Arti decorative e design

Silver in American Life: Selections from the Mabel Brady Garvan and Other Collections at Yale University

Ward, Barbara McLean, et al. · 1979 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, American Federation of Arts, 1979. Softcover. White wraps. 193 pp. 10 color, numerous bw plates. Exhibition catalogue. Introduction by the authors, essays "'A Mineral of that Excellent Nature': The Qualities of Silver as a Metal" by William A. Lanford, "'You Shall Not Cruc...

America Underfoot: A History of Floor Coverings from Colonial Times to the Present

Landreau, Anthony N. · 1976 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Washington, DC, SITES, 1976. Softbound. Brown & illus. wraps. 76 pp. 8 color, 84 bw plates. This interesting volume contains the following chapters: Sand and Straw, Painted Floors and Floorcloths, Oriental Rugs, 'Turkey Work' and the Axminster Carpet, Folk Rugs, The Great Amer...

Indian Blankets and Their Makers

James, George Wharton · 1974 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Glorieta, New Mexico, US, The Rio Grande Press, Inc, 1974. 3rd printing. Hardbound. Brown cloth boards with stamped titles and ornamentation in gilt, copper and metalic green ink; no d.j. as issued; 213 pp. numerous illustrations and color plates. Documents a great deal of Nav...

Indian Baskets and How to Make Indian and Other Baskets

James, George Wharton · 1975 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Glorieta, New Mexico, US, The Rio Grande Press, Inc, 1975. 3rd printing. Hardbound. Brown cloth boards with stamped titles and ornamentation in gilt, copper and metalic green ink; no d.j. as issued ; 407 pp. total [the two titles are paged separately]; almost 600 black and whi...

Treasures for the Table: Silver from the Chrysler Museum

McFadden, David Revere · 1989 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

NY, Hudson Hills Press, 1989. Hardbound. White cloth with white, color-illustrated dustjacket. 119 pp. 21 color, numerous bw plates. Exhibition catalogue. Interesting essays accompany an extensively-annotated catalogue of 79 works, many illustrated in lovely plates. VG/VG .

Treasures for the Table: Silver from the Chrysler Museum

McFadden, David Revere · 1989 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

NY, Hudson Hills Press, 1989. Softcover. Pale grey wraps. 119 pp. 21 color, numerous bw plates. Exhibition catalogue. Interesting essays accompany an extensively-annotated catalogue of 79 works, many illustrated in lovely plates. VG, sticker on cover.

Paisley Patterns: A Design Source Book

Reilly, Valerie · 1989 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, New York, Portland House, 1989. Hardcover. Color illus. dj. maroon cloth over boards; 22 pp. plus plates; 100 color plates. Includes a lengthy introduction by Valerie Reilly, Keeper of Textiles and Local History at the Paisley Museum and Art Gallery, Scotland, follow...

Women Silversmiths, 1685-1845

Glanville, Philippa, et al. · 1990 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Washington, DC, National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1990. Softbound. Pale yellow wraps. 176 pp. 30 bw, 99 color plates. Three-page introduction by Nancy Valentine, essays 'Women and Goldsmithing' by Philippa Glanville and 'Silver by British and Irish Women Silversmiths in th...

Opulence and Splendor: The New York Chair, 1690-1830

1984 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

New York, Bernard & S. Dean Levy, Inc, 1984. Softcover. Golden brown wraps. 46 pp. 45 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a furniture exhibition held in 1984. With three-page introduction by Bernard and S. Dean Levy, annotated, illustrated catalogue of 45 pieces. Published t...

Early Furniture Made in New Jersey 1690-1870

White, Margaret E. · 1958 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

Newark, New Jersey, The Newark Museum, 1958. Softcover. White paper wraps. 89 pp. 22 bw plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1958-1959 exhibition. The catalogue lists 101 works, with descriptions, a three-page introductory essay by Margaret White, "Early New Jersey Furniture a...

A Sampler of American Folk Art from Pennsylvania Collections

Chew, Paul A. · 1989 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Greensburg, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland Museum of Art, 1989. Softcover. Color pictorial stapled wraps; 93 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. Accompanied an exhibition at the Westmoreland Museum of Art that featured furniture, toys, tramp art, textiles, ceramics, carvin...

Litchfield County Furniture: 1730 - 1850

Litchfield Historical Society · 1969 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Litchfield, CT, Litchfield Historical Society, 1969. Softcover. White wraps. 124 pp. 78 bw plates. Fold-out map. Catalogue lists 78 items of furniture, all illustrated and annotated. This exhibition presents the type of furniture that was made in northwestern Connecticut betwe...

Mobilier, Objets D'Art, Tableaux Et Dessins: Projets de Costumes Pour le Cinema Par Yuri Annenkov

Sotheby's · 2002 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

Paris, Sotheby's, 2002. Softcover. Gray & blue spine, color illus. wraps, 200 pp. profusely illus. in color. Text is in French. A lavish auction catalogue consisting of furniture, drawings, paintings, and pieces of decorative art. Some connection with Russian artist Yuri Annen...

Geschichte Des Augsburger Goldschmiedegewerbes Vom Ende Des 17. Bis Zum Ende Des 18. Jahrhunderts

Rathke-Kohl, Sylvia · 1964 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Augsburg, Historischer Verein fur Schwaben, 1964. Hardcover. Cream & tan boards, 205 pp. 10 BW plates. Text is in German. Series: Schwabische Geschichtsquellen und Forschungen, 6. Details the state of the goldsmithing industry in Augsburg, Bavaria, from the end of the 17th-cen...

Fashioning the Feminine: Representation and Women's Fashion from the Fin de Siecle to the Present

Buckley, Cheryl and Hilary Fawcett · 2002 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, I. B. Tauris, 2002. Softcover. Black & color illus. wraps, 164 pp. BW illus. "Explores how shifts in the social and economic situations of women over the last century have both shaped and been affected by fashionable images of 'feminity,'" (back cover) Oriented toward ...

Schone Lampen Leuchter Und Laternen

Wechssler-Kummel, Sigrid · 1962 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

Heidelberg, Germany, Keysersche Verlagsbuchhandlung GmbH, 1962. Hardcover. Red cloth, gilt letters on spine & gilt decoration on front cover, aqua & color illus. dust jacket, 440 pp. 275 BW plates, 115 BW illus. 8 color plates. Text is in German. Considers the lamps, lanterns ...

Scandinavian Modern Design 1880-1980

McFadden, David Revere (editor) · 1982 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. / Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1982. Hardcover. Illustrated glossy dj. Royal blue stamped cloth, blue & multi-colored dust jacket, 287 pp. 299 BW illus. 81 color plates. "More than 340 masterworks are illustrated, many in full color: evocative nineteen...

Cartier, le Joaillier Du Platine

Cologni, Franco and Eric Nussbaum · 1995 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$80.00 (€72.58 | £60.55 | ¥12,775)

Paris, La Bibliotheque des Arts, 1995. French Edition. Hardcover. Shiny silver boards with blue letters, silver & illus. dust jacket, 279 pp. BW & color illus.; weighs 4.5 lbs. Text is in French. Chronicles the history of Cartier from 1914 to 2000. Exquisitely illustrated, as ...

Couture Culture: A Study in Modern Art and Fashion

Troy, Nancy J. · 2003 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Cambridge, MA, MIT, 2003. Softcover. Fuschia and orange wraps with white spine lettering and cover illustration; 438 pp. with bw images throughout. In Couture Culture, Nancy Troy offers a new model of how art and fashion were linked in the early twentieth century. Focusing on ...

Glassmaking in Renaissance Venice: The Fragile Craft

McCray, W. Patrick · 1999 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

Aldershot, England, Ashgate, 1999. Hardcover. Black buckram, blue & illus. dust jacket with mylar cover, 240 pp. 23 BW illus. "The transformation of the Venetian glass industry during the Renaissance was not only a technical phenomena, but also a social one. In this volume, Pa...