Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket: None
Price:
$15.00
Antonelli, Paola (ed.)
WORKSPHERES Design and Contemporary Work Styles
NY: Harry N. Abrams & MoMA, 2001
Quarto. 223 pp; fully illustrated in color. Illustrated thin boards. Near Fine, an unused copy with no marks internal or external; covers with no visible wear. Modern design for office spaces. Published on the occasion of the 2001 exhibition Workspheres: Innovative Design Solutions for the Workplace of the Near Future. This book introduces work concepts originated by internationally recognized designers who address the unique needs of specific work scenarios, including the nomadic office of a business traveler; the domestic office; the virtual office; and more traditional offices in settings configured for group interaction. Also includes essays by Larry Keeley, Christopher Budd, John Thackara, Aura Oslapas, Kayoko Ota, Jim-hee Chang, Hui-Chi Chou and Rachaporn Chouchouey.
Inventory number #004037
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket: Very Good
Price:
$20.00
Madigan, Mary Jean & Susan Colgan, ed.
EARLY AMERICAN FURNITURE from Settlement to City: Aspects of Form, Style, and Regional Design from 1620 to 1830
NY: Billboard Publications, 1983
Quarto. 160 pp; many color plates & b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, small chip at top edge of jacket front panel. Essays by Wendy Cooper, Marvin Schwartz, Richard Dana Reese, Henry Kauffman, and other experts, on various aspects of American furniture -- Chippendale, Phyfe, Lannuier, the Neoclassical influence, Kasten, New England joinery, Shaker chairs, etc.
Inventory number #003771
Binding:
Condition: Very Good
Price:
$125.00
Librairie D'art Decoratif
3e SALON DES INDUSTRIES DU MOBILIER Chambre a Coucher De Style Louis XVI Dont Le Prix Ne Doit Pas Depasser 1,200 Francs
Paris: Armand Guerinet, 1908
Quarto. 3 pp; 72 b&w photo plates (as specified in the list of plates). Text in French. Loose plates in portfolio with ties. VG/VG- some wear and small stains to folio covers. Bedroom suites in the style of Louis XVI, priced at less then 1,200 francs, from the 3rd salon of the furniture industry, held at the Grand Palais des Champs-Elysees July - October 1908. Includes list of the 3 prize winners and the prizes paid.
Inventory number #003513
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good
Price:
$45.00
Greenlaw, Barry A.
NEW ENGLAND FURNITURE AT WILLIAMSBURG
Williamsburg, VA: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 1974
First edition. Quarto. 195 pp; several color plates, 164 b/w illustrations; index. Paperback. VG.
Inventory number #003481
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket: Near Fine
Price:
$40.00
Hinckley, F. Lewis
Metropolitan Furniture of the Georgian Years
NY: Washington Mews, 1988
Quarto. 203 pp; 322 documentary examples; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; jacket has no visible wear. Hinckley identifies as Dublin furniture thousands of pieces that had been misrepresented as English.
Inventory number #003028
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket: Very Good
Price:
$25.00
Christie's
THE CONTENTS OF BENJAMIN GINSBURG, Antiquary Including the Property of Cora Ginsburg
NY: Christie's, 1983
Quarto. 254 pp with 781 lots illustrated in b/w & color. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. Auction held October 14 & 15, 1983. An important sale of fine American and English furniture, English and Continental ceramics, Chinese export porcelain, textiles and related decorative arts.
Inventory number #003023
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Good+
Jacket: None
Price:
$150.00
Bayard, Emile
L'ART APPLIQUE FRANCAIS D'AUJOURD'HUI: Meuble, Ferronnerie, Ceramique, Verrerie, Tissus, Etc.
Paris: Ernest Grund, 1926
Quarto. 317 pp; illustrated throughout with b/w photos; index of designers. Text in French. Tan cloth with green-stamped lettering, top edge gilt. Backstrip worn, 3 1/2" split at bottom but holding.
Inventory number #002728
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket: Very Good
Price:
$40.00
Kirk, John T.
AMERICAN FURNITURE & THE BRITISH TRADITION TO 1830
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982
First edition. Quarto. xiv, 397 pp; 1508 b/w & color illustrations; notes; indexes. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy.
Inventory number #001978
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket: Very Good-
Price:
$45.00
Wolsey, S. W. & R. W. P. Luff
FURNITURE IN ENGLAND The Age of the Joiner
NY: Frederick A. Praeger, 1969
Octavo. xiv, 104 pp; frontispiece + 123 b/w illustrations; glossary; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG-. The period from the end of the reign of Henry VIII to the last days of the Commonwealth was the heyday of the joiner.
Inventory number #001603
Binding: Soft Cover
Condition: Very Good
Price:
$20.00
Victoria & Albert Museum
A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE
London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1966
Octavo. 32 pp text plus 100 b/w plates. Paperback. VG. All pieces identified by maker, with dimensions.
Inventory number #001601
Binding: Half-Leather
Condition: Very Good
Price:
$100.00
Cescinsky, Herbert
THE OLD-WORLD HOUSE Its Furniture and Decoration
London: A.& C. Black, 1924
Two volumes. First edition, quarto; v1: xi, 307 pp; v2: iii, 371 pp; numerous illustrations and photos; index. Publisher's half leather binding with red pebbled boards; red morocco spine with raised bands & gilt tooling; marbled endpapers. T.E.G.G+ Spines have a fair amount of rubbing, on vol 1 the spine is darkened. Inside, the books are quite nice, volume 1 is just a tad loose, nothing serious.
Inventory number #001476
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Near Fine
Jacket: None
Price:
$15.00
Cheneviere, Antoine
ANTOINE CHENEVIERE FINE ARTS
London: Antoine Cheneviere, 2002
Quarto. 26 objects - tables, chairs, mirrors, marble obelisks, commodes, armoire, etc, illustrated in color. Hardcover. VG+, corners a bit bumped, else Near Fine. Catalogue of Italian, Russian, Austrian, German furniture and objets d'art offered by this London antiques dealer.
Inventory number #001101
Binding: Hard Cover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket: Very Good
Price:
$25.00
Davidson, Marshall B. & Elizabeth Stillinger
THE AMERICAN WING at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985
First edition. Quarto. 352 pp; profusely illustrated with 524 color & b/w photographs; bibliography; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. A well-illustrated survey of the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum, home of America's most important collection of painting, sculpture and decorative arts, dating from 1630. Separate chapters on the Period Rooms, furniture, silver, pewter, ceramics, glass, paintings, prints, drawings and watercolors, and sculpture.
Inventory number #000905