Arti decorative e design

National Types and Costumes

1871 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,937)

London, Frederick Bruckmann, 1871. First. Hardbound. Brown and gilt tooled covers, brown folder and slipcase with titling on spine, 32 pp, 15 sepia mounted albumen plates. This is a beautiful book, with tipped-in albumen photographs of women in traditional dress from each list...

American Furniture 1999

Beckerdite, Luke (editor) · 1999 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

Hanover, NH, Chipstone Foundation and University Press of New England, 1999. Softcover. Black pictorial wraps. xiii, 319 pp. Numerous bw & color plates. This volume features articles on The Palladian style in Rhode Island furniture, eighteenth-century Newport cabinet shops and...

Annual Summer Americana Auction: Friday-Sunday August 5-7, 2011

2011 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New Hampshire, Northeast Auctions, 2011. Softbound. Color pictorial wraps, 212pp, 1,694 color figures. Auction catalog, mostly earlier Americana but includes furniture, pottery, jewelry, tableware, paintings, glass and more. VG .

Richard Schultz

2007 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

Palm, Pennsylvania, Richard Schultz Design, 2007. Softbound. Stiff white laminate wraps with gray cloth spine, 144pp, profuse color illustrations. Design studio catalog; includes an illustrated timeline of the company. VG .

The Philadelphia Craft Show, 1977 Guide

Wood, William P. et al. · 1977 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1977. Softcover. Color illus. stapled wraps; 48 pp.; Numerous bw illustrations. Program from the 1977 Philadelphia Craft Show; Features the show layout, advertisements, and three essays--"Craft is Art" by Darrel Sewell, "...

Glass Today by American Studio Artists

Fairbanks, Jonathan L. and Pat Warner · 1997 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Boston, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1997. Softbound. Black & color illus. wraps, French flaps, 80pp, 27 color plates, numerous color and BW figures. Issued in conjunction with a 1997-1998 exhibition of 74 pieces of contemporary glass artwork. Each artist is represented with a...

The Voyage of a Contemporary Italian Goldsmith in the Classical World: Golden Treasures by Akelo

Pixley, Mary L. · 2010 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Columbia, Missouri, University of Missouri, 2010. Softbound. Black glossy, pictorial wraps, [xii] 68 pp. with profuse color illustrations. Exhibition catalogue; interesting read on the Classical history of golsmithing, includes references. VG, edges show light wear, gloss wrap...

Rookwood XVII, Keramics 2007 and Art Glass 2007

Cincinnati Art Galleries, Inc · 2007 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Galleries, Inc, 2007. Softbound. Color pictorial wraps, a thick unpaginated volume, profuse color images of 1900 works. A fine collection of Roch Freres pottery, Rookwood from important Chicago and Cincinnati collections, rare European ceramics...

The Drexel Historic Costume Collection

Carter, Mary B. · 1959 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, College of Home Economics, Drexel Institute of Technology, 1959. Softcover. Off-white illus. stapled wraps; Unpaginated, 20 pp.; 20 bw photos. Includes gowns and accessories from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. VG .

Bridal Gowns from the Drexel Historic Costume Collection

Carter, Mary B. · 1962 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, College of Home Economics, Drexel Institute of Technology, 1962. Softcover. Off-white stapled wraps; Unpaginated, 24 pp.; 21 bw photos. Features twenty-one gowns from the early nineteenth century through the mid twentieth century. VG .

Opportunities in American Antiques, Brochure Number Fourteen

Israel Sack, Inc · 1966 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Israel Sack, Inc, 1966. Brochure Number Fourteen. Softbound. White wraps, stapled, [32], profusely illustrated in bw. Until its closing in 2002, Israel Sack, Inc, was regarded as the preeminent specialist in antique American furniture and a model of ethical and aesth...

Opportunities in American Antiques, Brochure Number Nineteen

Israel Sack, Inc · 1970 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Israel Sack, Inc, 1970. Brochure Number Nineteen. Softbound. White wraps, stapled, 59 pp, profusely illustrated in bw. Until its closing in 2002, Israel Sack, Inc, was regarded as the preeminent specialist in antique American furniture and a model of ethical and aest...

American Furniture: The Federal Period, in the Hnery Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum

Montgomery, Charles F. · 1966 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

New York, Viking Press, 1966. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gold gilt spine lettering and illustration, blue and color pictorial dust jacket with gold lettering. 497 pp. Hundreds of bw illustrations. Signed by author. "In five chapters and twenty essays, the author introdu...

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

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

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Delaware, Antique Collectors' Club, 2007. Hardbound. Black cloth with silver embossed title; gray pictorial DJ, 287pp, profuse color and BW illustrations. This is a signed copy by both authors. Silversmiths to the Nation: Thomas Fletcher and Sidney Gardiner, 1808-1842" present...

American Pewter: Garvan and Other Collections at Yale; Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (Volume 30, Number 3-Fall, 1965)

Hood, Graham (introduction) · 1965 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New Haven, CT, Yale University Art Gallery, 1965. SIGNED. Softbound. White wraps. 59 pp. Numerous bw plates. Virtually all the collection came to Yale in 1930 and 1931 as the gift of Francis P. Garvan, '97, in honor of his wife, Mabel Brady Garvan. VG, signed by author and ins...

The Lion Mark: English Sterling Silver

Packer, Charles W., and Virginia W. Packer · 1978 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Winnetka, Illinois, Charles W. Packer and Virginia W. Packer, 1978. Softbound. Gray wraps with black lettering, 127 pp, profuse bw images. A catalogue of this company's pieces for sale. VG,minor fading to spine, some wear signs to cover.

Three Centuries of Historic Silver: Loan Exhibitions Under the Auspices of the Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames of America

Prime, Mrs. Alfred Coxe · 1938 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1938. Hardcover. Dark blue cloth boards with silver lettering, 192 pp, 142 B&W illustrations. Number 916 out of a limited edition of 1000. Exhibition catalog; detailed annotation on each piece prior to the ph...

American and English Pewter at the Yale University Art Gallery: A Supplementary Checklist

Barquist, David L. · 1985 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New Haven, Connecticut, Yale University Gallery, 1985. Softbound. Tan wraps with bw illustration, 80 pp, profuse bw illustrations. This volume presents 72 objects, most of which were acquired since 1965. It supplements a 1965 document by Graham Hood, "American Pewter: Garvan a...

The Knopf Collectors' Guides to American Antiques: Furniture, Volume 1 Chairs, Tables, Sofas, & Beds

Ketchum, William Jr. · 1987 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Second. Softcover. Pictorial wraps w/ White DJ. 480pp. 347 color plates. Features 347 fully illustrated and described pieces. Collecting tips, price guide, full descriptions. Extremely useful collecting reference. VG .

The Knopf Collectors' Guides to American Antiques: Furniture, Volume 2: Chests, Cupboards, Desks & Other Pieces

Ketchum, William Jr. · 1987 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1987. Second. Softcover. Pictorial wraps w/ White DJ. 478 pp. 334 color plates. Features 334 fully illustrated and described pieces. Collecting tips, price guide, full descriptions. Extremely useful collecting reference. VG .