Darmstaedter, Ludwig and Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld

Sammlung Darmstaedter Berlin: Europaisches Porzellan Des XVIII, Jahrhunderts

Berlin, Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, 1933. Hardcover. Brown paper over boards with gilt lettering and mounted color illustration on front cover, vellum spine with gilt lettering; 113 pp, 130 bw plates. Text is in German. European porcelain of the 18th century. Exhibition: Saturday, March 21 to Monday, March 23, 1925. Auction: Tuesday, March 24 to Thursday, March 26, 1925. VG (overall shelfwear and bumping to boards, soiling to block, pages are lightly age toned but otherwise very clean and clear.) .

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Book number: 183581

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts ; Porcelain ; ; Ceramics - European

Darmstaedter, Ludwig and Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld

Sammlung Darmstaedter Berlin: Europaisches Porzellan Des XVIII, Jahrhunderts

Berlin, Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, 1933. Hardcover. Brown paper over boards with gilt lettering and mounted color illustration on front cover, vellum spine with gilt lettering; 113 pp, 130 bw plates. This copy ALSO includes a separate portfolio of the 130 bw plates found in the bound volume. Text is in German. European porcelain of the 18th century. Exhibition: Saturday, March 21 to Monday, March 23, 1925. Auction: Tuesday, March 24 to Thursday, March 26, 1925. In addition to having an extra portfolio of the bw plates, this bound volume has mjost of the prices realized written-in, using pencil. VG (overall shelfwear and bumping to boards, soiling to block, pages are lightly age toned but otherwise very clean and clear.) .

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Book number: 200579

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts ; Porcelain ; ; Ceramics - European

de Sanjose i Llongueras, Lourdes

Al Servei de L'Altar: Tresors D'Orfebreria de Les Esgelesies Catalanes, Segles IX-XIII

Barcelona, Arxiu i Biblioteca Episcopal de Vic, 2019. Hardcover. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering. Color-illustrated dust jacket with gold and white lettering. 589 pp. Color illustrations. Text in Catalan, Spanish, and English. Includes bibliographical references. VG/VG .

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Book number: 172640

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts, Spanish Gold ; Spanish Gold ; ; Fine Metalwork - European

De Boysson, Bernadette, Isabelle Bagdassarian, Maria Freulon, et al.

Autant En Porte le Vent: Eventails, Historie de Gout

Bordeaux, Musee des Arts Decoratifs de Bordeaux, 2004. Hardcover. White and color-illustrated boards with blue and gold lettering. 119 pp. Color illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from November 5 to February 7, 2004. Text in French. VG .

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Book number: 175569

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts, Fans ; Fans ; ; Museum Exhibitions - European Decorative Arts

Demay, Germain

Le Costume Au Moyen âge, D'Après Les Sceaux

Paris, Librarie de D. Dumoulin, 1880. Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt lettering spine. 496 pp with b/w illustrations. Text in French. Costume - France - Middle Ages. VG, ex-library with associated stamping and labels. Was re-bound, corners bumped and heavy bump back cover top. Pages are clean and tight.

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Book number: 187099

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: Costume, Dress - European ; Costume ; ; Costume / Dress - European

Deschamps, Madeleine

Empire

New York, Abbeville Press, 1994. Hardcover. Beige cloth boards with gilt spine lettering. Glossy color-illustrated dust jacket. 256 pp. BW and color illustrations. Text in French. Includes bibliographical references and index. VG/VG .

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Book number: 174263

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts ; Empire Style ; ; Interior Decoration - European Decorative Arts

Doenges, Willy

Meissner Porzellan: Seine Geschichte Und Künstlerische Entwicklung

Dresden, W. Jess, 1921. Hardcover. Navy boards w/tan tape spine. xv, 236 pages, 27 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. Text in German. Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-211) and index. Features Dresden porcelain and is excellent resource for pottery marks. Title translated: "Meissner porcelain; its history and artistic development. G/G+, covers have wear and are chipped and frayed along edges. Pages have slight toning and paper clip marks. Color plares are bright, though some have toning along edges. Good re-bind candidate.

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Book number: 187745

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts, Dresden Porcelain, Pottery -- Marks. ; Dresden ; ; Ceramics - European

Du Tertre, Nancy

The Art of the Limoges Box

New York, Abrams, 2003. Hardcover. White paper boards with red and blue lettering, white dust jacket with color illustrations, 144 pp, profusely illustrated in color. "Limoges boxes are among the most collected and treasured objects in the world. Yet few people know the story behind the box. From their beginnings as the snuffboxes and status symbols of the French elite to their modern role as delightful, fun, and personal collectibles, these little porcelain containers have a history full of intrigue and innovation. The Art of the Limoges Box is a witty and in-depth guide to these stories - and a handbook to finding and appreciating the best boxes available. Lush color photographs bring these wonderful boxes to life."--Jacket. VG+/VG+ .

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Book number: 176724

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

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

Dumonthier, Ernest

Bois de Sieges; Tome I, Tome II (le Mobilier National)

Paris, Ch. Massin, (not dated). Hardcover. Two oversized portfolios, half red cloth and blue boards with gilt lettering. Volume 1 has 4 pp text followed by 54 plates. Volume 2 has 4 pp text followed by 36 plates. Two volume set. Text is in French. Includes bibliographical references. VG- (light shelfwear to portfolios, light age toning, all plates are present) .

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Book number: 188843

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

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

Duncan, Alastair

Chefs-D'Oeuvre Fin de Siecle: Dans la Collection Silverman

Paris, France, Bordas, 1989. Hardcover. black cloth w/ silver spine printing. 192 pgs w/ color illustrations. glossy, silver pictorial dustjacket. plain slipcase w/ illustrated title label. Text in French. A beautifully and boldly illustrated collection of 100 items of sculpture, furniture and decorative pieces of French Fin de siecle art. Near Fine/VG+. (small indentation to lower cover edge; unseen. light scuffs to cloth. light smudges, scratches to silver pastedowns & endpapers. pgs clean. dustjacket has small, closed tear to lower edge; indentation to lower edge; rubbing to spine edge; creasing to spine top & edge) .

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Book number: 182055

Catalogue: Collections - European Decorative Arts

Keywords: Fin de Siecle Art, Silverman Collection ; Fin de Siecle Art, Silverman Collection ; ;

Durant, Stuart

Christopher Dresser

London/Berlin/New York, NY, Academy Editions/ Ernst & Sohn/St. Martin's Press, 1993. Hardcover. Black boards with gilt lettering on spine, glossy illustrated dust jacket, 144 pp. Color and BW illustrations. "Christopher Dresser was the first modern designer as well as a botanist, theorist and traveller. Dresser knew that mass production called for a new approach to design. Increasing wealth brought with it insatiable demands for novelty and variety. Dresser was able to meet these without transgressing the conventions of good taste. His best work is timeless - and not merely within the confines of the machine age. Dresser ran a large design office for over 40 years and kept pace with changes in taste". -Website Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-141) and index. VG/VG (light foxing to upper block edges) .

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Book number: 174558

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts, Christopher Dresser ; Dresser, Christopher ; ; General Decorative Arts - European

Elkann, Ginevra

A Passion for Jean Prouve: From Furniture to Architecture: The Laurence and Patrick Seguin Collection

Turin, Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, 2013. Hardcover. Gray stamped cloth boarsd with black lettering. 279 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Catalog of an exhibition held April 6-September 8, 2013 at Pinacoteca Giovanni e Marella Agnelli, Turin. Text in English and Italian. New, still in shrinkwrap.

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Book number: 174270

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts, Furniture ; French Furniture ; ; Museum Exhibitions - European Decorative Arts

Fairbanks, Theresa and Paul Sandby

Papermaking and the Art of Watercolor, in Eighteenth-Century Britain: Paul Sandby and the Whatman Paper MILL

New Haven, Conn, Yale Center for British Art / Yale University, 2006. Hardcover. navy blue boards w/ pictorial dustjacket. Book x, 164 pages : illustrations (chiefly color). "This handsome and engaging book looks at how Vinters and Turkey Mill is a superb example of Sandby's art and an important document both of the rise of industry in the British countryside and of the intertwined developments of papermaking and the art of painting in watercolor. In addition, the book features other watercolors by Sandby and materials relating to the processes of papermaking and to the Whatman family and its mill."--Jacket. New/Sealed .

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Book number: 176984

Catalogue: General Decorative Arts - European

Keywords: ; Papermaking and Watercolorsw ; ;

Fairclough, Oliver et al (Editors)

The French Porcelain Society Journal: Volume II: 2005 and Volume III: 2007

London, French Porcelain Society, 2007. Softcover. Two volumes, color pictorial wraps. Volume 2 VIII, 165 pp illustrated in bw and color. Volume 3, 281 pp.; 100+ color figures. Two volumes from 2005 and 2007 Volume II contains articles by various authors. Titles include: "A Note on Slip Casting in Eighteenth Century Europe." "A Saint Cloud Price List in the Victoria and Albert Museum" and many others. Volume III contains twenty articles by various authors; Some titles include "Who bought Sevres porcelain?: New light on the factory's clientele in the 18th century," "Early Sevres Coffee Pots," "Peasants and Porcelain: Sevres and the Taste For Teniers," "Mixing Metaphors: The Renaissance Revival at Sevres," and "The Vincennes Porcelain of Mrs Morris Hawkes. VG (bindings secure and tight, pages clean and clear) .

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Book number: 190229

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

Keywords: European Decorative Arts ; Sevres Porcelain ; ; Ceramics - European

Farcy, Louis de

La Broderie Du Xie Siecle Jusqu'a Nos Jours D'Apres Des Specimens Authentiques Et Les Anciens Inventaires

Paris, Ernest Leroux, 1890. Hardcover. Oversized, half brown leather and marble paper boards, 5 raised bands with gilt printing on spine; marble illustrated end papers, IV, 137 pp with 36 full page plates, 145 plates. Text in French. Embroidery from the 11th century to the present day according to authentic specimens and old inventories. Good- (internal hinges are broken, scuffing and overall wear to covers, bookplate of previous owner inside front cover, age toning and light foxing spots) .

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Book number: 190480

Catalogue: European Decorative Arts

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