FLATWEAVES OF TURKEY.
London: Philip Wilson, (2003). First edition. Hardcover. Red boards; vi, 164 pp., 118 color illustrations from photographs. A detailed study of Turkish kilims and related flat-woven textiles. More
Decorative Arts
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FREE-HAND LETTER CUTTING.
Lawrenceville, Illinois: Cornelia Carter, 1944. First edition. Paperback. Original decorative wrappers, 86 pp., 22 color plates, 168 text illustrations. A manual of principles and techniques for free-hand cutting of letters and decorative shapes. For use in poster making and other artistic applications. More
LOVE OF A GLOVE: The romance, legends and fashion history of gloves, with an appendix. How to Know Gloves and How They Are Made.
New York: Fairchild Publishing Co., (1947). Revised edition. Hardcover. xii, 132 pp., profusely illustrated from photographs and drawings; octavo, original blue cloth, pictorial jacket. Everything you wanted to know about gloves. More
ENCYCLOPEDIE DES OUVRAGES DE DAMES
Paris: Librairie Ch. Delagrave, [1884]. First edition. Hardcover. Original green cloth with title and leaf-pattern decoration embossed in black; octavo (9.5 x 6 inches); (5), 622 pp. 6 pages adverts at rear. 890 engraved illustrations. Top edge gilt. Covers very lightly soiled, pages slightly darkened due to paper quality, still..... More
THE CABINET-MAKER AND UPHOLSTERER'S GUIDE; or Repository of Designs for Every Article of Household Furniture, in the Newest and Most Approved Taste; etc.
London: B.T. Batsford, 1897. First edition thus. Hardcover. Folio (14.5 x 10 inches), publisher's brown cloth stamped in gilt, (6), 24 pp. + 123 engraved plates. Rebacked, preserving original spine, occasional light foxing, nick to edge of first index page. Batsford's 1897 facsimile of the important 1794 third edition of..... More
DECORATIVE TEXTILES; An Illustrated Book on Coverings for Furniture, Walls and Floors, Including Damasks, Brocades and Velvets, Tapestries, Laces, Embroideries, Chintzes, Cretonnes, Drapery and Furniture Trimmings, Wall Papers, Carpets and Rugs, Tooled and Illuminated Leathers
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Co. / Grand Rapids: The Dean-Hicks Co., 1918. First edition / Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto, original blue cloth with gilt titles, cover ornament in gilt and red; xxii, 458 pp., 580 monochrome illustrations, 27 full-page color plates; In publisher's two-piece box. Covers are virtually as-new, light..... More
SPECIMENS OF ECCENTRIC CIRCULAR TURNING: With Practical Instructions for Producing Corresponding Pieces in That Art.
London: the Author, 1818. Second printing. Hardcover. 86 pp, 6 full-page plates, many illustrations in the text; octavo, printed card wrappers. Contains complete instructions for obtaining striking effects with the lathe. Scarce. More
PRACTICAL TALKS BY AN ASTRONOMER.
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913. Early reprint (first edition was 1902). Hardcover. Octavo, decorative dark blue cloth with cover design in gilt and olive green; xi, 235 pp., 8 plates from photographs. Previous owner names to front endpapers, top edge dusty, else about fine. Handsome cover design by former Decorative..... More
LA COLLECTION BESSELIEVRE. Dentelle e Broderies anciennes. Cinquante-deux Planches reproduisant les pieces les plus remarquables de cette collection choisies at ciassées par l’editeur.
Paris: Librairie Des Arts Decoratifs, no date (circa 1910). First edition. Hardcover. Folio (16 x 12 inches), original red cloth and boards portfolio with printed paper title label; (4) pp. + 52 photogravure plates. Wear to spine and edges of portfolio, contents fine. Superb photographic reproductions of the magnificent collection..... More
HISTORY OF LACE. Entirely Revised, Re-Written, and Enlarged under the Editorship of M. Jourdain and Alice Dryden
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1902. Revised and enlarged edition. Hardcover. Original green cloth with titles in gilt, lace decoration on front cover and spine in white; quarto (7 x 10 inches), pp xvi, 536. Frontispiece, 89 plates, 177 illustrations. All edges gilt. Spine decoration rubbed; foxing to title page and..... More
LES TAPISSERIES, TOILES PEINTES & BRODERIES DE REIMS
Reims: L. Michaud, 1912. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies, this #93. Hardcover. Large quarto, half red morocco and boards, (191) pp. 83 illustrations - 10 are hors texte full-page photogravures with tissue guards, 73 in-text (some full-page). Original front wrapper bound in. Slight fading to boards, else near..... More
THE GRAPHIC ART OF CHARLES SCHULZ, THE OAKLAND MUSEUM: A Catalogue of the Retrospective Exhibition. Organized by the Oakland Museum Art Department, 1985.
Oakland: Oakland Museum, 1985. First edition. Paperback. 128 pp., profusely illustrated, original pictorial wrappers, 10.5 x 9.5 inches. Contributors to the text include Bill Mauldin, Umberto Eco, Joan Roebuck, et al. More
TAPISSERIES ET ETOFFES COPTES
[Paris]: [H. Ernst], no date (circa 1910). Hardcover. Cloth and boards porfolio with paper title label to front board; 11.5 x 15 inches; 2 leaves (introduction, table); 48 mounted color plates. Scuffing and fading to portfolio, some chipping to edges of mounts, plates fine. A fine record of ancient Coptic..... More
GRINLING GIBBONS IN CAMBRIDGE.
Cambridge: Privately Printed at the University Press, 1948. First edition. Hardcover. (27) pp., b/w photographs throughout; 4to, red cloth with title in gilt on spine and front cover. A celebration of the work of sculptor and wood carver Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) and his legacy in Cambridge. Edition of 250 copies..... More
NIPPON COLOURS: The Japanese Art "Kuzaki-Zome" (Couleurs Nippon). Dyeing in a Hundred Colours with Juices of Plants and Grasses.
Gokirakuji Kamakura Japan: Getumei-Kai, 1958. First edtion. Hardcover. 66 pp., including 25 pages of color samples on cloth, 4 to a page and 2 color woodblock prints; quarto blue and red cloth with gilt title, hinged cloth-covered box. The author's stated intention in preparing these samples of natural dyes was..... More
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