Lorenzo, Soledad

New European Furniture Design, 2 Volumes

Barcelona, Spain, Instituto Monsa de Ediciones, 1999. Hardcover. glossy blue & orange pictorial boards. 440 pgs w/ illustrations. glossy pictorial slipcase. Text in English & Spanish. VG+. light rubbing to corners. covers have light scratches & scuffs. slipcase as shelf-wear, scuffs & scratches; old price sticker to back.

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Book number: 177036

Catalogue: Furniture - European

Keywords: ; Furniture Design, European Furniture ; ;

Malmsten, Carl

Schwedische Mobel. Swedish Furniture

Basel, Wepf, 1954. Hardcover. Brown cloth wraps with white lettering; DJ is white with bw illustration and black lettering; 139 pp.; richly illustrated in bw. Text in German, French and English. VG/G-(Boards show very light shelfwear; corners are bumped; DJ shows moderate shelfwear and torn in places, but very much intact;pages are clean and binding is tight; text block is lightly age-toned, as expected.) .

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Book number: 191497

Catalogue: Furniture - European

Keywords: Furniture ; Furniture ; ; Swedish Furniture

Marshall Hayes, H.G.

Interior Decoration to-Day

Essex, England, F. Lewis Publishers Limited, The Tithe House, 1938. Hardcover. tan boards w/ brown printing & emblem. 287 pgs w/ 231 bw illustrations. Glossy pages edge-toned with instances of marks and smudges. Page 154 has coffee rings and staining. Cover flyleaf has an inscription and humorous doodle of a gentleman. Good. spine lean; textblock split at hinges, still intact. covers smudged, scratched, marked & soiled. tears to spine. corners rubbed & some worn to boards. foxing to cover pastedowns & flyleafs.

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Book number: 180513

Catalogue: Furniture - European

Keywords: ; Interior Design, European Furniture, European Interior Design, Interior Decoration. ; ;

Masucci, Vincent

Alivar Mvsevm: The Classics of Modern Furniture

Italy, Alivar Mvsevm, 1995. Hardcover. grey cloth w/ silver printing. 435 pgs w/ bw illustrations & select color illustrations. Text in Italian and English. Pages clean. A nice copy of the Alivar Mvsevm catalogue. Includes works from Mies van der Rohe, Oliver Percy Bernard, Marcel Breuer and many others. Also, includes a selection of their lamp collection. Descriptions in parallel Italian and English. VG. scratch to bottom of textblock. pgs edge toned. dustjacket toned; spine toned; back cover edge missing section; various chips & tears; rubbing to cover edge; corners worn; not presentation quality.

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Book number: 177068

Catalogue: Furniture - European

Keywords: ; Alivar Mvsevm ; ;

Pradere, Alexandre

Charles Cressent: Sculpteur, Ebeniste Du Regent

Dijon, Faton, 2003. Hardcover. Burnt orange cloth with gilt spine lettering. Color illustrated, glossy dust jacket, white spine with black lettering, 362 pp, illustrated profusely in bw and color. Issued in a decorative slip case. Text in French. 18th century French furniture. Includes bibliographical references (pages 352-355) and index. Charles Cressent was a French furniture-maker, sculptor of the Regency style. VG+/VG+ (small stain to bottom text block) .

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Book number: 178359

Catalogue: Furniture - European

Keywords: European Furniture ; 18th Century French Furniture ; ; European Furniture

Richter, Gisela

Ancient Furniture: A History of Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Furniture

Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1926. Hardcover. Navy cloth boards with gilt stamped design on front cover, gilt lettering and design on spine, color frontispiece, xxxviii, 191 pp, 345 bw illustrations, 19 bw plans and diagrams. Includes appendix by Albert W. Barker, A.M. PhD. Director of Art Education Wilmington, Delaware. Includes bibliographic notes. VG (tanning to block edges, includes ink inscription to previous owner from author on front flyleaf) .

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Book number: 175719

Catalogue: Furniture - European

Keywords: European Furniture ; Ancient European Furniture ; ; European Furniture

Salverte de, Francois

Les Ebenistes Du Xviiie Siecle Leurs Oeuvres Et Leurs Marques

Paris / Brussels, Libraire Nationale D'Art Et D'Historie / G. Vanoest, 1927. Hardcover. marbled boards w/ vellum spine; leather & gilt spine title plate. 374 pgs w/ approx 66 black & yellow plates & frontispiece. text in French. A candidate for rebinding, but, also remains a valuble source for the researcher and collector. Pages and plates will have instances of pencil marginalia, underlining and notations. Includes to bound-in, three page illustrated catalogues of Nicolas Berthelmy and Guillaume Schuvingkens. A scarce edition. Fair (ex-library w/ ID to lower spine, internal stamps, usual markings, etc. front hinge at pg3 nearly detached & held by one binding joint; back hinge cracked & held tightly by biding joints. 4inch tear to spine edge; tear to middle of title plate w/ paper flapped & spine binding visible. boards scuffed, edges & corners rubbed) .

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Book number: 185495

Catalogue: Furniture - European

Keywords: 18th Century French Furniture, French Furniture Makers ; 18th Century French Furniture ; ;

Schmitz, Hermann

The Encyclopaedia of Furniture: An Outline History

London, England, Ernest Benn Limited, 1926. Hardcover. red cloth boards w/ gilt illustrations, quarter navvy spine w/ red & gilt spine plate. 63 pgs w/ 320 pgs of bw plates. Exterior cloth and gilt remain bright and handsome. Opening pages have heavier foxing which recedes more scattered and lighter instances in the plate section. Remains a nice copy. VG (light shelf-wear to cover edges & corners; light smudges to cloth. marks & foxing to textblock edges. foxing to introductory pgs; plates will have instances of foxing, pen/pencil marks & light stain spots) .

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Book number: 187582

Catalogue: Furniture - European

Keywords: History of Furniture, Furniture ; History of Furniture ; ;

Shapland, H.P.

The Practical Decoration of Furniture (Three Volumes)

London, England, Ernest Benn, Ltd, 1926. Hardcover. brown boards w/ gilt spine printing. vol1: 44 pgs w/ 48 bw plates; vol2: 37 pgs w/ 48 bw plates; vol3: 15pgs w/ 48 bw plates. All three volumes of the series bound into one edition. Text pages have light to moderate tanning with varying instances of smudges, marks and foxing; instances of heavier speckled foxing. Plate edges toned; will have varying instaces of marks, smudges and foxing. Closing plates have crinkling. Includes volume one: Veenering, Inlay Or Marqueterie Gilding, Painting; Volume two: Moulding, Pierced Work, Turned Work, Twisting, Carving; Volume three: Applied Metalwork, Covering With Leather And Textiles, Lacquering And Miscellaneous Decoratin. Remains a solid and fairly bright copy. Good (scuffs, smudges & staining to boards. rubbed edge-wear; rubbing, open tears & fraying to spine ends. corners rubbed, bumped, curled. foxing to textblock edges. lower textblock edge has heavy scuffing/shelf-wear to edge. pasteodowns & endpapers heavily tanned w/ foxing. slight split to textblock) .

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Book number: 187753

Catalogue: Furniture - European

Keywords: Furniture Decoration ; Furniture Decoration ; ;

Shaw, Henry; Samuel Rush Meyrick

Specimens of Ancient Furniture

London, Henry G. Bohn, 1866. Hardcover. Purple cloth boards atached to custom book box. 2 preliminary leaves, 57 pages, 74 plates (some color). P Missing spine and cover page. All pages free from binding. Pages show age toning. front and back covers attached to custom box show edge and corner damage. Box has edge wear and hand written title label on spine with some smudging .

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Book number: 184527

Catalogue: Furniture - European

Keywords: Furniture, Ancient ; Ancient Furniture ; ; Furniture, Ancient

Simon, Constance

English Furniture Designers of Eighteenth Century

Philadelphia, George W. Jacobs & Co, 1904. Hardcover. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, bw frontispiece, xvii, 216 pages, illustrated in bw throughout. Contents include: Introduction, The Queen Anne School; The Chippendales; Matthias Darly; The Chippendale School; The Brothers Adam; The Adam School; Harewood House, Yorkshire. Stourhead, Bath, and Rowton Castle, Salop; The Helpplewhite School; Thomas Sheraton; The Sheraton School; Lacquer-Ware; Old English Looking-Glasses; Hints to Collectors and Opinions of an Expert; Glossary of Terms; Appendix and Index. Includes list of 61 illustrations. Good+ (overall wear and staining to boards, library bookplate inside front cover, light foxing to block edges, age toning to end pages and page edges as expected with age, pages are otherwise clear) .

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Book number: 176935

Catalogue: Furniture - European

Keywords: European Furniture ; English Furniture ; ; European Furniture

Vermeersch, Valentin

Het Oudvlaams Meubel

Brugge, Belgium, Stedelijk Musea Brugge, 1991. Hardcover. glossy black boards w/ illustration & gold, white printing. 48 pgs w/ color illustrations. text in Dutch. Copiously illustrated catalogue of classic, beautifully designed Flemish furniture. Good+ (boards highly scuffed, scratched. upper spine top bumped. light rubbing to corners. upper pg edges at gutters have foxing; foxing to opening pgs) .

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Book number: 187705

Catalogue: Furniture - European

Keywords: Flemish Furniture ; Flemish Furniture ; ;