Arti decorative e design

Handmade in America: Conversations with Fourteen Craftmasters

Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Barbaralee · 1983 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, 1983. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt lettering, light blue illustrated dustjacket with brown lettering, 224 pp. bw and color illustrations throughout. "Handmade in America is a celebration of contemporary crafts. It is the only book to do...

The Cashmere Shawl

Levi-Strauss, Monique · 1988 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$32.00 (€29.03 | £24.22 | ¥5,110)

New York, New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1988. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards; Color illus. dj.; 192 pp.; 15 bw, 180 color illustrations. Explores the evolution of French shawls between 1800 and 1880, an industry that arose from the craze for shawls from Kashmir in the late...

Gaudy Dutch

Fox, Eleanor J. and Edward G. · 1970 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Pottsville, PA, Privately published, 1970. Softcover. White ill. wraps. Unpaginated, approx. 40 pp. 16 color plates. Brief history of the origins and development of Gaudy Dutch pottery. Highlights prominent patterns like butterfly, carnation, dahlia, double rose, dove, grape, ...

Grosses Bindungs Lexikon / Grand Dictionnaire Des Ligas / Large Book of Textile Designs; Collection of Patterns for Every Textile Specialist and a Guide for Designers of Textile Fabrics

Donat, Franz · 1904 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$400.00 (€362.92 | £302.77 | ¥63,875)

Vienna and Leipzic, A. Hartleben, 1904. Hardcover. Black buckram with gilt spine lettering, 41 [1] [XII] 288 pp. 300 plates with color and with 9015 patterns. Oversized; a very large book weighing 17.5 pounds. Has 300 plates with 9015 patterns, a page of fabric samples to show...

Bow Porcelain 1744-1776: A Special Exhibition of Documentary Material to Commemorate the Bi-Centenary of the Retirement of Thomas Frye

1959 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, Trustees of the British Museum, 1959. First. Softcover. Color illustrated wraps, 55 pp. portrait frontispiece, and 55 bw illustrations. Issued in conjunction with a 1959-1960 exhibition. "The history of the Bow porcelain factory and its wares has yet to be written. The...

Catalogue of a Collection of European Enamels: From the Earliest Date to the End of the XVII Century

Higgins, Alfred; J. Starkie Gardener · 1897 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

London, Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1897. Hardcover. Brown buckram, cloth-reinforced hinges, [xxxii] [144] 82 pp, 72 bw plates - each with tissue protector, color triptych fold-out frontispiece. Introdution by J. Starkie Gardener, essay on enamels by Alfred Higgins. Very heavy ...

Popular Art Deco: Depression Era Style and Design

Heide, Robert and John Gilman · 1991 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, New York, Abbeville Press, 1991. First. Hardcover. Lavender cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; 228 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. A wonderful guide to Art Deco-inspired mass-produced items of the Depression Era, including radios, furniture, wallpape...

Expressions of Innocence and Eloquence: Selections from the Jane Katcher Collection of Americana (Volume II)

Katcher, Jane; David A Schorsch; Ruth Wolfe; Eileen M Smiles; Gavin Ashworth; Alan Andersen; et al. · 2011 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$48.00 (€43.55 | £36.33 | ¥7,665)

Seattle, Washington, Marquand Books, 2011. Hardcover. Pale blue cloth with embossed titling and decoration, brown DJ with color illus. 452 pp. 417 color illustrations. From the DJ: Presents a fascinating array of American folk art and decorative arts created in New England, Ne...

Godden's Guide to European Porcelain

Godden, Geoffrey A. · 1994 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Cross River Press, 1994. Hardcover. Blue cloth, blue illus. DJ; 345 pp.; over 340 bw illus. and 16 pp of color plates. From the DJ: This book discusses the more modest wares that so many people already own or collect, and fills in many of the yawning gaps that abound...

Gems of Costume Jewelry

Greindl, Gabriele · 1991 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

New York, New York, Abbeville Press, 1991. First. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with silver lettering, silver dj with color illustration, 260 pp. profuse color illustration. From the dj: This dazzling volume returns the unjustly maligned rhinestone to it rightful place in the ...

The Doll

Fox, Carl · 1972 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1972. Hardbound. Burgundy velveteen cloth boards with color pictorial DJ, 343pp, 191 illustrations with 70 in color. Photographs by H. Landshoff. In his free-flowing, informal introductory essay, Carl Fox ranges over the history and meaning of d...

Spanish Colonial Silver

Boylan, Leona Davis · 1974 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Santa Fe, New Mexico, Museum of New Mexico Press, 1974. Softbound. White pictorial wraps, [vii] 202pp, 153 BW illustrations. Museum catalog; contains silver and annotations from five different collections. VG, wraps show some wear and have some sticker residue in top right cor...

The Art of the Paperweight

Selman, Lawrence H. · 1988 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Santa Cruz, California, Paperweight Press, 1988. First. Hardbound. Beige cloth boards with gilt lettering and tipped on color illustration and a clear plastic DJ, [xiii] 223 pp, profuse color and BW illustrations. Informative book on the beginnings, varieties and methods, and ...

Masterpieces of Glass: A World History from the Corning Museum of Glass

Charleston, Robert J. · 1990 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$49.00 (€44.46 | £37.09 | ¥7,825)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1990. Hardbound. White cloth boards with black pictorial DJ, 256pp, profuse color and BW illustrations. Presents a selection of the Museum's holdings of glass objects from all over the world and all periods of history, with background notes on e...

Wallpaper and the Artist: From Durer to Warhol

Hapgood, Marilyn Oliver · 1992 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

New York, New York, Abbeville Press, 1992. First. Hardcover. Blue cloth over boards; Color illus. dj.; Color illus. endpapers; 272 pp.; 251 bw and color figures. Features wallpapers from 1500 through the 1980s; Wonderfully illustrated; Includes extensive text; A great resource...

Hollywood Costume: Glamor! Glitter! Romance!

McConathy, Dale; Diana Vreeland · 1976 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$65.00 (€58.97 | £49.20 | ¥10,380)

New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. / the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1976. Hardcover. brocade cloth boards, clear plastic printed dj, 317 pp. 112 plates, Cloth remains plush. Dazzling, extravagant costumes and the stars who wore them highlight this first major book on H...

Furniture by Architects: 500 International Masterpieces of Twentieth-Century Design and Where to Buy Them

Emery, Marc · 1983 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, New York, Harry N. Abrams, Inc, 1983. Hardcover. Light grey cloth; Color pictorial dj.; 276 pp.; 550 illustrations, most of them bw, a few color. Features furniture designed by over seventy architects, including Antonio Gaudi, Michael Graves, Charles Rennie Mackintos...

The Inka Empire and Its Andean Origins

Morris, Craig and Adriana von Hagen · 1993 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

New York, New York, American Museum of Natural History, 1993. First. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; Color illus. endpapers; 251 pp.; 212 bw and color figures. A history of the Inka and their predecessors, featuring objects from American Museum of Natu...

The Early Furniture of Ontario & the Atlantic Provinces

Dobson, Henry and Barbara · 1974 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Toronto, Ontario, Feheley Publishers Co. Limited, 1974. Softbound. Pea-green wraps with black and purple details, unpaginated; approx. 192pp, 209 BW illustrations. All forms of furniture are included, like dining tables, candlestands, beds, trunks, mirrors, etc. VG .

The Ewers-Tyne Collection of Worcester Porcelain at Cheekwood

Sandon, John · 2008 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Woodbridge, Suffolk, Antique Collectors' Club, 2008. Hardbound. Dark blue cloth with gilt letters on spine & front cover; white and color illustrated dust jacket, 223 pp, 139 color and BW plates. "This catalogue of the Ewers-Tyne Collection provides lovers of fine porcelain wi...