Trade Catalogue
GKS Suntone Furniture. Catalog No. 6R
Evansville, IN: George Koch Sons, 1940

Quarto. 16 pp; profuse b/w photographs on every page showing the furniture. Staple bound with illustrated cover. Includes original order form, return envelope, and discount notice. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers show light soil. The catalog introduces Suntone, the company's new line of wrought iron furniture. Illustrated are table and chair sets, chaise lounge, small tables for lamps, plant stands, wall shelves, and more.
Inventory number #014366

Parke-Bernet Galleries
French Provincial Furniture & French Garden Furniture and Statuary Assembled by Mme Renee Guibal, Haut du Val (near Versailles)
NY: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1952

Octavo. 81 pp; b/w photographs of various items. 411 lots. Wraps. VG, minor toning to covers, one corner creased. Sale no. 1353, Wednesday & Thursday May 28-29, 1952.
Inventory number #014331

S.C. Johnson & Son
The Proper Treatment for Floors, Woodwork and Furniture
Racine, WI: S.C. Johnson & Son, 1921

Octavo. 32 pp; illustrated in color and b/w with many color examples of wood dyes and puttys. Stapled wraps, VG, an unmarked copy, some staining near staples. LAID IN: A typewritten letter on S.C. Johnson letterhead, dated 1923; a 1922 price list; a dealer list; an ad for Johnson's liquid wax; a coupon for a weighted polishing brush & can of Johnson's prepared wax; and a postcard for sending the name of the store you buy paint from to S.C. Johnson.
Inventory number #014197

Sotheby's
EUROPEAN WORKS OF ART, ARMS AND ARMOUR, FURNITURE AND TAPESTRIES. June 6, 1994
NY: Sotheby's, 1994

Quarto. Unpaginated; profuse color & b/w photographs of the 437 lots offered. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Price results laid in. Sale 6580
Inventory number #013994

Sotheby's
EUROPEAN WORKS OF ART, ARMS AND ARMOUR, FURNITURE AND TAPESTRIES. June 5, 1997
NY: Sotheby's, 1997

Quarto. Unpaginated; profuse color & b/w photographs of the 499lots offered. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy with minimal shelf wear. Price results laid in. Sale 7003
Inventory number #013983

Kelsey, Charles B.
Furniture: Its Selection and Use. 18th report of the National Committee on Wood Utilization
Washington, DC: United States Government Printing Office, 1931

Octavo. 115 pp; 48 diagrams & b/w photographs; glossary of furniture terms. Paperback. VG, an unmarked copy; covers toned with light edgewear, small loss at spine ends.
Inventory number #013956

Wilk, Christopher
MARCEL BREUER: Furniture and Interiors
NY: Museum of Modern Art, 1981

First printing. Small quarto. 192 pp; 199 b/w illustrations; bibliography. Paperback. Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked, tight copy, covers bright & glossy. The first comprehensive study of Breuer's furniture & interiors; companion to the 1981 MOMA exhibition. Exhibition brochure laid in; errata slip taped to front flyleaf.
Inventory number #013463

Beckerdite, Luke, ed.
AMERICAN FURNITURE 2000
Milwaukee, WI: Chipstone Foundation, 2000

Quarto. xi, 2239 pp; many b/w & color illustrations; index. Paperback. VG+, minor edgewear, spine slightly cocked, minor scuffing to covers. This issue presents articles on: the early furniture of Christopher & Job Townsend, furniture by the Potthast Brothers of Baltimore, 1892-1975; the genesis of Neoclassical Style in Baltimore Furniture; Baltimore cabinetmaker Edward Priestley; John Cadwalader's commode-seat side chairs; Patronage in early Salem: The Symonds Shops; and Cultural Negotiations: A Study of the New Mexican Caja. Also book reviews and a list, "Recent Writing on American Furniture," compiled by Gerald W.R. Ward.
Inventory number #013166

Newbern, Thomas R.J. & James R. Melchor
Classical Norfolk Furniture: 1810 - 1840
Paducah, KY: Turner Publishing, 2004

Quarto. 128 pp; full of color & b/w photographs; bibliography; index. Glossy pictorial boards with matching dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a new, unmarked copy. Featuring over 420 color photos, this book is a groundbreaking study of a major Southern furniture group not previously studied in depth. The most prominent Norfolk cabinetmaker during the first half of the 19th century was James Woodward. Other cabinetmakers during this period include John D. Ghiselin & Lewis Salusbury, Chester Sully, William M. Evans, Samuel Smith, Charles Beale, William C. Beale, Joseph Winslow, Theodorick Bland, William P. Saunders, William H. Barnes, Thomas F. Hatton, and others. The authors drew on the work of Ron Hurst through his extensive research for his MA thesis on Norfolk cabinetmakers.
Inventory number #011151

Sack, Albert
FINE POINTS OF FURNITURE: Early American
NY: Crown Publishers, 1978

27th printing. Small quarto. xvi, 303 pp; fully illustrated with b/w photographs of chairs, beds, bureaus, chests and cupboards, chests-on-chests, clocks, desks, secretaries, highboys, lowboys, mirrors, sideboards, sofas and tables. Cloth with dustjacket. VG in VG jacket.
Inventory number #009827

Palardy, Jean
THE EARLY FURNITURE OF FRENCH CANADA
Toronto: Macmillan of Canada, 1978

Revised edition. Quarto. 411 pp; over 600 b/w photographs, numerous pen and ink drawings, appendices, bibliography, glossary, index. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; spine lightly faded. The definitive work on traditional French-Canadian furniture by Palardy, who has devoted more than 40 years to the study of French-Canadian culture. A valuable sourcebook on the design and workmanship of French-Canadian furniture from the 17th to the first half of the 19th century. The catalogue raisonne includes armoires, buffets, chairs, commodes, beds, as well as spinning-wheels, chandeliers, mantelpieces, stoves, doors, locks, and latches. All are described and illustrated in detail. Includes lists of woodworkers' tools and descriptions of their working methods.
Inventory number #009497

Sokolova, T.M. & K. A. Orlova
RUSSIAN FURNITURE IN THE COLLECTION OF THE HERMITAGE
Leningrad: Khudozhnik, 1973

Quarto. 254 pp; 195 color & b/w illustrations, most full page. Text in Russian with a 4-pp English summary & English captions. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy. 18th & 19th century Russian furniture.
Inventory number #009352

Madigan, Mary Jean, et al
NINETEENTH CENTURY FURNITURE Innovation, Revival and Reform
NY: Arts & Antiques Book, 1982

First printing. Quarto. 160 pp; 100 color plates; 150 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth-backed boards with dj. Some closed tears and wear to corners & spine tips of dj. Very good in a VG- dustjacket. Former owner stamp on ffep and same owner blindstamp on title page. Survey of American furniture design of the 19th century. Contributions by David Hanks, Katharine Morrison McClinton, Marian Page, Christopher Wilk, Craig Gilborn
Inventory number #008636

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

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

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

Jarry, Madeleine & Maryvonne Dobry
PERIOD NEEDLEPOINT FOR ANTIQUE FURNITURE
NY: William Morrow, 1976

First English edition. Square octavo. 127 pp; numerous color photographs, numerous b/w designs & text illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG.
Inventory number #005005

Pessler, Monika & Harald Krejci (eds.)
FRIEDRICH KIESLER DESIGNER: Seating Furniture of the 30s And 40s
Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz, 2005

Quarto. 128 pp; nearly 120 sketches & b/w photographs; chronology of Kiesler's life; bibliography. Text in English & German. Paperback with dustjacket. VG/VG, dj has a couple of short edge tears. Previously unpublished material relating to Austro-American artist and architect Friedrich Kiesler's innovative furniture designs and prototypes from the 1930s and 40s are featured in this comprehensive volume.
Inventory number #004678

Wills, Geoffrey
ENGLISH FURNITURE 1760-1900
Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1971

Octavo. 256 pp; 32 color & 204 b/w photographs; bibliography. Tan cloth with gilt lettered-spine, no dj. VG. This book is the second of a pair by Wills describing the development of English furniture since the 16th century.
Inventory number #004518

Packer, Charles
PARIS FURNITURE by the Master Ebenistes. A Chronologically Arranged Pictorial Review of Furniture by the Master Menuisiers-Ebenistes
Newport: Ceramic Book Company, 1956

Limited edition of 1000 copies. Quarto. xxv, 104 pp plus 237 b/w plates; bibliography. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, top edge gilt. #556/1000. VG-, lighter areas along spine edge & bottom edge. Based mainly on pieces in American collections, this work gives a commentary on the styles and techniques of the 17th and 18th century furniture makers, a list of the masters from Boulle to Jacob, and a useful pictorial review of pieces arranged in chronological order. An appendix lists some architects, sculptors, painters etc. who influenced French furniture design from the latter part of the 17th C. to the beginning of the 19th C.
Inventory number #004267