Search Results: Furniture from Carnegie Hill Books

Paris: Le Louvre des Antiquaires, 1981. Quarto. [120] pp; profuse b/w photographs showing 173 items. Text in French. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, cover edges slightly yellowed. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Baltimore, MD: John Duer & Sons no date. ca. 1930s. The 9"x4" sample card contains 9 cane or reed samples, and two samples of cane webbing. Blue printed stiff card; cane & reed samples are held by elastic cord, and cane webbing samples are glued to the card. VG, corners lightly bumped, light wear. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Armand Guerinet, 1908. Quarto. 3 pp; 72 b&w photo plates (as specified in the list of plates). Text in French. Loose plates in portfolio with ties. VG/VG- some wear and small stains to folio covers. Bedroom suites in the style of Louis XVI, priced at less then 1,200 francs, from the 3rd salon of the furniture industry, held at the Grand Palais des Champs-Elysees July - October 1908. Includes list of the 3 prize winners and the prizes paid.. Very Good.

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.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1982. First edition. Quarto. xiv, 397 pp; 1508 b/w & color illustrations; notes; indexes. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

NY: Viking Press, 1966. First edition. Quarto. 497 pp; 491 b/w photographs; 127 illustrations of inlays in color; 21 room settings (11 in color; 46 cabinetmakers' labels and 39 furniture details for regional identification; cabinetmakers' biographies; bibliography; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG, light chipping at top & bottom of dj spine & bottom corner, dj price clipped. The important reference book on American Federal furniture; and an essential work for the serious student of American decorative arts. Arntzen P218, Franklin 2300. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good-.

NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1985. First edition. Quarto. 352 pp; profusely illustrated with 524 color & b/w photographs; bibliography; index. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. A well-illustrated survey of the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum, home of America's most important collection of painting, sculpture and decorative arts, dating from 1630. Separate chapters on the Period Rooms, furniture, silver, pewter, ceramics, glass, paintings, prints, drawings and watercolors, and sculpture.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

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.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+.

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.. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

NY: Cristina Grajales Gallery, 2011. Oblong octavo [8 x 10 in.]. Unpaginated; full of color & b/w photographs. Illustrated boards, no jacket as issued. A fine, unmarked copy. Published in conjunction with Sebastian Errazuriz's second solo exhibition at Cristina Grajales Gallery. A collection of twenty-one pieces by the Chilean-born, New York-based designer, whose work includes both furniture and conceptual, Surrealist-influenced objects.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.

NY: Museum of Contemporary Crafts, 1966. Square octavo. [36] pp; b/w illustrations. Purple stapled wraps. Near Fine, an unmarked, clean copy; covers show minimal edgewear. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Vienna & Leipzig: Galerie Bel Etage, 2011. Quarto. 64 pp; catalogue of 27 objects, all described and illustrated in color. Text in English & German. Hardcover. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. In addition to 7 objects by Josef Hoffmann, designers include Leopold Bauer, Bothe & Ehrmann, Franz Hagenauer, Emil Holzinger, Marcel Kammerer, Alfred Keller, J&J Kohn, Pavel Janak, Adolf Loos, Koloman Moser, Olbrich, Otto Prutscher, Schenzel & Son, Friedrich Otto Schmidt, Gustav Siegel, H. Sumetsberger, Thonet, Josef Urban, Otto Wagner, and Karl Witzmann.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

Vienna: Galerie Bel Etage, 2008. Quarto. 94 pp; catalog of 37 objects, each described and illustrated in color. Text in French & English. Hardcover. Near Fine. The catalog for the gallery's exhibition at the XXIVe Biennale des Antiquaires, 11-21 Sept 2008. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine.

Stockholm: Arvinius, 2001. First edition. 9.5" x 7". [124] pp; full of color & b/w illustrations. Text in Swedish and English. Black cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. Bjorn Dahlstrom (b. 1957), a Swedish furniture and industrial designer, is well known internationally and has designed a wide variety of products - bicycles, carpets, cookware, furniture, toys - for companies such as Cbi, Magis, Atlas Copco, Iittala, and Marimekko. This book showcases close to forty examples of Dahlstrom designs, everything from cutlery and furniture to a pneumatic drill for Atlas Copco and an advanced bike for Skeppshult. The concept of this book originated in an exhibition of Bjorn Dahlstrom's work held at the Nordic embassies' "Felleshus" in Berlin in the autumn of 2000. From Berlin, the exhibition transferred to the Form/Design Center in Malmo in the spring of 2001, and then an expanded version was held at the National Museum of Science and Technology in… Read More

Spokane, WA: Spokane Dry Goods Co. 2 5/16" x 4 3/16". Contains samples of sixteen window shades in various colors, including water color, machine oil, and hand made oil types. Printed wraps. Near Fine, a clean unmarked copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

NY: Christie's, 1983. Quarto. 254 pp with 781 lots illustrated in b/w & color. Cloth with dj. VG/VG. Auction held October 14 & 15, 1983. An important sale of fine American and English furniture, English and Continental ceramics, Chinese export porcelain, textiles and related decorative arts.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Christie's, 2002. Quarto. 161 pp; 71 lots, all with color photographs, including 4 fold-out pages. Paperback. VG+, a clean copy, minor edge wear, back cover has a couple of light scratches. Auction results laid in. Important works by Charles Rennie Mackintosh - silver candle holder, bronze & glass hanging lamp, flatware, inlaid cabinet, two inlaid gesso panels - Opera of the Wind, Opera of the Sea; carved & inlaid oak settle, cypress display cabinet, cypress double bookcase, stained oak cabinet, white painted oak washstand for Dunglass Castle, metal & leaded glass hanging shade, white painted oak bedroom table for 120 Mains St, Glasgow, 1900; chairs, armchairs & tables for the Argyle Street Tea Room, Glasgow, 1898; ebonised mahogany writing cabinet for Walter W. Blackie Esq, Hill House, Helensburgh, 1904; dark stained Sycamore side chair, designs & drawings, design for a clock face, inlaid and ebonised mantel clock, yellow painted settle for the Willow Tea Room,… Read More

NY: Billboard Publications, 1983. Quarto. 160 pp; many color plates & b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, small chip at top edge of jacket front panel. Essays by Wendy Cooper, Marvin Schwartz, Richard Dana Reese, Henry Kauffman, and other experts, on various aspects of American furniture -- Chippendale, Phyfe, Lannuier, the Neoclassical influence, Kasten, New England joinery, Shaker chairs, etc.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

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.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good+.

NY: Rosenberg & Stiebel, 1984. Octavo. 68 pp; numerous b/w illustrations; catalogue of the exhibition. Paperback. VG, light rubbing along backstrip, back cover lightly soiled.. Soft Cover. Very Good.