Workman, Liz
DR. JOHNSON'S DOORKNOB and Other Significant Parts of Great Men's Houses
NY: Rizzoli, 2007

First edition. Square octavo. 207 pp; color illustrations & photographs throughout. Cloth with dustjacket in slipcase. A new, unused copy This small book of Liz Workman's photographs doesn't stop at doorknobs. It shows us other unexpected details from eminent homes -- George Washington's mantelpiece, for example, Thomas Jefferson's bed, Charles Darwin's soup tureen, Victor Hugo's skirting board, and Sigmund Freud's mirror. The book features 103 items in ten chapters - doorknobs, crockery, mantelpieces, chairs, desks, books, banisters, mirrors, skirting boards and beds. There is no text, just brief captions and an index of addresses.
Inventory number #007717

Impey, Oliver
THE CECIL FAMILY COLLECTS: Four Centuries of Decorative Arts from Burghley House
Alexandria, VA: Art Services International, 1998

Quarto. 231 pp; 29 b/w illustrations; 12 floor plans of Burghley from 1623, 1688, 1738, 1770s, 1804, 1998; catalogue of 166 items, described & illustrated in color; glossary; bibliography; family tree. Paperback. Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy; looks unread. The catalogue contains paintings, sculpture, and architectural drawings related to the Cecil family and Burghley House; miniatures; Virtu: the Countess’s jewels; other virtu; Grand Tour objects; sculpture; European ceramics; Chinese ceramics; Japanese ceramics; furniture & furnishings; and silver.
Inventory number #007569

Racine, Guillemette
ART ET DECORATION: 1946-1959, Les Annees "Nostalgie"
Paris: Charles Massin, 1996

First edition. Quarto. 155 pp; full of color & b/w illustrations. Text in French. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine.
Inventory number #007552

Art & Decoration
COMMENT DECORER SA MAISON: Interieurs, Mobilier, Amenagement - 200 Realisations
Paris: Art & Decoration, n.d.

Quarto. Unpaginated, full of b/w & color photographs. Text in French. Quarter leather with light green cloth, gilt-lettered spine, no dustjacket. VG, light rubbing to corners, else a clean, tight copy. Contains hundreds of illustrations of interiors and furnishings from Art & Decoration magazine. Not dated, circa 1960.
Inventory number #007551

Aguttes, Claude
ART NOUVEAU & ART DECO Hotel des Ventes de Neuilly. 1er Juillet 2003
Neuilly-sur-seine: Claude Aguttes, 2003

Quarto. 97 pp. 449 lots, illustrated with color photographs. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy.
Inventory number #007428

Queant, Olivier, Roger Baschet, J.-Ch. Moreux, Ernest de Ganay, Jacques de Wailly
Demeures et Jardins de France
Paris: Publications de France, 1953

Quarto. 246 pp, profuse color & b/w photo illustrations; bibliography. Text in French. Printed fabric cover designed by J. Leleu. VG+, spine darkened. Features all types of country houses - cottages; houses created from an old stable, farmhouses, and mills, large vacation houses, and chateaux. Also examples of paths, entry ways, allees and pavement, lawns & prairies, trees & shrubs, terraces, flowers & plants, pools & swimming pools, and garden furniture.
Inventory number #007253

John, Richard & David Watkin
JOHN SIMPSON: The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, and other Works
London: Andreas Papadakis, 2002

Quarto. 136 pp; including 150 color illustrations. Paperback. VG+ minor soiling to back cover. John Simpson is one of the leading architects in Europe who have returned in recent years to classical architecture. His public and private works show how this language lends itself with particular ease to the incorporation of technology's latest developments. Describing a range of work from furniture design to town-planning, this book features his principal commission so far, the new Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace, a major new center for the visual arts in London, opened in May 2002.
Inventory number #007006

Harris, John & Michael Snodin, Eds
SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS: Architect to George III
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1996

Quarto. 229 pp; 286 color & b/w illustrations; chronology; bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. In this wide-ranging book, leading scholars present research on Chambers' Scandinavian and French connections; his Italian studies and projects; his relationship with British royalty; his commissioned buildings, interiors, and gardens; his furniture and metalwork designs; and his 'Treatise on Civil Architecture' (1759). In 1774, he was commissioned to design the public offices at London's Somerset House, and created a building equal to the best of those by the French architects with whom he had trained. This book was the catalogue for the William Chambers exhibition mounted in fall 1996 by the Courtauld Institute Galleries at Somerset House, their new home.
Inventory number #006982

Cliff, Stafford
FRENCH STYLE AND DECORATION: A Sourcebook of Original Designs
NY: Thames & Hudson, 2008

Quarto. 248 pp, over 600 illustrations in color & b/w; bibliography; index. Patterned boards with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. This profusely illustrated reference offers a panoply of original sketches, engravings, and printed patterns, representing French interior design and decoration from the Baroque, Rococo, Louis XVI and Empire periods, through the 19th century to Art Deco and modernism in the 20th century.
Inventory number #006968

Baschet, Roger & Rene Briat
STYLES REGIONAUX: Architecture, Mobilier, Decoration. Vol. 1: Provence, Flandre, Artois, Picardie, Landes, Pays Basque, Bearn, Alsace, and Bretagne
Paris: Baschet & Cie., n.d.

ca. 1967. Quarto. 194 pp; profuse b/w & color illustrations. Text in French. Tan boards with dustjacket. VG/VG, jacket chipped at base of spine & two corners, edges lightly chipped. Architecture, furniture and decoration of the following regions: Provence, Flandres, Artois, Picardie, Landes, Pays Basque, Bearn, Alsace, and Bretagne.
Inventory number #006964

Parke-Bernet Galleries
Valuable French XVIII Century & Other Furniture, Paintings & Objets d'Art, From the Collection of Rodolphe, Prince de Faucigny-Lucinge, and from Other Owners
NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1955

Octavo. 168 pp, 423 lots, b/w illustrations. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy. The catalog to an auction held in New York by Parke-Bernet Galleries on April 22-23rd, 1955.
Inventory number #006916

Cliff, Stafford
ENGLISH STYLE AND DECORATION: A Sourcebook of Original Designs
NY: Thames & Hudson, 2008

Quarto. 248 pp, illustrated with over 600 designs, patterns, and settings in color & b/w; bibliography; index. Patterned boards with dustjacket. Fine/Fine. This beautifully illustrated book presents original designs developed in England for almost 3 centuries, beginning in 1700. Included are original sketches and printed patterns for furniture, textiles, flooring, wallpaper, glass, ceramics and household utensils, from doorknobs to tableware to light fittings.
Inventory number #006907

Frey, Gilbert
THE MODERN CHAIR: 1850 to Today / Le Siege Moderne de 1850 a Aujourd'hui / Das Moderne Sitzmobel von 1850 bis Heute
Sulgen: Arthur Niggli Ltd, 1992

Oblong quarto. 231 pp; numerous line drawings; bibliography. Text in English, French & German. Black cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG+, short tear at head of jacket spine, jacket edges lightly rubbed in places. First published in 1970, this revised edition extends the trends of chair evolution from 1972 to 1990. A total of 118 chair designs presented chronologically from 1850 to 1990, along with biographies of the designers and manufacturers.
Inventory number #006499

Redslob, Edwin
ALT-DANEMARK
München: Delphin-Verlag, 1921

Second edition. Quarto. xxix, 193 pp; 323 b/w photographs (hors texte) + 11 illus in text; bibliography; index. Text in German. Gold cloth with black stamped lettering, all edges stained blue. A very good copy. Signed & inscribed by author to Bert S. Fielden, dated August 1947. Illustrated with b/w photographs of buildings, interiors, and furniture from the 15th century to the early 19th century.
Inventory number #006371

Fastnedge, Ralph
SHERATON FURNITURE
Woodbridge: Antique Collectors' Club, 1983

Quarto. 224 pp; 4 color plates, 96 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG. The author examines in detail the various designs put forward by Thomas Sheraton (1751-1806) and places them in context against the work of other designers such as Shearer and Hepplewhite.
Inventory number #006045

Kirk, John T.
AMERICAN CHAIRS: Queen Anne and Chippendale
NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972

Quarto. 208 pp; color frontispiece, 252 b/w illustrations; appendix; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG in VG- jacket, two closed tears to top rear edge of jacket, former owner signature on front flyleaf. An excellent guide to the art of chairmaking in 18th century America, clearly written and well illustrated. Arntzen P220.
Inventory number #005756

Rago, David & John Sollo
SOLLO : RAGO John Sollo and David Rago Present a 20th Century Weekend, April 3 & 4, 2004
Lambertville, NJ: Sollo:Rago, 2004

Quarto. 231 pp; 1311 lots, illustrated in color. Paperback. Near fine. Furniture, lamps, jewelry, ceramics, art glass, paintings, works on paper by hundreds of well-known designers.
Inventory number #005464

[Catalogue
SHAKER WORKSHOPS
Concord Center, MA: The 1747 Wright Tavern, 1970

Octavo. 27 pp; b/w illustrations. Stapled wraps. VG. Catalogue describing the furniture and accessories in production at Shaker Workshops, an organization dedicated to perpetuating the high standard of craftsmanship and design characteristic of the Shakers since their arrival in 1774.
Inventory number #005191

Landau, Sarah Bradford
P.B. WIGHT: Architect, Contractor, and Critic, 1838-1925
Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1981

Exhibition catalogue. Quarto. 108 pp; 8 color plates & numerous b/w illustrations; checklists of Wight's publications, his buildings and projects, and buildings by Carter, Drake and Wight, 1872-1874; and provenance and checklist of 184 architectural drawings, plans and elevations in the Wight collection by John Zukowsky. Paperback. VG. P.B. Wight was a designer of furniture, critic and historian of contemporary architecture and fireproofing techology, as well as an architect.
Inventory number #005172

Parke-Bernet Galleries
FURNITURE & SCULPTURE FOR THE GARDEN AND TERRACE A GROUP OF SOLARIUM FURNITURE, Japanese Granite, Bronze and Other Garden Ornaments Belonging to Various Owners
NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1959

Octavo. 72 pp; b/w photographs of various items. 311 lots. Stapled wraps. VG, minor soiling to covers. Sale no. 1907, Wednesday & Thursday May 27 and 28, 1958. Lead, wrought & cast iron, sculptured and cast stone, bronze and other ornaments. Japanese granite bronze and other garden ornaments belonging to various owners including New Jersey, New York & Pennsylvania private collectors.
Inventory number #005130