer, Georg Jensen...

Nico: A Selection of Original Painted Designs for Cigar Box Labels (1895-1920) from the Collection of the Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario, Canada

Saltmarche, Kenneth and Richard David Quintner · 1982 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Windsor, Ontario, The Art Gallery of Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 1982. Softcover. Oblong black wraps with red border, bw illus. and white lettering. 30 pp. with 54 bw illus. A very enlightening catalogue about a unique collection. With extensive essay material (for this size cat...