Arti decorative e design

Hearts & Crowns: Folk Chairs of the Connecticut Coast 1720-1840 As Viewed in the Light of Henri Focillon's Introduction to Art Populaire

Trent, Robert F. · 1977 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New Haven, Conn, New Haven Colony Historical Society, 1977. Softcover. White & gold & decorated wraps, maps on flyleaves. 101 pp. 81+ BW illustrations. Begins with the words of Henri Focillon, and proceeds into the realization of his theories into "the turned chair as an art f...

Glass: An Artist's Medium

Kohler, Lucartha · 1998 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Iola, Wis, Krause Publications, 1998. Hardcover. Royal blue boards, black & illus. dust jacket, 239 pp. many color illus. A guide for the artist, covering the history of glass, properties of glass, glassforming with a furnace, lampworking, glassforming with a kiln, surface dec...

Selected Works: Early German Porcelain & Eighteenth-Century Art, Furniture, and Objets D'Art

2013 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

Munich, Germany, Röbbig-München, 2013. English. Hardcover. Chocolate brown cloth, gilt letters on spine, brown & illus. dust jacket, 166 pp. many color illus. Holdings of a commercial gallery in Munich. With essays:Travelling in Style: A Meissen Travelling Service with Chinois...

Table de Jean Prouve Et Jacques Andre Et Autres Acquisitions Recentes

2005 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Paris, Galerie 54, 2005. Softcover. Color pictorial folio; 9 loose cards and folios laid in, all featuring color photos. Parallel text, French and English; Accompanied a gallery exhibition of furniture and sculpture by Jean Prouve, Jacques Andres, Le Corbusier, and others; Gre...

Silversmiths to the Nation: Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner 1808-1842

Fennimore, Donald L. and Ann K. Wagner, et al. · 2007 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Delaware, Antique Collectors' Club, 2007. Hardbound. Grey cloth with silver embossed title; gray pictorial DJ, 287pp, profuse color and BW illustrations. "Presents the first in-depth study of the celebrated silversmiths and their magnificent work. The firm these men establishe...

Sacral Geographies: Saints, Shrines, and Territory in Medieval Ireland

Overbey, Karen Eileen · 2012 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Turnhout, Belgium, Brepols, 2012. Hardcover. Black cloth, gilt letters on spine, white & illus. dust jacket, 258 pp. 124 BW figures, 27 color plates. "Explores the spatiality of reliquaries [containersor shrines that house sacred relics] in early Ireland, and the intersections...

William Greatbatch: A Staffordshire Potter

Barker, David · 1991 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, Jonathan Horne, 1991. Hardcover. Moss green cloth, gilt letters on spine, brown & tan & illus. dust jacket, 288 pp. 45 BW figures, 207 BW & 28 color plates, maps on flyleaves. Looks at the pottery work of William Greatbatch (1735-1813) of North Staffordshire, England. ...

Wallpaper in New England

Nylander, Richard C., et al. · 1986 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.20 (€31.94 | £26.64 | ¥5,621)

Boston, Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, 1986. Softcover. Purple & illus. wraps, 283 pp. many BW illus. some color illus. Series: Selections from the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities. A catalog of a variety of historic wallpaper s...

Inner Light: The Shaker Legacy

Butler, Linda and June Sprigg · 1985 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Frankfort, Ky, Gnomon Press, 1985. Softcover. Gray B&W illus. wraps, [94] pp. BW photos. A visual exploration of corners of various Shaker communities. With article: On Turning Toward the Light / June Sprigg. VG (may be ex-library, few markings, inscribed by photographer, some...

Paperweights of the 19th and 20th Centuries

Jokelson, Paul & Gerard Ingold · 1989 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Phoenix, Ariz, Papier Presse, 1989. Hardcover. Lilac cloth, 144 pp. many color illus. Originally published in French. Covers both sides of the Atlantic in terms of paperweight creation in the 19th and 20th centuries, accompanied by exquisite color illus. VG- (Ex-library, with ...

Hommage a Christian Dior, 1947-1957

Musee des Arts de la Mode · 1986 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$110.00 (€99.80 | £83.26 | ¥17,566)

Paris, Union des Arts Decoratifs, 1986. Softcover. White & illus. wraps, French flaps, 232 pp. many BW and some color illus. Text is in French. Issued in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition held in Paris in 1987, featuring photos and drawings of the fashions of designe...

The American Ceramic Circle Bulletin, Number 5

Dauterman, Carl C. (editor) · 1986 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, American Ceramic Circle, 1986. Softcover. White and color-illustrated wraps. 96 pp. Numerous bw illustrations. Byron Born Memorial Issue. Articles: Joseiah Wedgwood's Queensware / Byron A. Born -- Liverpool-Type Pitchers Decorated for Portland / Laura Fecych Sprague ...

American Ceramic Circle Journal (Volume 9)

1994 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, American Ceramic Circle, 1994. Paperback. Illustrated wraps. 65 pp. Numerous bw illus. Articles: A Legacy of Imitations: Issues of Connoisseurship in Chinese Export Porcelain / William R. Sargent -- Charles Coxon: Nineteenth-Century Potter, Modeler-Designer, and Manu...

American Ceramic Circle Journal (Volume 8)

1992 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, American Ceramic Circle, 1992. Paperback. Red and illustrated wraps. 112 pp. Numerous bw illus. Articles: The Dutch "Tulip Plate" and Its Chinese Prototype / Charlotte Wilcoxen -- Aesthetic Aspirations: Baltimore Potters and the Art Craze / Susan H. Myers -- The Cata...

Renaissance Jewelry: A Picture Book

Dennis, Faith · 1940 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1940. Softcover. Red cardboard library binding, with original wrap pasted to front cover; Approx. 24 pp.; 23 bw figures. Focuses on hat ornaments and pendants; Includes an essay by Dennis; Scarce. Good (Ex-lib. labels at spine, bookpla...

English Decorative Fabrics of the Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries

Kendrick, A.F. · 1934 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Essex, England, F. Lewis, Publishers, Limited, 1934. Hardbound. Grey cloth covered boards with gilt title. 88, (2) pp, followed by 52 bw plates, followed by an index. VG, previous owners bookplate .

Memorial Rings. Charles the Second to William the Fourth. In the Possession of Frederick Arthur Crisp

Crisp, Frederick Arthur (Introduiction by Bower Marsh) · 1908 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$500.00 (€453.65 | £378.46 | ¥79,844)

England, Grove Park Press, 1908. Privately Printed. Hardbound. 3/4 sheepskin with light blue velum cloth and leather applied spine label. T.e.g. 373 pp. profusely illustrated. Copy number 33 of 150 copies privately printed. Parchment-type pages. Extremely rare, sought after an...

Tapestries: Their Origin, History and Renaissance

Hunter, George Leland · 1912 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

New York, John Lane & Company, 1912. Hardbound. Decorated light green cloth binding. 438 pp. with color frontis and 3 additional color plates, all with tissue guards, and 147 halftone engravings. With chapters covering Gothic and Renaissance tapestries; the Gobelins, Beauvais,...

Le Mobilier Francais: Directoire Consulat Empire

de Grandry, Marie-Noelle · 1996 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$185.00 (€167.85 | £140.03 | ¥29,542)

Paris, Editions Charles Massin, 1996. Hardcover. Black cloth, white & pictorial dust jacket, decorated flyleaves, 94 glossy pages, hundreds of color illus. Text is in French. Part of the "Le Mobilier Francais [French Furniture]" series, which presents pieces within the context...

Lace from the Victoria and Albert Museum

Browne, Clare · 2004 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 2004. Hardcover. Black cloth, black & decorated dust jacket, 144 pp. 84 BW & 16 color plates, 7 color illus. Photography by Christine Smith. A 12-page historical overview is followed by the 100 plate samples. VG (Ex-library, with few markings an...