Arti decorative e design

Art Deco and Modernist Ceramics

McCready, Karen · 1995 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

London, Thames & Hudson, 1995. Hardcover. Cream boards with gilt stamped lettering and design. Glossy color-pictorial dust jacket with cream and orange lettering. 192 pp. with 287 illustrations, 201 in color. Covers Art Deco, Modernism, Art Moderne, and the Streamline Style. V...

Porcelaines de France

Tilmans, Emile · 1987 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

Paris, Henri Veyrier, 1987. Hardcover. Teal glossy boards with color illustration and orange lettering; 320 pp. with color and bw plates throughout. No dj, as issued. Text in French. Preface by Fernand Guey. Chapters cover porcelain making from the 16th through the 19th centur...

The History of Furniture

Watson, Sir Francis, ed · 1982 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$29.97 (€27.19 | £22.68 | ¥4,786)

New York, Crescent Books, 1982. Hardbound. Black cloth; color-pictorial dj with white lettering; 320 pp. with color and bw images throughout. Makes sense of the different types and styles of furniture over the centuries and decades; more than 300 illustrations. Very nice, clea...

The Papered Wall: History, Pattern, Technique

Hoskins, Lesley (editor) · 1994 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

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New York, Abrams, 1994. Hardbound. Crimson cloth with gold lettering; 256 pp. with 348 illustrations, 195 in full color. The history of wallpaper traced chronologically by scholars from the US and Europe; includes a guide to care and conservation. NF/NF .

The Early Furniture of French Canada

Palardy, Jean · 1978 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

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Toronto, Macmillan of Canada, 1978. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps with black lettering; 412 pp. with 585 numbered bw illustrations, additional bw figures, numbered, and further figures and diagrams without numbers. Includes all manner of early furniture followed by a sectio...

American Rococo, 1750-1775: Elegance in Ornament

Heckscher, Morrison and Leslie Greene Bowman · 1992 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1992. Hardbound. Navy blue cloth with gold lettering; navy blue dj with color pictorial cover; 288 pp. with 250 illustrations, including 82 in full color. The rococo style was among the primary artistic contributions of the eighteenth ...

American Art Pottery: Selections from the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

Freylinghuysen, Alice Cooney · 1995 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

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Orlando, Orlando Museum of Art, 1995. Softcover. Black matte wraps with color illustration and white lettering; 151 pp. with a catalogue of color plates and 11 bw figures throughout the text. Includes an introductory essay and list of potteries. Beautiful color images of the c...

Furniture in the Bob Jones University Collection

Aronson, Joseph · 1976 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

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Greenville, SC, Bob Jones University, 1976. Softcover. Magenta and white illustrated wraps; unpaginated, with 100 works pictured. Each work described, with likely provenance; with an essay about the furniture and collection in general. VG, clean and tight with unbroken spine.

Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum - Decorative Arts

Harris, John (ed.) · 1997 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, 1997. Hardbound. Black cloth with silver lettering; green dj with color illustration; 128 pp. with 100 color plates. With a generous selection of French and Italian furniture from the 16th to 19th centuries, porcelain, glass, tapestries, and ...

L'Orfevrerie En Nouvelle-France

Trudel, Jean · 1974 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

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Ottawa, Galerie Nationale du Canada, 1974. Softcover. Silver wraps with black lettering; 240 pp. with 162 bw illustrations. Text in French; exhibition catalogue of stunning silver pieces from France and Quebec. VG, clean and tight with unbroken spine.

American Baskets: The Eighties

Shermeta, Margo · 1988 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

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Chicago, Chicago Office of Fine Arts, 1988. Softcover. Stapled basic brown card with basket design and black lettering; unpaginated with 16 pp. and 12 bw photographs. Exhibition catalogue from the show held in Chicago, Grand Rapids, and Jackson (Michigan) with works by 12 bask...

The Seldon Collection of English Coloured Glass

Seddon, Laura · 1975 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

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Manchester, England, City of Manchester Cultural Services Department, 1975. Softcover. Black illus. stapled wraps; Unpaginated, 32 pp.; 8 color plates. Includes an introduction written by the collection's owner, Laura Seddon; Also contains a glossary of terms pertaining to gla...

The Naomi Wood Collection: An Illustration of Household Gear During Colonial Years

Sinkler, John P. B. · 1947 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

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Philadelphia, Woodford Mansion, 1947. Softcover. Beige textured wraps; 64 pp.; Profusely illustrated with bw photos; held in original envelope from estate. An overview of the interiors and funiture on view at the Woodford Mansion in Philadelphia; Includes many examples of Amer...

Silver Till Nytta Och Lust

Granath, Olle (foreword) · 1993 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

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Stockholm, Nationalmuseum, 1993. Softcover. Color pictorial stapled wraps; French flaps; 23 pp. with several color photographs. Most text in Swedish, but the lead essay (Silver for Use and Enjoyment) is in English; with brief biographic information about each artist and a list...

The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker’S Director

Chippendale, Thomas · 1966 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

New York, Dover, 1966. Softcover. Tan wraps; 249 pp. with 219 bw plates. From the library of a former antique reproduction company. Pages inspected and appear clean, though there may be instances of notations, marginalia, etc. Reprint from the third edition; with a biographic ...

The American Porcelain Tradition: 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries

1972 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

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Shreveport, Louisiana, R. W. Norton Art Gallery, 1972. Softcover. White illus. stapled wraps; 32 pp.; 17 plates, 14 bw, 3 color. Accompanied a loan exhibition from the New Jersey State Museum. Good (Ex-lib. label at bottom left of front cover, pencil and ink markings to conten...

Towards Post-Modernism: Decorative Arts and Design Since 1851

Collins, Michael · 1987 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

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Boston, Little, Brown and Company, 1987. Softcover. Peach and mint green wraps with color illustration; 176 pp. with 16 color plates and 149 bw images. Furniture, jewelry, silver, china, and architectural ornament are some of the objects featured, along with lengthy essay mate...

Fabrics and Wallpapers

Schoeser, Mary · 1986 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

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London, Bell and Hyman, 1986. Softcover. Pink speckled wraps with color illustration and black lettering; 112 pp. with over 100 color and bw illustrations. A fascinating visual survey of fabrics and wallpapers in Britain, Europe and the US, brought together with lovely illustr...

Wheels and Wheeling: The Smithsonian Cycle Collection

Oliver, Smith Hempstone and Donald H. Berkebile · 1974 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

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Washington, DC, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1974. Softcover. Bw photographic wraps with white lettering; 104 pp. with approx. 90 bw illustrations. An interesting survey of the history of cycling, up to the 1965 banana seat Stingray bike by Schwinn. Good, tight and clean but...

The Art Alliance of America: Exhibition of Work by Master Craftsmen

1917 · Kevin Mullen, Bookseller

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

New York, The Art Alliance Galleries, 1917. Softcover. Cream stapled wraps with black lettering; small brochure; 22 pp. with no illustrations. An extensive list of the craftsmen and women with decorative artworks on display from November to December, along with a list of their...