Arti decorative e design

American Furniture: 1620 to the Present

Fairbanks, Jonathan L. and Elizabeth Bidwell Bates · 1981 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

NY, Richard Marek Publishers, 1981. Hardcover. Blue cloth, white DJ. 561 pp. Hundreds of color and bw plates. From the DJ.. "Meant for both connoisseur and amateur, serious collector and people simply interested in the subject, [this] is the definitive book in its field, one o...

American Furniture and the British Tradition to 1830

Kirk, John T. · 1982 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First. Softcover. White pictorial wraps; 397 pp.; 1508 photos, mostly bw but a few in color. Regardless of what else this listing may indicate, this is a SOFTCOVER BOOK. Divided into two sections: Issues Relating British to American F...

Fabrics for Historic Buildings

Nylander, Jane C. · 1978 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Washington, DC, Preservation Press, 1978. Second impression (first published 1977). Softcover. Color illus. stapled wraps; 64 pp.; 37 bw plates and figures. includes list of sources and glossary. VG- (Light wear to edges; Previous owner's name written on first page) .

19th Century America: Furniture and Other Decorative Arts: An Exhibition in Celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Johnson, Marilynn, Marvin D. Schwartz, and Suzanne Boorsch · 1970 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, New York Graphic Society, 1970. Softcover. Red and color pictorial wraps with black and beige lettering, approx. 300 unnumbered pages, bw illustrations with some color. Introduction by Berry B. Tracy. Furniture essays by Marilynn Johnson, other decorative arts essays...

The American Costume Book

Haire, Frances H. · 1934 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York, A. S. Barnes and Company, 1934. Hardcover. Forest green pictorial cloth with black lettering; mylar cover; 164 pp. with 16 color illustrations. Illustrations by Gertrude Moser of Native American dress and of the early colonists of the Eastern Seaboard, up through the...

Sheffield Plate

Wyllie, Bertie · 0 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, George Newnes Limited, no date given (first half of 20th century). Hardcover. Blue cloth with gilt decoration and titling; 116 pp.; 121 bw plates. An overview of Sheffield plate, how it was made, its makers and their marks, and its different periods and designs. VG- (E...

Quilts in a Material World: Selections from the Winterthur Collection

Eaton, Linda · 2007 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Abrams with The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc, 2007. Hardcover. Cream pictorial boards with color-pictorial dj; illus. flyleaves, 207 pp. with 187 mostly color illustrations. This book "places the quilts in their historical and cultural contexts, looki...

Magnificent Tiffany Featuring Property from the Gluck Collection

2009 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, New York, Christie's, 2009. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; 82 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color photos. From sale 2280 (auction code GLUCK-2280), held on December 8, 2009; Eighty-two lots listed with annotations, including chandeliers, floor lamps, table lamps...

American Baskets: A Cultural History of a Traditional Domestic Art

Shaw, Robert · 2000 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,186)

New York, New York, Clarkson Potter, 2000. First. Hardcover. Duotone illus. paper over boards; Color pictorial dj.; 216 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color and bw photos. Divided into two parts, Native American traditions (Aleuts of Alaska, Pacific Northwest, California and ...

Van Cleef & Arpels: Reflections of Eternity

Petit, Marc · 2006 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Paris, Editions Cercle d'Art, 2006. Hardcover. Off-white cloth over boards; White pictorial dj.; Unpaginated, approx. 200 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color and bw photos. A beautiful coffee-table book featuring jewelry by the French company Van Cleef & Arpels; Includes pho...

Clothed in Majesty: European Ecclesiastical Textiles from the Detroit Institute of Arts

Detroit, MI: Detroit Institute of Arts, Sept. 14, 1991 to Feb. 9, 1992 · 1991 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

1991. Softcover. Black wraps. 53 pp. 35 color plates. Exhibition catalogue. Text by Peter Barnett. VG- (Ex-lib. sticker at bottom left corner of front cover; Light wear to extremities) .

Princip Toneta: Mebel' Iz Gnutoj Drevesiny I Stal'Nych Trubok - Katalogi Vystavok Germanskogo Nacional'Nogo Muzeja

Pese, Claus and Thonet, Michael III · 1991 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Nurnberg, Germanisches National-Museum, 1991. Softcover. Bright blue wraps with hot pink chair and Cyrillic lettering; 267 pp. with 237 color and bw images plus 8 additional furniture images. Text in Russian. The history and works of the Thonet furniture company in Vienna, fam...

Norwegen, Bildweberei Und Email Von Der Jahrhundertwende Bis Zur Gegenwart: Eine Ausstellung Der Kunstgewerbemuseen Von Oslo Und Trondheim in Zusammenarbeit Mit Der Deutsch-Norwegischen Gesellschaft

Opstad, Jan-Lauritz · 1982 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Munster, Deutsch-Norwegische Gesellschaft, 1982. Softcover. Green color-pictorial wraps; 75 pp. with color and bw illustrations throughout. Text in German, with brief descriptions of the 132 works in the exhibition and background essay material. Exhibition catalogue. VG, clean...

Bon Voyage: Designs for Travel

NY: Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1986 · 1986 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

1986. Softbound. Wraps. 127 pp. 42 color, numerous bw plates. A thorough and in-depth examination of containers and conveyances designed to move or carry other items. Includes lots of luggage, hat boxes, steamship labels, trunks, rickshaws, pouches, purses, backpacks, etc. Qui...

Renaissance Jewels, Gold Boxes and Objets de Vertu - the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection

Cocks, Anna Somers and Charles Truman · 1984 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, The Vendome Press, 1984. Hardcover. Black cloth with gold lettering and coat-of-arms; slate color-pictorial dj; 384 pp. with 139 items pictured in color and additional images of marks. Part of the series of nine major catalogues featuring the exquisite Thyssen-Bornem...

The Charles V. Swain Collection of Pewter

Swain, Charles V. and Donald L. Fennimore et al. · 2007 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Northeast Auctions, 2007. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; 232 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color photos. From the auction held February 24 (lots 600-997), May 19 (lots 1-142), and August 3 (lots 453-581), 2007; Features many American and English...

Studio Art Quilt Associates: Portfolio 13

Ferrin, Cheryl Dineen · 2006 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Storrs, Connecticut, Studio Art Quilt Associates, 2006. Softcover. White-and-beige illus. wraps; 209 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color plates. Contains quilts by over 200 members of the Studio Art Quilt Associates, Inc.; Beautiful plates; Includes contact information for a...

The Americana Collection of Richard and Rosemarie Machmer

Pook & Pook Inc · 2008 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Downingtown, Pennsylvania, Pook & Pook, Inc, 2008. Hardcover. Black cloth with color plate affixed; color illustrated dust jacket; 225 pp.; 1 gatefold; Profusely illustrated with color figures. From the auction of the Richard and Rosemarie Machmer collection, held October 24th...

The Schnall Collection

Ramaekers, Brian et al. · 2008 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$24.99 (€22.67 | £18.92 | ¥3,991)

Manchester, New Hampshire, Northeast Auctions, 2008. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; 151 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color plates and figures. From the auction, held August 2, 2008, of the collection of The Schnall Collection of American Furniture & Folk Art; Includes lo...

Vidros de Murano

Mariacher, Giovanni · 1961 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

Lisbon, Secretariado Nacional de Informacao, Cultura Popular e Turismo, 1961. Softcover. Glossy white wraps with French flaps; unpaginated with approx. 120 pp. and approx. 40 color and bw photographs. Text in Portuguese. Catalogue from an exhibition of 548 pieces of Italian Mu...