Ford, Barbara Brennan
THE ARTS OF JAPAN
NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1987

Quarto. 56 pp; color photographs. Paperback. Reprinted from the Summer 1987 bulletin for sale to the general public. Near fine. General guide to the (new) Arts of Japan collection in the Sackler Galleries for Asian Art.
Inventory number #010290

Berger, Molly W, ed.
The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts 25: THE AMERICAN HOTEL
Miami Beach, FL: The Wolfsonian - Florida Intl Univ, 2005

Octavo. 315 pp; full of color & b/w illustrations. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. Ten illustrated essays look at the architects, designers, and social forces that created the large American hotel from Gilded-Age New York to 1950s Miami Beach. Includes an article on the many hotels designed by Dorothy Draper.
Inventory number #010198

Haynes, Elizabeth
Chronicle of the Museum for the Arts of Decoration of the Cooper Union. Vol.1, No.9. Trimmings in the Museum's Collection by Elizabeth Haynes
NY: Cooper Union, 1942

Octavo. pp 327-351; 11 b/w illustrations. Stapled wraps. VG, minor soiling to covers, adhesive residue from price sticker on cover.
Inventory number #009809

Lacroix, Paul
XVIIme SIECLE LETTRES SCIENCES et ARTS. France 1590-1700
Paris: Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1882

Second edition. Quarto. 581 pp; 17 chromolithographs and 300 wood engravings created under the direction of M.A. Racinet; all edges gilt. Text in French. Bound in original leather-backed pebbled cloth with coat of arms of the city of Paris on cover and gilt tooling and titles on spine. VG- scattered moderate foxing throughout including the margins of several plates, but mostly in prelims, the plates are otherwise bright and clean. This book features manners and customs, literature, the sciences and arts in France from 1590 to 1700.
Inventory number #009055

de Groer, Leon
DECORATIVE ARTS IN EUROPE 1790-1850
NY: Rizzoli, 1986

Quarto. 357 pp; 640 illustrations, some in color; bibliography; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. A comprehensive and well-illustrated study devoted to the neoclassic style -- French Empire, English Regency, American Federal, German Biedermeier. The author, curator-in-chief of objets d'art at the Louvre, looks at furniture, interior decoration, lighting, bronzes, pendulum clocks, vases, curtains, wallpaper, and carpets.
Inventory number #008760

Hunter-Stiebel, Penelope & Odile Nouvel-Kammerer
MATIERES DE REVES: Stuff of Dreams From the Paris Musee des Arts Decoratifs
Portland, OR: Portland Art Museum, 2002

Quarto. 174 pp; over 100 color photographs. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. This exhibition features 100 objects from the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris.
Inventory number #008707

Montgomery, Charles F
BOOKS ABOUT THE ARTS OF AMERICA
Pocopson, PA: The Font, n.d.

ca. 1960. Book catalog. Octavo. 39 pp. Paperback. Out of stock list and return envelope laid in. VG. About 6 of the items are checked off in the margin with pen, otherwise a clean, unmarked copy.
Inventory number #008567

[WARHOL, Andy] The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts 20-Year Report 1987-2007
NY: The Andy Warhol Foundation For the Visual Arts, 2007

First edition. Three volumes. Square octavo. 94; 82; 95 pp; illustrated in color. Paperbacks housed in slipcase. Fine in fine slipcase
Inventory number #008029

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

Davies, Karen
AT HOME IN MANHATTAN - Modern Decorative Arts, 1925 to the Depression
New Haven, CT: Yale University Art Gallery, 1983

First edition. Quarto. 123 pp catalogue of 81 household items produced over a 12 year period. Includes photographs of the pieces and some architectural sketches. Paperback. Near Fine. Well-documented exhibition catalogue.
Inventory number #006533

Tracy, Berry B
FEDERAL FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE ARTS AT BOSCOBEL
NY: Boscobel Restoration / Harry N. Abrams, 1981

Square quarto. 165 pp; nearly 200 color & b/w illustrations; selected bibliography; index. Paperback. A fine, unused copy. A remarkable collection of Federal furniture and decorative arts is displayed at Boscobel, a fully restored example of New York Federal domestic architecture at Garrison, NY. The collection includes furniture by such important NY cabinetmakers as Duncan Phyfe, Charles-Honore Lannuier, and Michael Allison, paintings by Benjamin West, Ralph Earl, Ammi Phillips, an a pair of portraits attributed to the 18th century limner John Watson.
Inventory number #004040

Cahiers de la Ceramique de Verre et des Arts du Feu, No. 25
Sevres: Societe des Amis du Musee Natl de Ceramique, 1962

No. 25. Small folio. 62 pp; numerous b/w & 7 tipped-in color plates. Text in French, with English summaries. Card covers. Light soiling & wear to off-white covers. Contents include: "En avant-propos sur la majolique italienne" by Fourest; "Les majoliques de la collection Paul Gillet au musee lyonnais des Arts Decoratifs" by J. Giacomotti, and "Les Arts du Feu dans la decoration du paquebot 'France'" by M. Gaume.
Inventory number #003629

Duchscherer, Paul
BEYOND THE BUNGALOW: Grand Homes in the Arts & Crafts Tradition
Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 2005

Quarto. 176 pp; profusely illustrated with color photographs, drawings, floor plans; bibliography; list of resources. Cloth with dj. VG/VG
Inventory number #003562

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

Richter, Anne
ARTS AND CRAFTS OF INDONESIA
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1994

First edition. Square octavo. 160 pp; profusely illustrated in color & b/w; map; glossary; bibliography. Paperback with flaps. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. This book features the diversity of Indonesian decorative arts - textiles and beading, wood and horn carvings, pottery ranging from simple cooking pots to elaborate terracotta modeling, jewelry and metalwork, masks and puppets, and baskets.
Inventory number #000717