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| to select author names starting with A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z back to page 1 of full catalog (starting with NO authornames) | This selection contains 66 title(s) on 3 pages. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 25 |
| ADAM, PETER Eileen Gray - Her Life and Work Munich, Germany, Schirmer/Mosel. 2008. (ISBN: 978978283960420) Cloth-, 30 x 26 Cms. 360 pages - in English - 429 illustrations, incl 265 duotone and color plates - an exhaustive description of the life and art of British interior designer Eileen Gray (1878-1976) - chronoloy, epilogue and postscript - plates: architecture/interiors and furniture - showings, biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 130.00 [Appr.: EURO 86.25 US$ 129.87 | £UK 78.5 | JP¥ 11179] Book number: 009365 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| BADETZ, YVES Janette Laverriere Paris, France, Norma. 2004. (ISBN: 2909283887) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 176 pages - in French and English - over 200 color and monochrome illustrations - Swiss furniture designer Janette Laverrière (b.1909) first made a name for herself in the late 1930's with her inexpensive and innovative furniture and later with her highly original mirrors - from L'Esprit Nouveau to Ruhlmann, a designer couple M.J.Pré, the round iron bar period, the multipli period and the golden age - biography, bibliography, index and appendices. New -/New -. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.75 US$ 89.91 | £UK 54.5 | JP¥ 7739] Book number: 004383 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| BARRÉ-DESPOND, ARLETTE Jourdain Paris , France, Editions Du Regard. 1988. (ISBN: 2903370400) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 412 pages - monography dedicated to the Jourdain family: Frantz (1847-1935) architect at the time of art nouveau style, Francis (1876-1958) architect decorator and furniture designer and Frantz-Philippe (1906- ) architect and interior designer - all major figures in their time, those three generations crossed the styles of architecture and design - many documents and letters and color and b/w photographs of their production - bibliography and index. New -/New -. CHF 115.00 [Appr.: EURO 76.25 US$ 114.89 | £UK 69.5 | JP¥ 9889] Book number: 001051 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| BARSAC, JACQUES Charlotte Perriand - Un art D'habiter Paris, France, Norma. 2005. (ISBN: 2909283879) Cloth, 31 x 24.5 Cms. 512 pages - in French - over 700 color, duotone and b/w illustrations - a prize-winning maker of documentary films on art and history describes the life and art of pioneering Parisian interior designer Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) who worked with Le Corbusier , Jean Prouvé and others and who advised the Japanese on industrial design during the 1940's - Japan 1940-1941, reconstruction and a new beginning 1946-1952, the Jean Prouvé workshops 1953-1956, Steph Simon publishing 1956, street art 1957-1959, the Sahara and Borot houses and the last collaboration between Perriand and Le Corbusier in 1959 - notes, bio. biblio. and index. New -/New -. CHF 160.00 [Appr.: EURO 106.25 US$ 159.84 | £UK 96.75 | JP¥ 13759] Book number: 003960 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| BARSAC, JACQUES Charlotte Perriand et Le Japon Paris, France, Norma. 2008. (ISBN: 9782915542165) pictorial hardcover-, 31 x 24 Cms. 336 pages - in French - over 300 color and duotone illustrations - a description of a half century of interaction, starting in 1940, between French architect and designer Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) and Japan - intro. by Germain Viatte, a personal recollection by Sôri Yanagi and afterword by Yvonne Brunhammer - bio. biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.75 US$ 89.91 | £UK 54.5 | JP¥ 7739] Book number: 008871 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| BAUDOT, FRANÇOIS Gilbert Poillerat, Maître Ferronnier Paris, France, Charles Moreau. 1998. (ISBN: 2909458067) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 335 pages - texts in French - foreword by Karl Lagerfeld - monographic catalog on Gilbert Poillerat (1902-1988), French master of ironwork who worked with many decorators of his time - b/w and color photographs of his works and reproductions of drawings :tables, seats, lights, signboards, doors etc.. catalogue raisonné, bibliography and index of names. New -/New -. CHF 105.00 [Appr.: EURO 69.75 US$ 104.9 | £UK 63.5 | JP¥ 9029] Book number: 000741 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| BAUER, HELMUT Setz Dich ! - Setzen Sie sich Bitte ! Munich, Germany, Bemberg. 2000. (ISBN: 3980721701) Wrappers, 38 x 28 cms. 264 pages - in German - over 500 color and duotone illustrations and figs. - a dazzling selection of mainly 19th Century chairs, armchairs and stools from a wide variety of museums and collections - captions. New -. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.75 US$ 89.91 | £UK 54.5 | JP¥ 7739] Book number: 004206 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| BERNARD, JEAN ET AL De l'Antiquite a Nos Jours Paris, France, Massin. (ISBN: 270720174X) Cloth-, 28.5 x 22 cms. 96 pages - in French - 44 color plates and various b/w figs. - the influence of antiquity on French architecture, furniture and ornamentation, from Corinthian columns to Ancient Egyptian-like furniture - covering Ancient, Renaissance and medieval arts and the major French styles since the 17th Century - glossary and bibliography. New-/New-. CHF 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 US$ 39.96 | £UK 24.25 | JP¥ 3440] Book number: 007007 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| BEURDELEY, MICHEL Jacob et son Temps Paris, France, Monelle Hayot. 2002. (ISBN: 2903824347) gilt-embossed cloth-, 28 x 21.5 cms. 174 pages - in French - over 200 color, b/w and duotone illustrations - a presentation of the oeuvre of master French woodworker Georges Jacob (1739-1814) and of period colleagues - also: biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.93 | £UK 42.25 | JP¥ 6020] Book number: 009314 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| BLOCH-CHAMPFORT, GUY Raphael Decorateur Paris, France, Editions De L'Amateur. 2002. (ISBN: 2859173595) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 207 pages - in French - monograph on the French interior decorator and designer Raphaël - actif from 1934 through the whole century - mainly known for his famous style of the 50 and 60's - richly illustrated with colored and black and white photographs of his creations - chronology of his work - illustrated biography - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 73 US$ 109.89 | £UK 66.5 | JP¥ 9459] Book number: 001847 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| BONY, ANNE Furniture and Interiors of the 1970s Paris, France, Flammarion. 2005. (ISBN: 2080304895) cloth-, 31 x 25 Cms. 224 pages - in English - around 400 color and duotone illustrations - in collaboration with Ivan Rakocevic - radical creative and functional changes in design in the 1970s by nearly 50 major graphic and industrial designers and architects, incl. Archizoom, Steve Baer, David Hicks, Knoll, Arata Isozaki, Frank O. Gehry, Ettore Sottsass, Superstudio, Victor Vasarely and Klaus Vogt - a sociological engagement, return to earth, flights of fancy, a technological world and individual mythologies - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 73 US$ 109.89 | £UK 66.5 | JP¥ 9459] Book number: 007028 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| BOURNE, JONATHAN/BRETT, VANESSA Art Du Luminaire (L') Paris, France, Flammarion. 1992. (ISBN: 2080124110) Cloth-, 29 x 23 Cms. 256 pages - in French, translated from English by Jean-Paul Mourlon - 835 duotone, color and b/w illustrations - a history of lighting and lamps from the candles of antiquity to chandeliers and Tiffany lamps of the early 20th Century - texts and illustrations - biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.5 US$ 69.93 | £UK 42.25 | JP¥ 6020] Book number: 006925 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| BREON, EMMANUEL Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann - the Designer's Archives Paris, France, Flammarion. 2004. (ISBN: 2080304321) softcover-, 28 x 24 Cms. in a hardbound portfolio with three velvet lace-ups - 2 vols. 240 pages - in English - 250 mostly color illustrations - the furniture and interior decorations designed by French Art Deco pioneer Jacques-Emile Ruhlmann (1879-1933) described by the curator of the Museum of the 1930s in Boulogne-Billancourt where many of Ruhlmann's creations are on display - vol.I concerns R's furniture and vol.II concerns his inteior decoration - also included are diaries, letters to clients and reflections of those who worked under Ruhlmann. (For version in French of this book, see ISBN 2080108182). New-. CHF 130.00 [Appr.: EURO 86.25 US$ 129.87 | £UK 78.5 | JP¥ 11179] Book number: 008094 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| BREON, EMMANUEL ET AL Leleu - 50 Ans De Mobilier et Decoration Paris, France, Somogy. 2007. (ISBN: 9782757201015) Wrappers-, 26.5 x 19.5 cms. 200 pages - in French - over 120 mostly color plates - published to coincide with the 2007 French showings at the Museum of Art and Industry in Roubaix and the Museum of the 1930s in Boulogne of furniture, textiles, carpets, lamps and preliminary sketches by French designer and decorator Jules Leleu (1883-1961) who was one of the key designers of the 1920s and 1930s and whose creations were commissioned by ocean liners, the Emperor of Japan, President Eisenhower and the Prince of Monaco, among others - essays by 7 specialists on Leleu's life, his era, the Leleu "style", national furniture, the artistic temptation, a family tradition and more - catalogue - works on display and bibliography. New-. CHF 55.00 [Appr.: EURO 36.5 US$ 54.95 | £UK 33.25 | JP¥ 4730] Book number: 006544 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| BRUNHAMMER, YVONNE Andre Arbus, Architecte-decorateur Des Annees 40 Paris , France, Norma. 2003, 2nd Edition. (ISBN: 2909283844) Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 400 pages - text in French - monography on André Arbus (1903-1969), French interiors and furniture designer (sculptor also) - his work is very classical and refers to the French tradition, a "classical modernism" in a way that made him become an official designer for some ministeries and restorer of the Rambouillet Castle and the Elysée Palace - chronological chapters on his work with color photographs of his interiors and furniture and reproductions of drawings - b/w photographs of the bronze sculptures he concentrated on at the end of his life - biography, list of public collections, bibliography and index. New -/New -. CHF 160.00 [Appr.: EURO 106.25 US$ 159.84 | £UK 96.75 | JP¥ 13759] Book number: 001042 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| BUCKLEY, CHRIS Tibetan Furniture - Identifying, Appreciating, collecting London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2005. (ISBN: 0500512779) Cloth-, 29 x 22.5 Cms. 228 pages - in English - over 200 color illustrations - a well-known specialist in Asian antique furniture describes Tibetan furniture and the Tantric Buddhist outlook that it incorporates - land and people - forms and uses - themes and decorations - furniture for the wrathful gods - selected pieces - glossary, biblio. and index. New-/New-. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.5 US$ 99.9 | £UK 60.5 | JP¥ 8599] Book number: 006941 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| BYACHRANANDA, JULATHUSANA Thai Mother-Of-pearl Inlay London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2001. (ISBN: 0500976007) Silver-embossed Cloth-, 22 x 25 cms. 184 pages - in English - 300 color illustrations - 170 of the best examples of mother-of-pearl inlay from the Ayutthaya period onwards and which are part of Thai royal and national collections. New-/New-. CHF 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 43.25 US$ 64.94 | £UK 39.25 | JP¥ 5590] Book number: 007753 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| CAMARD, FLORENCE Sue et Mare et La Compagnie Des Arts Français Paris , France, Les Editions De L'Amateur. 1993. (ISBN: 2859171614) Cloth, Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 300 pages - text in French - Louis Süe, French architect and André Mare, French painter founded the Compagny of French Arts in 1919 - the creation of this collaboration is essentially furniture in neoclassical style - with contributions of painters such as Gustave Jaulmes, Charles Dufresne and Paul Véra, the Compagny became quickly an influent actor of furniture design in the 20's - color and b/w photographs of the creations - Florence Camard details the work of both artists before and during their collaboration - bibliography. New -/New -. CHF 200.00 [Appr.: EURO 132.75 US$ 199.8 | £UK 120.75 | JP¥ 17199] Book number: 001047 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| CARUGATI, DECIO G. R. Giancarlo Piretti Milan, Italy, Silvana. 2003. (ISBN: 978882156213) Wrappers-, 24 x 17 Cms. 96 pages - in English - around 200 color, duotone and b/w illustrations and figs. - a presentation of the chairs produced between 1965 and 2003 by Italian furniture designer Giancarlo Piretti (b.1940) - list of dates, names, descriptions and manufacturers of Piretti chairs - bibliography. New-. CHF 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.25 US$ 34.97 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3010] Book number: 009087 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| CHANAUX, ADOLPHE Jean-Michel Frank Paris , France, Editions Du Regard. 1997. (ISBN: 2841050203) Cloth, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 263 pages - text in English / French - monography on Jean-Michel Frank (1895-1941), French furniture designer and decorator, prominent in the 30's - color and b/w photographs of his production: chairs, tables, closets, room decoration, etc.. - biography and essays. New -/New -. CHF 130.00 [Appr.: EURO 86.25 US$ 129.87 | £UK 78.5 | JP¥ 11179] Book number: 000863 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| DAY, SUSAN Jean-Charles Moreux, Architecte-Décorateur-paysagiste Paris , France, Norma. 1999. (ISBN: 2909283445) Hard Cover, 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 375 pages - text in French - monography of Jean-Charles Moreux (1889-1956), French architect, interiors and furniture designer and landscape architect - his creations are influenced by the Italian classicism and his interest for the nature makes him work on landscape design, a very various work - he received several official orders and restored several galleries of the Louvre museum - color photographs of his creations and color reproductions of studies and drawings - bibliography and index. New -/New -. CHF 140.00 [Appr.: EURO 93 US$ 139.86 | £UK 84.5 | JP¥ 12039] Book number: 001046 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| DUNCAN, ALASTAIR Luminaire Art Nouveau Art Déco Fribourg , Switzerland, Office Du Livre. 1980. relié, 26 x 22.5 Cm. 202 pages - en français - 135 photos n/b et 36 couleur - un expert en A.N. et A.D. retrace l^histoire du luminaire entre 1900 et 1930 - aperçu des techniques d'éclairage de 1900 à 1925 - l'éclairage A.N. - les designers de l'A.N. dans le monde - l'éclairage A.D. - les designers de l'A.D. - glossaire des termes d'éclairage et des techniques de fabrication - bibliographie - index. Bon/Bon. CHF 120.00 [Appr.: EURO 79.75 US$ 119.88 | £UK 72.5 | JP¥ 10319] Book number: 005176 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| EIDELBERG, MARTIN ET AL Lamps of Louis Comfort Tiffany (The) London, England, Thames & Hudson. 2005. (ISBN: 0500512728) Cloth-, 31 x 26 Cms. 224 pages - in English - 250 illustrations, incl. 215 in color - main photography by Colin Cooke - a description by specialists of the lamps created by American decorative arts designer Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) - essays by Martin Eidelberg, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Nancy A. McClelland and Lars Rachen - important lamps: trees, shrubs, flowers, wetlands and fauna - bibliography. New-. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.75 US$ 89.91 | £UK 54.5 | JP¥ 7739] Book number: 007008 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| FANIEL, STEPHANE ET AL XVIIIe Siecle Francais (Le) Paris, France, Hachette. 1956. Pictorial Hardcover, 32 x 25 Cms. slightly rubbed corners on front cover - 232 pages - in French - 224 color and duotone illustrations, incl. various color tip-ins and dozens of b/w figs.- a description of 18th Century French paintings, furniture, ceramics, silverware, bronzes, mounted objects, woodworks, sculpted wood, tapestries, carpets, textiles, sculptures and decorative ensembles - list of plates, lexicon and bibliography. Fine-. CHF 100.00 [Appr.: EURO 66.5 US$ 99.9 | £UK 60.5 | JP¥ 8599] Book number: 005232 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. | ||
| FAVARDIN, PATRICK Steiner et L'aventure Du Design Paris, France, Norma. 2007. (ISBN: 9782915542097) hardcover-, 31 x 24 Cms. 248 pages - in French - over 250 mostly color illustrations - chairs designed between the 1920s and the 1980s by the French firm Steiner, featuring creations by key designers such as Pierre Guariche, René-Jean Caillette, Michel Mortier, Joseph-André Motte, Tito Agnoli, Kwok Hoï Chan, Pierre Cardin, Claude Courtecuisse, Jean Dudon, Jacques Famery and others - birth and rebirth of Steiner, modernity, the arrival of design, tensions, adaptations, the 1980s and more - biblio. and index. new-/New-. CHF 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 59.75 US$ 89.91 | £UK 54.5 | JP¥ 7739] Book number: 006355 Click here to order or inquire at Librairie Bernard Letu. |
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