Decorative Arts

Private Printing, 1900 This Collection can be visited in the Permanent Lace Exhibition every day at G. Camerino Jesurum and Burano Venitian Lace 32, Avenue de L' Opera, Paris. String bound. Picture of store rear cover, some chipping to edges. Excellent detail plates. Extremely RARE OCLC finds 1 copy at The Smithsonian. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1st Edition.. Soft cover. Good.

Paris: Imprimerie de Vaugirard, 1925. Hardcover. Near Fine. [116] leaves: illustrations; 20 cm. Light blue cloth spine with gilt-tooled spine title: Marques de Porcelaine Russes. Marbled paper over boards. Marbled endpapers. Small armorial bookplate on front fixed endpaper of Count Alexandre Orlowski. Original front wrapper bound in, with "369" handwritten in upper right-hand corner. The entire text was lithographed from a hand-written document. No date of publication is given. Name from end of text has been transcribed as M. A. Kouknoff and Alexandre Kukhnov. More likely H. Kaukhnoff. Library records give dates from 1925 to 1929 as the year of publication. This very scarce catalog of the marks of Russian porcelain factories includes brief histories of the factories as well as drawings of the factory marks. In Near Fine Condition: joints are slightly rubbed; light pencil marks on front wrapper (indicating the part of the title used for the spine title); clean and tight.

Country Life Ltd./ Charles Scribner’s Sons, London and New York, 1924; First Edition; folio (16 1/8 x 11 1/2"); green cloth; gilt titles and rules; top page edges gilt; marbled end papers; photo illustrated. Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards’ monumental work on English furniture, the enduring authority on the subject. Profusely illustrated with photographs in black and white plus 52 full-page color plates. All volumes Fine. Extraordinarily clean, crisp, bright, glossy, corners sharp, bindings tight, sound, and square, titles brilliant. Volume II and III have a single minuscule (1/8") cloth fray at the outermost tip of the lower right corner of the front board. No ownership signatures or any other markings of any kind. Small engraved bookplate at front of each volume. A sparkling set in first edition, complete with original dust jackets which bear some edge chipping and aged tape ghosts. Learned twenty-four page introduction by Henry Avray Tipping, notable designer and longtime… Read More

Kodansha, Tokyo , 1968 Book. Good. Hardcover. Japanese text with table of contents, list of plates and captions of each plate also in english.; Hardcover (white vellum with gilt lettering on spine covered by the dust jacket. In slipcase); 36.3 x 26.3 cm, 2.100 Kg, 184 pages, with colour and black and white plates (each volume); Used books with signs of wear, namely on the slipcases. Some of the dust jacket spines are: slightly faded, chipped, show wrinkles and tears. The interior is in good condition. Each of the slip cases has a sticker with the volume number in the spine, which helps to identify the volume number when the books are in a shelf, as the volume number appears in the front cover.; This 1965-1971 edition set consists of 36 volumes showing illustrations of the main works of art, such as paintings, sculptures, ceramics, etc. from the following museums: Volume 1: Musée du Louvre (I of II); Volume 2: Musée du Louvre (II of II); Volume 3: British Museum (I of II); Volume 4:… Read More

174 pp. photo-illustrated book. Folio. Limited to 2000. Very good. Illus. dust wrapper over cloth covers, housed in pictorial boards case. [787]
This copy boldly dedicated by Ed Hardy to Jonathan Shaw; a unique copy with fine associations.

NY: Herman Miller Lot of 21 late 1960's, early 1970's Herman Miller publications all in very fine, as new condition. In original 10" x 13" Zeeland, Michigan, Herman Miller envelope. Includes: Action Office Acoustic Handbook 8 1/2" x 11" wrappers, 60pp., b/w illustrated booklet; The Morrison / Hannah Collection. Knoll International. 8 1/4" x 11 5/8" wrappers, 18pp. full color with fold-out; Eames Celebration - Reprinted from Architectural Design, September, 1966. 9 3/8" x 12" wrappers, 44pp., illustrated in b/w and color; Haller Program 24" x 30" full color, 2 sided, 6 panel foldout poster; Haller Program 8 1/2" x 11" wrappers, 12pp. self cover, full color booklet; Herman Miller Environmental Enrichment. 1972. 24" x 37" full color 8 panel foldout poster of Alexander Girard's designs; Herman Miller Library Group Catalog Brochure. 1968. Designed by Tomoko Miho. 8 1/2" x 11" wrappers, 24pp., full color catalog… Read More

Paris: Cent Femmes Amies des Livres, 1932. First Edition. This # 4 of only 20 printed on Imperial Japon with - in addition to the water colours an original water colour initial (the letter S in dragon form). This is the only copy available for sale online with this original. 26 poems illustrated with initials drawn by Wang Chao Ki engraved by Raoul Serres. Complete and in very good condition. 335 x 255 mm (13¼ x 10 inches). Première édition. Ce n°4 sur seulement 20 imprimés sur Japon impérial. En plus des aquarelles, parmi ces vingt, c'est le seul exemplaire disponible en ligne qui comporte également une initiale originale aquarellée (la lettre S sous forme de dragon). 26 poèmes illustrés d'initiales dessinées par Wang Chao Ki gravées par Raoul Serres. Complet et en très bon état. 335 x 255 mm

Intérieurs II & Intérieurs IIITwo volumes from a set by Léon Moussinac, which provides an important documentation of furniture and interiors by notable French Art Deco designers, each volume with an introduction by Moussinac followed by a large number of plates (52 in II, and 53 in III), many of which are done in pochoir, depicting a variety of interiors and associated types of furniture, including designs for studies, bedrooms, bathrooms, living rooms, nurseries, dining rooms, salons, men's and lady's rooms, libraries, smoking rooms, and others. Large 4to. Original publisher's printed portfolio-style boards, tie-bound. Paris (Éditions Albert Lévy/Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts) 1924-1926. (Collection Documentaire d'Art Moderne.) 1924 1925.The second volume displays the work of Dominique, Dufrène, René Gabriel, André Groult, Joubert et Petit, Rob. Mallet-Stevens, and F. Nathan. The third volume features Djo Bourgeois, Mme. Chauchet-Guilleré, Andre Fréchet, M. Guillemard, René Herbst, E.… Read More

Very good set of a complete year of this influential magazine, Second Series, Volumes I and II, 12 monthly issues from January to December 1816 bound in two volumes. A fascinating view of the taste of London high society in the year after Wellington's victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. Includes a handcoloured plate of Napoleon's carriage from Waterloo, and an engraved plan of the newly built Waterloo Bridge.Complete with all 55 handcoloured engravings of fashion, landscapes, architecture and furniture, 12 engravings of needlework patterns, and 4 miscellaneous engravings.Each issue typically with two handcoloured architecture plates, two handcoloured London fashion plates, one handcoloured interior plate (furniture, curtains, etc.) and one needlework pattern.The fashion plates unsigned but attributed to the Arbiter Elegantiarum (Thomas Uwins), and depicting designs by London milliners and dressmakers such as Mrs Charlotte Bean of Albemarle Street, Mrs Griffin of Rider Street, St. James,… Read More

Very good set of a complete year of this influential magazine, Second Series, Volumes III and IV, 12 monthly issues from January to December 1817 bound in two volumes. A fascinating view of the taste of London high society in the years after Wellington's victory over Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. With 54 handcoloured engravings of fashion, landscapes, architecture and furniture, 12 engravings of needlework patterns and an early example of lithography. Two missing fashion plates and text pages 364/365 from the December issue provided in facsimile.Each issue typically with one handcoloured architecture or landscape plate, two handcoloured London fashion plates, one handcoloured interior plate (furniture, etc.) and one needlework pattern. This year contains nine plates by popular caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson illustrating Sentimental Travels to the South of France, later published by Ackermann.The fashion plates unsigned but attributed to the Arbiter Elegantiarum (Thomas Uwins), and depicting… Read More

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 page, Plate 1, pages 2 and 3 of the January issue provided in facsimile.Each issue typically with two handcoloured architecture plates, two handcoloured London fashion plates, one handcoloured interior plate (furniture, etc.) and one needlework pattern.The fashion plates unsigned but attributed to the Arbiter Elegantiarum (Thomas Uwins), and depicting designs by anonymous London milliners and dressmakers. There are elegant dinner and balls gowns, casual morning and promenade dresses, hats and bonnets, and… Read More

Gibbings and Company. London. 1901. FIRST BRANGWYN EDITION IN VERY RARE BRANGWYN DESIGNED LEATHER BINDINGS. TWO VOLUMES. Small 8vo. (5.6 x 3.5 inches). Illustrated with decorative half titles and title pages to both volumes, and portrait frontis in Volume one, all by Brangwyn. Original publishers delux tan lambskin leather bindings with blind stamped lettering and Arts and crafts style decorations to the spine and both boards, designed by Frank Brangwyn. Plain endpapers. All edges gilt. Some minor rubbing to the edges but overall very good and attractive examples of these beautiful books in the very rare Frank Brangwyn designed leather bindings. ---------- Originally published by Davit Stott in 1889 and edited by W. H. Bennett, the text of this edition appears to have been taken over by Gibbings and Company, who commissioned Frank Brangwyn to provide illustrations for the frontis, half and full title pages, and presumably the bindings as I can find no earlier book published with this design, for this… Read More

British Museum Press, London, 2001 Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 640 pages with 1025 colour and 100 black and white illustrations; 22.70 x 28.5 cm; 2.75 Kg; Used book with signs of wear, namely on the dust jacket that shows scuffs and scratches. Interior in very good condition. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; VERY HARD TO FIND.; Ming pottery and porcelain, dating from China's Renaissance period between the mid fourteenth and mid seventeenth centuries, has influenced the way people serve food and decorate their buildings from Europe to East Africa. In imperial China, ceramics were needed for the daily use of the emperors and their households as well as for the performance of sacred and secular rites. Inscribed vessels were presented to Buddhist, Daoist and Confucian temples, and pottery replicas were required after death to furnish the deceased with houses, servants and food for the afterlife. Glazed architectural ceramics have… Read More

Original hardcover folio in very good condition (17 1/2 by 12 inches) John Murray, J. and A. Arch, J. Booth, and Colnaghi and Co. London, 1819
Four leaves, (including half title), 67 pages, ten full page engraved plates by W. B. Cooke, George Cooke, Henry Moses, and Cosmo Armstrong on separate leaves (including the frontis, "Drawn by J. M. W. Turner R. A."), 4 engraved vignette illustrations in the text, quarter leather binding, with matching leather corners, marbled boards, title in gilt on spine (insignificant shelf wear to edges of binding, and mild foxing in margins of the plates; none of these affecting contents).
In a second section of the book are "Remarks On the Ancient and Modern History of Istria and Dalmatia, Elucidatory of the Origin, Manners, and Customs of the Present Inhabitants."
Pola is a city on the Adriatic, on the Istria Peninsula. At one time it was part of Italy, but now is in Croatia.
The author writes in the introduction, "The Views which compose this volume were originally… Read More

British Museum Press, London, 2001 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. English text; Hardcover (with dust jacket); 640 pages with 1025 colour and 100 black and white illustrations; 22.70 x 28.5 cm; 2.75 Kg; Used book with minor signs of wear on the dust jacket. Interior as new. The dust jacket is now protected with a clearcover.; VERY HARD TO FIND.; Ming pottery and porcelain, dating from China's Renaissance period between the mid fourteenth and mid seventeenth centuries, has influenced the way people serve food and decorate their buildings from Europe to East Africa. In imperial China, ceramics were needed for the daily use of the emperors and their households as well as for the performance of sacred and secular rites. Inscribed vessels were presented to Buddhist, Daoist and Confucian temples, and pottery replicas were required after death to furnish the deceased with houses, servants and food for the afterlife. Glazed architectural ceramics have been found throughout China. Beyond its… Read More