Decorative Art
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Spanish Interiors and Furniture, Volume One
by Byne, Arthur, and Stapley, Mildred
NY: William Helburn, Inc., 1928. Volume One. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published NY: William Helburn, Inc., 1928, second printing, July 1928. Folio, 10 1/2" x 13 3/4", unpaginated, ix+4+143 plates. Red linen cloth with gilt titles. Light trace of wear at the spine extremities and lower tips, else fine in very good plus dust jacket with slight fray at the heel and two closed tears along the top edge. Scarce and uncommon in dust jacket. . Hard. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. Folio.
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$495.00
The Use of the Plant in Decorative Design: For the Grades / Teacher's Edition
by Lawrence, Maude and Sheldon, Caroline
NY: Scott Foresman and Company, 1912. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and paper covered boards. Published NY: Scott Foresman and Company, 1912. Small 4to., 7 7/8" x 10 1/4", 78pp. text, plus 24 full color and b/w plates, plus plate of Color Wheel. All plates present. Blue cloth with gray paper covered boards, blue cover titles. Some wear at the tips, light rub to the cloth at spine ends, previous owner name in small letters on pastedown. Very good, clean, binding tight. . Hard. Very...
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$125.00
The Arts & Crafts of Newcomb Pottery
by Sally Main; Adrienne Spinozzi; David Conradsen; Martin Eidelberg; Kevin W. Tucker; Ellen Paul Denker
NY: Skira Rizzoli, 2013. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published NY: Skira Rizzoli, 2013, first printing. Folio, 9 3/4" x 12 1/4", 339pp., profusely illustrated with full color plates. All-new, brilliant photographs of 250 objects accompany newly researched essays by respected scholars of decorative arts, a timeline, and artist biographies and pottery decorators’ marks. Fine, no markings or wear in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.
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$275.00
Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
by Eliasson, Olafur. Madeleine Grynsztejn, Editor. Foreword by Neal Benezra, Director
San Francisco / New York: San Francisco Museum of Modern Art / Thames and Hudson, 2007. First edition / First printing. Illustrated paper-covered boards. Very fine. Issued without dust jacket, a clear archival jacket is supplied. A large, heavy Art book, extra shipping charges will apply.
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$100.00
The Art of Embroidery
by Schuette, Marie & Muller Christiensen, Sigrid
London: Thames & Hudson, 1964. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published London: Thames & Hudson, 1964. Folio, 9 1/4" x 11 1/2", xxiv+336pp., illustrated with 492 stunning plates - 29 full color, 463 monochrome. Text translated by Donald King. Includes bibliographical references and index. Black cloth with gilt spine titles and cover design. Mild trace of foxing on edges of page block, else fine in very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Scarce. . 1st. Hard....
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$325.00
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Clearly Indigenous: Native Visions Reimagined in Glass [SIGNED]
by Chambers, Letitia
Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2020. Signed first edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 2020, first printing. 4to., 10 1/4" x 11 1/4", 191pp., illustrated throughout with full color plates. Signed by Chambers on title page. Pictorial laminated boards, blue endpapers. Slight open wavines to upper portion of page block from bookmarks left in book, small stain on front edge, else fine in fine dust jacket. . Signed by Author. 1st. Hard. Very Good...
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$175.00
The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, etc.
by [Rudolph Ackermann, Publisher]
Good run of six monthly issues of this influential magazine, Third Series, Volume I, January to June 1823, bound in one volume. A fascinating view of the taste of London high society in the year 1823.Complete with 29 handcoloured engravings of fashion, landscapes, architecture and furniture, 6 engravings of needlework patterns, one engraved fold-out music score of a German waltz by Beethoven, and one engraved plate of a military trophy.Each issue typically with two handcoloured architecture plates, two...
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$350.00$297.50
Japanese Flower Arrangement
by Seido Iwata
A beautifully designed and illustrated book on the art of Japanese flower arrangement, or Ikebana. Author Seido Iwata is both a master of the traditional art of Ikebana as well as a contemporary offshoot she pioneered at her School of Seki-So-Ryu (School of the Rocks and the Flowers). Cover design is by famed Franco-Japanese Modernist artist Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita, the author's cousin.
No date, but probably published in the late 1950s, after the 1954 publication of a similar book by Iwata in Japan.... Read more about this item
No date, but probably published in the late 1950s, after the 1954 publication of a similar book by Iwata in Japan.... Read more about this item
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$175.00
Arts of Wood
by Christine Price
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1976. Hardcover. FIRST EDITION THUS, FIRST PRINTING VIA NUMBER ROW, with ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. AS NEW/FINE. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents a FIRST PRINTING of ARTS OF WOOD, an illustrated survey of everyday wooden artwork made by various primitive cultures. 8 1/8" x 8 1/8", 64 page hard cover, including numerous sepia Illustrations and maps, together with the ORIGINAL UNCLIPPED DUST JACKET. The overall book is AS NEW. The...
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$11.00
The Repository of Arts, Literature, Fashions, Manufactures, etc.
by [Rudolph Ackermann, Publisher]
Very good set of a complete year of this influential magazine, Third Series, Volumes V and VI, 12 monthly issues from January to December 1825 bound in two volumes. A fascinating view of the taste of London high society in the Regency era, still basking in Wellington's victory at the Battle of Waterloo.With 59 (of 60) handcoloured engravings of fashion, landscapes, architecture and furniture under tissue guards, 11 engravings of needlework patterns.Frontispiece, "To Readers and Correspondents," title...
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$900.00$765.00
A History of Art
by Charles Goodyear
Chicago: Laidlaw Brothers , 1917. reprint. VERY GOOD. HATFIELD BOOKS AND MEMORABILIA, a FIVE STAR SELLER, presents A HISTORY OF ART by CHARLES GOODYEAR. This is the first and only reprint published by Laidlaw. At the same time, A S Barnes, the book's long time publisher, came out with this same "newly revised and enlarged" 23rd edition, "with new illustrations." This was the last year the book was published. 6 1/8" x 9 3/8", 394 page hard cover with numerous black and white photos and...
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$9.99
Archaeological Research in Indo-China
by Olov R. T. Janse
Harvard University Press, 1947. Volume 1 only. VG+. Minor shelf and handling wear; name inside front cover (else clean and free of marks); text block slightly age-toned throughout. Overall a clean, solid copy showing minimal signs of use. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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$350.00
PHILIPPE STARCK SUBVERCHIC DESIGN
by Fay Sweet
NY: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1999. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/very good. 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. Heavy paper boards identical to DJ.Numerous color photos. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; like new on all points. DJ is VERY GOOD ; no edge wear, faintest hint of soiling. Design. Stax.
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$15.00
Exterior Decoration (Victorian Colors for Victorian Houses): A Treatise on the Artistic Use of Colors in the Ornamentation of Buildings, and a Series of Designs, Illustrating the Effects of Different Combinations of Colors in Connection with Various Style
by Dornsife, Samuel J. [Editor]
Philadelphia: Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 1976. First edition, limited to 5,000 copies. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Philadelphia: Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 1976, first printing. Oblong folio, 15 1/4" x 11 3/4", 95pp., illustrated with 20 full page color plates, 50 paint sample swatches, Harrison Bros. color card, vintage ads. Green vinyl covered boards with gilt titles, brown patterned endpapers. Shallow cut line across the front dust jacket panel into the vinyl surface, light wear at...
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$100.00
Les Arts Somptuaires
by Charles Louandre
Good set of this landmark in chromolithography.
With 324 beautiful chromolithographs mainly by Claudius Joseph Ciappori and Ferdinand Sere.
Complete in two volumes of plates and two volumes of text. With one chromolithographed frontispiece in each text volume, 159 and 163 chromolithographs in the plate volumes.
With a total of 324 beautiful chromolithograph plates illustrating the sumptuary or luxury arts of France and Europe from the 5th to the 17th century. A comprehensive survey of costumes,... Read more about this item
With 324 beautiful chromolithographs mainly by Claudius Joseph Ciappori and Ferdinand Sere.
Complete in two volumes of plates and two volumes of text. With one chromolithographed frontispiece in each text volume, 159 and 163 chromolithographs in the plate volumes.
With a total of 324 beautiful chromolithograph plates illustrating the sumptuary or luxury arts of France and Europe from the 5th to the 17th century. A comprehensive survey of costumes,... Read more about this item
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$850.00$722.50
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Interiors of Virginia Houses of Colonial Times [Signed]
by Sales, Edith Tunis
Richmond, VA: William Byrd, 1927. SIGNED First edition, first printing. Hard cover. Published Richmond, VA: William Byrd, 1927. Signed and dated (September second, 1927) by author on half title. 4to., 7 1/2" x 10." Blue cloth with white lettering and design to cover, marble pattern end papers, color frontis with printed tissue guard, two-color title page. Illustrated with 371 original plates. Spine lettering mostly rubbed off, slight rubbing to the cover lettering, few spots/marks on rear...
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$65.00
Festa Della Sensa. Lino Tagliapietra at William Traver Gallery.
by TAGLIAPIETRA, Lino
Seattle: William Traver Gallery, 1998. Signed on the title page by Lino Tagliapietra. First edition / First printing. White perfect bound wrappers. Fine without dust jacket. Beautifully produced exhibition catalogue. Archival clear mylar jacket is supplied.
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$100.00
JENS RISOM FURNITURE CATALOG III Sofas, Upholstered Armchairs, Side Chairs and Arm Chairs
by Risom, Jens
New York: Private Printing. 1961. Magazine. Very Good with no dust jacket; Mid Century Modern Furniture Catalog for Jens Risom Design, Contemporary Furniture for Business and Residential Interiors. Black White Photographs of Furniture. Catalog is in good condition wear at edges ; B&W Illustrations; 36 pages .
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$150.00$105.00
Neale Pottery and Porcelain; Its Predecessors and Successors 1763-1820
by Edwards, Diana
London: Barrie & Jenkins [0-7126-1603-9] [1987], 1st edition. (4to) 223pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Black and white and color illustrations, appendices, notes, bibliography, index. (Antiques, China--Porcelain, Collectibles, Figurines, Neale Ware, Porcelain, Tableware).
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$131.25
Important Silver (Auction Catalog - Sale 94A, October 12,1973)
by Sotheby's Los Angeles
Los Angeles: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., 1973. Book. Good Plus. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). N/A. 8vo up to 9½" tall. Off-white pictorial softcover, staple, 8vo up to 9½" tall, 48 pp, numeerous B&W illustrations. Includes laid-in price estimate sheet. Pages are clean and bright with PRICES REALIZED in pencil next to most items listed. 113 items described, some pictured in black and white. Includes: An important pair of 17th century Dutch Salts by Michiel de Bruyn (1650); Set of...
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$15.00
The Dream of a Golden Age: Danish Neo-Classical Furniture, 1790-1850
by Mirjam Gelfer-Jørgensen; W. Glyn Jones [Translator]
Very Rare and Very Large (about 9.75" by 12.75") Hardcover Book with 504 Well-Illustrated Pages. Text is in English. This Book is in Good Condition. The Dust Jacket (protected by a New Brodart Dust Jacket Protector) has some Scratches and Edgewear (including Light Crinkling along the Edges) but No Tears, Creases, Stains, or Other Major Damage. The Hardcover Boards have Light Rubbing along the Edges but No Tears, Creases, Stains, or Any Major Damage. The Binding is Strong and Intact but Sagging, typical...
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$597.99
Color Cement Handicraft
by Lemos, Pedro J. & Lemos, Reta A
Worcester, Ma: The Davis Press, 1922. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Worcester, Mass: The Davis Press, 1922, first printing. 8vo., 7" x 9 1/2", 201pp., illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Gray pebbled cloth with gray and red titles and designs, gray Art Nouveau endpapers. Gentle fading to the spine titles, previous owner label of flyleaf (small), else fine. . 1st. Hard. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.
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$125.00
Catalogue of the Morgan Collection of Chinese Porcelains
by Bushell, Dr. Stephen W. and William M. Laffan
New York: Privately Printed by Order of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan (DeVinne Press &, 1911. First, Limited Edition. Near fine. 2 volumes; Royal 8vo; 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in. (240 x 160 mm); Vol. 1: pp. xvii + 196; Vol. 2: lxxiii + 145; + 158 chromolithographs with rice paper guards inscribed with legend, many double-tissued. In vol. 2 plate no. 147 is used as a frontispiece. Each volume includes an index of cases with schematic drawings and key numbers, as well as Chinese characters and diagrams of maker marks....
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$20,000.00
American Painted Furniture
by Cynthia V. A. Schaffner; Susan Klein
NY: Clarkson Potter, 1997. First edition. Hard cover in original cloth and dust jacket. Published NY: Clarkson Potter, 1997, first printing. Folio, 9 1/2" x 11 1/2", xv+223pp., profusely illustrated with full color reproductions. Fine in fine dust jacket. . 1st. Hard. Fine/Fine. Folio.
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$110.00
Chefs-d'oeuvre du Musee des Arts Decoratifs
by Francois Mathey , Robert Bordaz
Paris: Flammarion, 1985. Paperback. Very Good. 8 1/2 x 9 inches. 212 pages. Text in French. Condition is Very Good; Covers lightly soiled, text & illustrations are very clean, binding is tight. Dec. Art STK
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$15.00
