Blanc, Charles

Le Tresor de la Curiosite, Two Volume Set

Paris, Jules Renouard, 1857. Hardcover. Marbled and half crimson leather boards with 5 raised spine bands and gilt spine lettering. 480, 636 pp. BW illustrations. Text in French. Foot of title: "Tire des catalogues de vente de tableaux, dessins, estampes, livres, marbres, bronzes, ivoires, terres cuites, vitraux, medailles, armes, porcelaines, meubles, emaux, lacques et autres objets d'art, avec deiverfes notes & notices historiques & biographiques." English Translation: "Treasure of curiosity from catalogs selling paintings, drawings, prints, books, marbles, bronzes, ivory terracotta, stained glass, medals, weapons, porcelain, furniture, enamels, lacquers and other objets d'art with various notes & leaflets historical & biographical. VG .

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Book number: 173988

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts ; European Decorative Arts ; ; General Decorative Arts - European

Bles, Joseph

Rare English Glasses of the XVII & XVIII Centuries

London, Geoffrey Bles, 1924. Hardcover. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on front cover and spine; three mounted illustrations on frontispiece with protective tissue guard. untrimmed pages, 269 pp; 100 mounted plates with tissue guards. Tan paper jacket with navy lettering. Contents include: Description of Frontispiece; Foreword; Introduction by Bernard Rackham; The Royal Oak Goblet; Glass of Lead; Diamond Point Engraving; Jacobite Glasses; King William and Anti-Jacobite Glasses; Commemorative Glass by Sir J.S. Risley C.C.M.G.; Enamelled Glass; Sweetmeat Glasses and Others: Candlesticks and Tapersticks; Rare Drinking Glasses and Cut Glass. Good+ (binding is tight, covers are lightly scuffed but clean. foxing spots on pages and block but plates and text are otherwise clear. Dust jacket has overall wear and aging) .

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Book number: 183129

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts ; Great Britain Glassware ; ; Glass - European

Blumka, Anthony

Collecting Treasures of the Past, VII: Exhibition at Blumka Gallery 26th January Until 10th February 2012

New York, Blumka Gallery (In association with Julius Bohler), 2012. Softcover. oversized, glossy black & illustrated wrappers. illustrated & printed french flaps. approx 100 unpagined pgs w/ color illustrations & multiple fold-outs. Lavishly illustrated catalogue with beautiful, detailed photography. Many multi-panel fold-outs. VG. edge-wear, scuffs & scratches to covers. spine ends creased; crease to lower spine edge. scuff to cover textblock fore-edge, pgs have minor rubs to edges.

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Book number: 180991

Catalogue: Auction Catalogues - European Decorative Arts

Keywords: Blumka Gallery ; Blumka Gallery ; ;

Boito, Camillo

Ornaments of All Styles Classified in Historical Order

Milan, U. Hoepli, 1881. Hardcover. 3/4 blu/green leather boards with gilt highlights. 5 raised band spine with gilt lettering and gilt design elements 41 p. 303 pgs of illustrations. llustrative and didactic text by Camillo Boito. Fair - Leather on cover has significant peeling. Cover has edge/corner damage. discoloration. Damage along cover hinge at spine. Bookblock has age toning. Interior pages have age toning.

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Book number: 189184

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts ; European Decorative Arts ; ; General Decorative Arts - European

Bosselt, Rudolf, Hugo Busch and Hermann Muthesius

Applied Arts - a Report on the Development and Activities of the Crafts and Arts and Crafts Schools in Prussia

Berlin, Wasmuth, 1922. Hardcover. Greman language edition. Blueish cloth boards. 69 text pages plus 10 uncounted advertising pages plus 208 pages of illustrations on art paper. VG Cover and spine have color fading. Cover has wear at cornersand edges. Some stains on cover. Bookblock has age toning. Ex LIbrary copy with library sticker on inside front cover.

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Book number: 182169

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts ; European Decorative Arts ; ; General Decorative Arts - European

Bottiger, Dr. John

Svenska Statens Samling Af Väfda Tapeter / 1, Tapetsamlingarna Och Tapetväfveriet Under Femtonhundratalet

Stockholm, Fröléen & comp. (C. Suneson), 1898. Number 161 of 200 copies printed. Paperback. Publishers printed wraps. 100 pgs, plates. Text is in Swedish. Volume 1 of 4. number 161 of 200. Good- (covers & spines dampstained; scattered smudges, marks; discolorization spots to front & lower edges w/ instances to spine edge. pages rippled. pages lightly darkened & foxed at edges.) .

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Book number: 192737

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts ; Tapestries ; ; Textiles - European

Bova, Aldo; Attilia Dorigato; et al.

I Colori Di Murano Nell '800; the Colours of Murano in the XIX Century

Venezia, Arsenale Edtirice, 1999. Softcover. Black wraps with white lettering and color illustrations, 215 pp, richly illustrated in mostly color. Text in Italian and English. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice, Dec. 12, 1999-Mar. 19, 2000. Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-215). VG (corners lightly bumped) .

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Book number: 175543

Catalogue: Museum Exhibitions - European Decorative Arts

Keywords: Museum Exhibitions-Glassware ; Italian Glassware ; ; Museum Exhibitions-Glassware

Boysson, de Bernadette

Musee Des Arts Decoratifs de Bordeaux, Hotel de Lalande

Paris, Musee des Arts Decoratifs de Bordeaux / Somogy Editions D'Art, 2005. Hardcover. green, pictorial glossy boards w/ printing. illustrated pastedowns & flyleafs. 126 pgs w/ color illustrations. Text In French. A fine catalogue detailing the collection of the Museum of Decorative Arts Bordeaux, which is situtated on the property of the Hotel de Lalande. VG+ light rubbing to spine corners; light edge wear to bottom corner. tight binding.

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Book number: 176207

Catalogue: Collections - European Decorative Arts

Keywords: ; Hotel de Lalande Collection ; ;

Brandt, Michael

Bild Und Bestie: Hildesheimer Bronzen Der Stauferzeit

Regensburg, Schnell & Steiner, 2008. Paperback. Color-illustrated wraps with white and brown lettering. 414 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from May 31 to October 5, 2008. Text in German. VG- light corner bumping and edge wear.

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Book number: 170988

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts, Bronze ; Bronzes ; ; Fine Metalwork - European

Brett, Vanessa

Phaidon Guide to Pewter

Oxford, Phaidon, 1981. Hardcover. Pictorial glosy dj; black cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine. 256 pages : illustrations (some color. 500+ items illustrated, 120 color photos, 130 B/W photos, 7 maps. Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-247) and index. VG. dj has small tears at top .

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Book number: 183191

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts; Pewter ; Pewter ; ; Fine Metalwork - European

Brown, Katharine Reynolds

Migration Art, A.D. 300-800

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1995. Softcover. Illustrated blue wraps. 56 pages : illustrations (some color), map. Covers Frankush and German decorative arts. Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-56). VG/Vg-, front cover has scratch, edges show slight wear. Pages clean and tight.

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Book number: 183736

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: Moma, Decorative Arts, Frankish, German ; Moma, Decorative Arts, Frankish, German ; ; Collections - European Decorative Arts

Budge, Emma

Die Sammlung Frau Emma Budge, Hamburg

Berlin, Paul Graupe, 1937. Paperback. Blue paper covered wraps with black lettering. 190 pp. 152 BW plates. Text in German. Catalogue of an auction on September 27, 28, and 29, 1937. 1020 objects from Budge's collection, including furniture, paintings, rugs, bronzes, silver, etc. G+ tanning to spine, wraps, and some page edges, a bit of foxing on inside back cover, chipping to wraps especially at spine, some markings inside in red and black colored pencil on half title, title page and page 2.

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Book number: 167377

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts, Emma Budge Collection ; Emma Budge Collection ; ; Collections - European Decorative Arts

Busch, Jason T. and Catherine L. Futter

Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939

New York, New York, Skira Rizzoli, 2012. Hardcover. Color pictorial dj. black paper over boards; Color illus. endpapers; 303 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color. Published in conjunction with the traveling exhibition of the same name, organized by the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City. Features ten essays by various authors, including "Modernity Revealed: The World's Fairs from 1900 to 1925" by Stephen Harrison, "Style through Science: Modern Industrial Design and the World's Fairs of the 1930s" by Kevin W. Tucker, "J. & L. Lobmeyr: A Case Study of Glass at the World's Fairs" by Jane Shadel Spillman, and more. Wonderfully illustrated, with many full-page color photos. VG/VG. red remainder dot to bottom textblock. corners bumped or creased. spine edges creased w/ small indent. lower back cover edge has minor indent. interior clean. dustjacket cover has seam of peeling veener; creasing to spine edges & corners.

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Book number: 144969

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts ; 19th and 20th Century Decorative Arts / World's Fairs ; ; Museum Exhibitions - European Decorative Arts

BYNE, Arthur (Photographs and Drawings) & STAPLEY, Mildred (Brief text)

Spanish Interiors and Furniture. Volumes 1, 2 and 3

New York, William Helburn, Inc, 1922. Hardbound. Publishers red cloth decorated with gilt lettering and designs. Vol. 1: 9 pp. text followed by a detailed listing of the 100 bw plates that follow, which illustrated well over 100 items. Vol. 2: Detailed listing of plates, plates 101 to 200. Vol. 3: Detailed listing of plates, Plates 201-300. Volumes 1-3. The photographs are divided into two basic groups: Interiors furnished; and individual furniture pieces. No date except at the end of the introduction in Volume 1, which is dated 1922 in Madrid. VG covers, some foxing to endpapers, interior VG with very occassional smudging. A tight and clean set overall .

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Book number: 197922

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts ; Spanish Furniture ; ; Furniture - European

Carbone, Piera Maria

L'Arazzo D'Oro Dei Branciforti: Una Storia Da Attraversare, Un'Arte Da Raccontare, Una Simbologia Da Interpretare

Palermo, Carlo Saladino Editore, 2021. Hardcover. Color-illustrated DJ with white lettering; navy blue cloth boards; 142 pp.; richly illustrated, chiefly in color. Text in Italian. VG (Light edgewear/shelfwear/bumping to DJ and boards.) .

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Book number: 200352

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts, Branciforti Golden Tapestry ; Branciforti Golden Tapestry ; ;