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Applied and Decorative Arts
A Bibliographic Guide
by Donald L. Ehresmann
ISBN: 0872879062
ISBN-13: 9780872879065
Format: Hardcover
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Publisher: Libraries Unltd Inc
Published date: 1993
Edition: 2nd edition
Size: 6.5 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 2.8 pounds
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Applied and Decorative Arts: A Bibliographic Guide: Second Edition
Ehresmann,Donald L
Englewood, CO.: Libraries Unlimited, Inc., 1993. Comprehensive revised and updated bibliographic guide to the major books written in Western European languages, published in the last 100 years, in the applied and decorative arts field. This expanded edition contains a total of 2,482 titles, including over 1000 new titles, a new section on wallpaper, additions of works focused on regions and centers, selections of monographs on major artist-designers and important individual works of applied and decorative arts. Contains a new inclusion of 315 exhibition and museum catalogs and 22 price guides. Topics covered include folk art, metalwork, ornament, furniture, ceramics, costume, automata, scientific instruments, clocks and watches, textiles, jewelry, enamel, medals and seals, glass, musical instruments, toys and dolls, arms and armor, etc. 629 pgs. Very minimal shelfwear.. ISBN: 0872879062. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/ . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ceramics, Metalwork, Furniture, Costumes, Enamels, Automata, Clocks, Folk Art, Ornament, Medieval, Antiquity, Glass, Ivory, Jewelry, Medals, Leatherwork, Embroidery, Textiles, Toys, Dolls, Bookbinding, Lacquer, Musical Instruments, Artists, Craftsmanship, Literature, History. ( more information)
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