Search Results: American Decorative Arts (Pre 1900) from Design Books

Lambertville, NJ : Arts and Crafts Quarterly press/ Kurland-Zabar Gallery , 1994. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine not creased. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Kurland-Zabar Gallery in 1994. Illustrated in color and with many vintage black & white photographs of George Ohr and his studio.11" high X 8" wide, 41 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Milwaukee Art Museum, 1982. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Spine uncreased, binding firm. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum in the spring and summer of 1982. Curated by Marily Kroening, the catalog explores the complex history of the American silversmith's apprenticeship system. Most major designers and makers represented. Selected bibliography. 96 works in the exhibition. Many illustrated in black & white. 11" high X 8" wide, 51 pages. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1911. This is an about very good hardcover copy in the original light gray printed paper-covered boards with faint staining and toning outside. Very clean inside. Introduction by George M.Curtis. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition "American Church Silver of the 17th and 18th Centuries with a few Pieces of Domestic Plate" held at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston from July to December, 1911. 1033 works in the exhibition. All illustrated in black & white photographs by William Stone. All photographic plates with printed tissue guards. 34 page list of American silversmiths. Pages of unidentified marks. 10" high X 7" wide, 163 pages. . Hard Cover. Very Good.

New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1988. This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. Foreword by Mary Gardner Neill. Preface by Patricia E. Kane. Catalogue of 233 examples in the collection, organized by type, by Gerald Ward. All works illustrated in black & white + a color plate section with 25 full page plates. The pieces range in date from the 1650's to the 1950's, with the vast majority dating to before 1850. Bibliography. Concordance. 10" square, 485 pages. Large heavy book foreign postage will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

University Press of Colorado, , 1993. This is a fine hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with light wear. One closed tear to the top edge of the rear panel. Completely clean. This is volume 1 only of George Moller's standard reference work on American 18th century arms. Illustrated throughout in black & white with hundreds of photographs. Glossary Bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 517 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

New York: Metropolitan Museum/Random House , 1985. This is a fine hardcover copy in a very good lightly sunned slipcase. Signed by Heckscher on the half-title page. Completely clean inside. The linen cloth covers of the book have titles in gilt and a red leather title label to the spine. This volume of the museum's survey of their American furniture collections deals with the mid-18th century. Curator Heckscher has prepared extensive entries for the 212 pieces included in this volume. Extensive bibliography. Illustrated in color and black & white. 12.5" high X 9.5" wide, 383 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Signed by Author. Cloth. Fine.

New York: American Art Association/Anderson Galleries, 1931. This is a very good softcover copy in the original tan printed paper wrappers with light wear. Some light cover soil. Very clean inside. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at American Art Association/Anderson Galleries in New York on October 15, 16 and 17, 1931. The sale consisted of the property of famed antiques dealer Israel Sack. Foreword by Charles Packer. The sale included Early American glass, furniture and decorative arts, and some English pottery and silver. 500 lots in the sale. Many illustrated in black & white photographs. No prices realized sheets, or price estimates. 11" high X 7" wide, 135 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Original Wraps. Very Good.

San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum, 1989. This is a very good softcover copy with some wear. Small faint tan stain to front cover, top of spine bumped (slightly visible internally). Otherwise very clean inside. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the San Francisco Craft & Folk Art Museum, from September 2 to October 29, 1989. Essay by Dorothy Lamoureux. Illustrated with black & white photographs. Checklist with 93 objects catalogued. 11" high X 8" wide, 64 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: Sotheby's, 1981. This is a very good four volume set in the original softcover bindings, with just light wear to the edges of the covers. Covers rubbed. These are sale catalogs for auctions that were held by Sotheby's in New York over several years starting in December 1981 and finishing in December 1983. The sales consisted of Barbara Johnson's Whaling Collection artifacts. Part I, December 11-12, 1981, 511 lots; Part II: September 24-25, 1982, 533 lots; Part III: April 29-30, 1982, 488 lots; and Part IV: December 16-17, 1983, 645 lots. Almost all lots illustrated in black & white, some in color. Auction Results sheets for all sales laid in. 9" square, unpaginated. A very good complete set with Auction Results. Heavy set, foreign shipping will be extra. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: Sotheby's, 1981. This is a very good four volume set in the original softcover bindings, with just light wear to the edges of the covers. Covers rubbed. These are sale catalogs for auctions that were held by Sotheby's in New York over several years starting in December 1981 and finishing in December 1983. The sales consisted of Barbara Johnson's Whaling Collection artifacts. Part I, December 11-12, 1981, 511 lots; Part II: September 24-25, 1982, 533 lots; Part III: April 29-30, 1982, 488 lots; and Part IV: December 16-17, 1983, 645 lots. Almost all lots illustrated in black & white, some in color. Auction results sheets for all sales laid in. 9" square, unpaginated. The Swann Galleries catalogs are Part 1: Sale number 1737, on October 28 & 29, 1996. Part 2: Sale number 1766 on September 25, 1997. A very good complete set with Auction Results sheets for all volumes. Heavy set, foreign shipping will be extra. These books will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy… Read More

Hartford,Connecticut: Wadsworth Atheneum, 1972. This is an almost very good softcover copy with light wear. Very clean inside, but covers toned. Lower corner of book bumped. Previously owned by Robert Thayer, the well known Connecticut antiques dealer, with his scribbled name and date on the front endpaper. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum from November 9 to December 31, 1972. Exhibition curator J. Herbert Callister. 49 works in the exhibition. All illustrated in black & white + 4 color plates. 11" high X 7" wide, 80 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

H. F. Johnson Museum of Art Cornell University, , 2015. This is a fine hardcover copy with a very good dust jacket with light wear. Completely clean. This is the 2015 edition. Edited by Nancy E. Green. Essays by Green, Nancy E., Ellen Denker, Robert Edwards, Heidi Nasstrom Evans, and Cheryl Robertson. Illustrated in color and black & white with numerous vintage photographs. 12" high X 9" wide, 256 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good.

Charleston, South Carolina: The Charleston Museum Charleston,South Carolina 1955, 1955. This is a very good hardcover copy in rust-colored cloth, very clean inside and out. Spine tips and corners worn. One tiny black mark on the front endpaper. Plates fine. Pioneering work on this subject by the director of the Charleston Museum. Authoritative text and many fine black & white photo plates. Extensive notes and bibliography. 11" high X 9" wide, 150 pages. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: D.Appleton & Company, 1869. This is a very good hardcover copy in lime green cloth boards, ruled in blind, with title and decorations in gilt to the spine. Very clean inside and out. This book was given as a Christmas gift by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow to his son Ernest W. Longfellow and has an inscription in Longfellow's hand stating this on the back of the front endpaper. The inscription reads " Ernest W. Longfellow with his father's love and good wishes. Xmas 1873". Light foxing to the front endpapers, and illustrations. Small abrasion to the inside front cover. Illustrated in black & white with many engravings of ceramics, glass, enamels, metalwork and textile arts. Edited by William Chaffers. 9" high X 6" wide, 391 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Chicago Historical Society, 1977. This is a very good or better hardcover copy without dust jacket as issued with almost no wear. Completely clean. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Chicago Historical Society in 1977. Sharon Darling's work at the Society sparked or at least co-incided with a revival of interest in the decorative arts work in Chicago around the turn of the twentieth century. She has also produced monographs on the ceramics of the period, notably Teco Pottery. This exhibition took an expansive view of the Chicago School, with the first works in the show being silverware from a number of firms like Sherwood & Whatley, Edwards & Company, and Speer & Cosper, active in the early nineteenth century. The exhibition had many highlights: Robert Jarvie's exquisite silver punch bowl and silver water pitcher of 1911; the many Kalo Shop Arts & Crafts designs, bronze andirons by Prairie School architect George G. Elmslie (executed by Jarvie),… Read More

Newark,New Jersey: Newark Museum, 1963. This is a very good hardcover copy with just a little light soil to the covers. Very clean inside. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Newark Museum in the summer of 1963. The exhibition was curated by Tracy, Berry and William Gerdts. 295 works in the exhibition. Most illustratrated in black & white. Exhibition checklist. Bibliography. 10" high X 8" wide, 212 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Lambertville, NJ: David Rago, 2007. This is a very good softcover copy with just some wear to the spine. Massive auction catalog for a sale held at David Rago Arts and Auction Center on March 11, 2007. The sale featured the furniture that Gustav Stickley designed ca. 1901 for the Vancroft Estate, owned by Joseph B. Vandergrift in the hills of West Virginia. 35 lots of Stickley furniture from this estate. Vintage black & white photographs of Vancroft interiors. 1154 lots in the complete sale. All illustrated in color. Prices realized sheets included. 11" high X 8" wide, 328 pages. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York/London: Harper & Brothers, 1921. This is a very good hardcover copy of the first edition, with just light wear. Red cloth covers fine, spine title in gilt dulled, spine faded and a few small stains (minor). Very clean inside, but a little spotting here and there, as is typical with this soft acidic paper. Plates fairly clean, but also lightly spotted. Illustrated in black & white. 4to, 9.5" high X 6.5" wide, 151 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

New Jersey: Bertoia Auction Gallery, 2009. This is a very good hardcover set of all five volumes of this historic sale. This collection was put together over sixty years and is considered to be the finest collection of antique metal transport toys ever assembled. Uniformly bound in dark red leatherette without dust jackets as issued, titled in gilt. The previous owner has written in hammer prices in very small numbers next to most lots. Also lacking the white front endpaper of volume one. These are sale catalogs for auctions held at the Bertoia Auction Gallery in Vineland, New Jersey. Volume 1, the sale was held on March 19, 20 and 21, 2009. Volume 2, the sale was held on September 25-26, 2009. Volume 3, the sale was held April 16-17, 2010. Volume 4, the sale was held on September 24-25, 2010. Volume 5, the sale was held on April 15-16, 2011. Many thousands of lots in the sale. All illustrated with color photographs. There is a section at the end of Volume 5 with lots of color photographs of the… Read More

Charleston, South Carolina: Copley Fine Art Auctions, 2020. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Copley Fine Art Auctions in Charleston, South Carolina on February 15, 2020. The sale consisted of Dr. Peter Muller's lifetime collection of American bird decoys. 42 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. No prices realized sheet, just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 8" wide, 123 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Fine.