Hardcover. London, Batsford, 2nd Ed., 2021, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, pictorial boards. 192 pages in color. An essential sourcebook of prints from a key fashion decade. The 1950s was the decade when an analytical approach to design, with a lightness and freshness, combined with whimsical imagery and idiosyncratic subject matter. Showcasing hundreds of print designs, this book celebrates the heyday of postwar fashion design. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Mineola NY, Calla Editions, reprint, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Designers, collectors, and Art Nouveau aficionados will treasure this original collection of 100 plates of decorative full-color graphics. These authentic images are reproduced from the now extremely hard-to-find periodical La decoration artistique, which was published in Paris during the decade before World War I. They constitute some of the rarest and best material printed during the Art Nouveau period, and these uncommonly graceful and appealing illustrations are now available in this beautifully designed hardcover edition. The dazzling array of images includes headpieces, typographical banners, and other sinuous designs bursting with parrots and peacocks, vines and flowers, and other natural motifs. Examples include storefront signage for bakeries and cafes; decorative friezes of theatrical masks and grapevines; borders of flowers, books, and birds; stenciled decorations for fire screens; and corner and ceiling ornaments. An essential acquisition for any library or collector of Art Nouveau graphics and illustration, this volume promises to provide a lasting source of inspiration and pleasure. Clean copy.

Softcover. Milwaukee Art Museum and Hatje Cantz, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Biedermeier examines Biedermeier painting, furniture and decorative arts as a style and a cultural attitude. Visual arts of the period, which are still largely unstudied as distinct from Romanticism or the Nazarenes, are highlighted here in the work of Georg Friedrich Kersting and Eduard Gaertner. With nearly 300 outstanding examples of German, Austrian and Czechoslovakian paintings, furniture, related decorative arts and works on paper, this is a superb document of the innovative character of the period and its importance as a precursor to modernism.

Hardcover. NY, Stewart, Tabori and Chang, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 271 pages, illustrated throughout in color. Folio. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. You learn from people with great taste, says Bunny Williams. She should know. As a novice, Williams worked for legendary decorators Sister Parish and Albert Hadley, absorbing everything she could of their peerless design sense. Striking out on her own, she rose to the top rank of the interior design profession, where she has stylishly remained for the last 30 years. Now, it's our turn to learn from her. Part memoir and part how-to manual, Bunny Williams' Point of View showcases many of the drop-dead chic but always cozily comfortable residences whose interiors Williams has designed during her astounding career. Due to size and weight, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, Assouline, 1st, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 80 pages. Since its creation in the middle of the nineteenth century, Christofle has always been the hallmark of a refined lifestyle. Furthermore, the innovations it triggered over the years have revolutionized the style, techniques, production and distribution methods of the silversmith s craft and the decorative arts. An ardent observer of changing fashions and customs, the brand integrated into its works great artistic trends, such as Japonism and Art Nouveau, while associating with famous artists -Man Ray, Cocteau, Arman- and current designers, including Martin Szekely and Andree Putman. Today, as in the past, whether it be at the table of Parisian emperors, princes and maharajahs, or families of lesser fame and fortune; whether in the palaces of Paris, London, New York, Cairo and Alexandria, on board the Orient Express, the Trans-Siberian Railway or transatlantic liners, guests continue to be served and honored with Christofle luxury items.

Softcover. US, Dover Publications, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 272 pages. softcover. Color plates throughout. Light edgewear to wrappers.

Softcover. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. Exhibition catalog of decorative arts of The Art Institute of Chicago. 112 pages; 24 color plates. Text by Milo M. Naeve and Lynn Springer Roberts. In very good condition; no marks on cover.

Hardcover. NY, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 158 pages. Design writer Siegel takes us on a inspiring tour of the history, stylistic concerns and uses of tiles. Though their cool, hard surface might seem best suited to Mediterranean climates, tiles have enjoyed wide use as far afield as the Netherlands, and any area subject to heavy foot-traffic could benefit from their easily cleaned faces. Lavishly illustrated with color photographs supplied by Country Floors, a well-known tile importing company, the book emphasizes the traditional "country" look; a brief, less successful foray into modern styles relies heavily on simple geometric patterns. In his introduction, Country Floors owner Norman Karlson tells how his fascination with tiles developed. Seemingly meant as a sourcebook for designers and tile enthusiasts, the volume offers scant information on the proper application of tiles--only instructions for care and maintenance. Installation, it is hinted, should be left to a specialist.

Hardcover. New York , Scribners, 1st, 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, B&W plates, many tipped-in. Beveled boards, slight warp to covers, 215 pages.

Softcover. Paris FR, Paris-Musees, 1st, 1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Flexible cloth covers, profusely illustrated, 463 pages, FRENCH TEXT. "This well-illustrated catalogue provides a fine review of the early years of the German Expressionist movement through a presentation of some 400 paintings, prints, drawings and sculptures by members of the Brucke in Dresden (Heckel, Kirchner, Mueller, Pechstein, Schmidt-Rottluff and Nolde) , the Blaue Reiter artists in Munich (Jawlensky, Kandinsky, Klee, Macke, Marc, Munter and Werefkin) and Berlin painter Ludwig Meidner. Sixteen wide-ranging essays are supplemented by detailed entries for most of the exhibited works, a selection of texts and letters by the featured artists, and a chronology of important cultural and political events in Dresden, Munich and Berlin from 1905 to 1914." Clean copy.

New York, Putnam, 1st, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Blue cloth hardcover, 289 pages. Illustrated with b&w drawings. Cover has light edgewear. Clean copy.

Hardcover. New York, E.P. Dutton - New York, 1st, 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 191 pages, profusely illustrated throughout in full color. Large folio. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. A stunning showcase of Erte"s graphics completed at the time of publication with an additional 27 graphics added since the first edition (Erte at Ninety). Erte was a leading light in the Art Deco style and this book belongs in the library of anyone with an interest in the genre.

Hardcover. New York , E. P. Dutton, 1st, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 199 pages, illustrated throughout in color and b&w. Text and Commentaries by Erte. Introduction by Alistar Duncan. Edited by Marshall Lee. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket with very faint tanning to upper edge of front cover. Clean, tight copy. Lavishly illustrated with full page color plates/ photographs by Lee Boltin depicting multiple views of forty-one bronze sculptures by the author. A fabulous cataloguing of Erte's evocative art deco sculpture.

Hardcover. London, White House Editions, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 312 pages. b&w and color photos throughout. Beautifully illustrating the art of the Circus, with thematically arranged chapters. Rare. Folio. Red cloth, gilt lettering to spine and front cover. Original slip case decorated by Fred Fowle. Minor wear to slip case opening edge, still very good copy, DUE TO WEIGHT, DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Softcover. US, PIE International, 1st, 2012, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to wrappers. Most of text in English and Japanese with portions in Japanese only. 256 pp. ; 200 color illustrations.

Hardcover. New York, Dutton, 1st, 1922, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 243 pages. Black & white illustrations by Cole. Bookseller's label and previous owner's signature on front end paper. Light rubbing to corners, spine.

Hardcover. NY, Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1st, 2005, Book: N, Hardcover, 256 pages. In 1936, the founder of Herman Miller Inc, D. J. De Pree, committed Herman Miller to 'modern' furniture, partly because he saw a moral dimension to Gilbert Rohde's clean designs, honest materials and lack of ornamentation. In 1984, a major impetus behind Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick's Equa chair was a desire to give a reasonably priced, comfortable, good-looking chair to everybody in offices - not just the top bosses. These are just two examples of the best work done at Herman Miller. The company is concerned with larger issues of humanity, equality and bettering the world by creating great places to work through design, and has, perhaps more than any other company, revolutionized office systems and furniture in the workplace. This book is the most up-to-date compilation available of the design efforts and results from Herman Miller since its foundation, reflecting its most recent work, activities and products. But it goes beyond simply cataloguing the work of the famous design team; it shows design-related attitudes of HMI and provides examples of the benefits of creative thinking and problem-solving. Written in clear, engaging prose, Herman Miller is a must-read for anyone interested in design.

Hardcover. NY, Doubleday Page & Co., reprint, 1922, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Good, 284 pages, hardcover, b&w photographs. Some minor insect damage to rear hinge. In a worn and chipped dust jacket with soil. Sunday school stamp inside front cover.

Hardcover. London, Faber and Faber, Reprint, 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. Orange cloth covers with gilt titles to spine. 93 pages of text followed by 613 monochrome plates, non-paginated. Frontis illustration, Tabriz, Tilework in the Courtyard of the So-called Blue Mosque, A. D. 1465, in full page, full color. Toning to edges. Clean, unmarked. A nice copy.

Hardcover. NY, Assouline Publishing, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 80 pages. Between 1932 and 1940, J.M. Frank completely reinvented the vocabulary of decorative arts. Working in Paris, New York and South America, Frank was inspired by neo-classicism, abstract art and primitive art. He sought to create an original style for the thirties, a style whose elegance gained him the patronage of an elite clientele. J.M. Frank's name has come to serve as a reference for collectors. The decorative principles he created are still today the basis for the minimalist style that dominates contemporary decor.

Hardcover. London, Royal Academy of Arts, 1st, 2004, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 214 pages illustrated in color. "Matisse's relationship with the textiles that surrounded him from his earliest days is revealed here for the first time - the authors examine the ways in which Matisse used what he called his 'working library' of textiles to furnish, order and compose some of the twentieth century's most pioneering works of art". Exhibition catalog for a show at Le Cateau-Cambresis, France; London and New York, October 2004 to September 2005. Clean copy.

Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli International, 1st, 2014, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 296 pages in color. Interior designer Nancy Braithwaite s long-awaited first book is a striking tutorial in the power of simplicity in design. In the world of interior design, Nancy Braithwaite is known for her single-minded devotion to the principle that has guided her work for more than forty years: simplicity. Braithwaite s work is luxuriously minimalist, its beauty inextricably tied to its Shaker-like purity. While her work varies from art deco to country, the underlying rules remain the same: every element should strive to be simple and powerful without compromise, and every room must have a level of power that comes from commanding scale, repetition of elements, subtleties of color, or the sheer beauty of forms. Clean copy. DUE TO WEIGHT DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, Thames & Hudson, 1st US, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 176 pages, in a bright lightly worn dust jacket. A description of the history of the Omega Workshops, a gallery of decorative arts in the Bloomsbury district of London, examines the works exhibited there by artists, including Vanessa Bell, Wyndham Lewis, and Duncan Grant. Clean copy.

Softcover. NY, McGraw-Hill , 3rd pr., 1992, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 205 pages. 191 b&w figures. An in-depth look at the history of ornamental ironwork and ironworkers in American architecture. Well illustrated with many photos. Clean copy.

Hardcover. Boston, David R. Godine, 1st, 1978, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 202 pages, b&w photographs by Charles C. Withers. Very good copy in a clean, bright, unclipped dust jacket.

Softcover. Assouline, 1st, 2007, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 160 pages. German-born Ingo Maurer is one of the most prolific and respected artist/designers working today. Fascinated by what he calls the magical and mystical properties of light, Maurer constructs luminous atmospheres that play with traditional concepts of color, brightness, and shadow. Since 1966, Maurer has created more than 150 different lights and lighting systems, and designed for diverse international venues, including fashion runways, public buildings and monuments, and private commissions. Maurer uses unexpected materials and found objects to create light, and he is among the first designers to experiment with halogen and light-emitting diodes.

Hardcover. NY, Assouline, 1st, 2005, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 189 pages. "Not only is Andree Putman a wizard of design; she is also a muse that inspires timelessness." Jack Lang, former French Minister of Culture. Andree Putman was first cut above the rest when, twenty years ago, she conceived the first boutique hotel, the Morgan. She was also the one to open a new path for modern design, reinstating the importance of such major designers as Eileen Gray, Robert Mallet Stevens, Mariano Fortuny, and Jean-Michel Frank, among informed professionals. Since then, Putman's eclecticism has led her to embrace projects as diverse as the Guggenheim Museum, the Azzedine Alaia boutique and Peter Greenaway movie sets. Today, the designer's elegant and bold style is known throughout the world, from Los Angeles to Shanghai, a city where she created numerous projects. Andree Putman Style is a journey into the world of an uncommon designer, one which acquaints the reader with the influences and taste that inspired this amazing woman.

Hardcover. NY, Rizzoli, 1st, 2023, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. This special volume presents a visual timeline of Ralph Lauren's remarkable history as a lifestyle innovator. Lauren's unparalleled ability to seamlessly blend fashion and the home is illustrated with the groundbreaking designs and innovative use of materials that have distinguished the home collection since its inception in 1983: menswear-inspired Oxford Cloth bedding that required the creation of special looms and took two years to refine; the sleek RL-CF1 chair, crafted of carbon fiber and inspired by Lauren's McLaren F1 racecar; and an appreciation for a timeworn, weathered aesthetic, as exemplified in the iconic Writer's Chair with its hand-burnished leather and rich patina. Historic achievements such as the opening of his first New York City flagship on Madison Avenue - which invited guests to experience the complete World of Ralph Lauren in a residential environment - and his renowned restaurants that offer the epitome of gracious hospitality, demonstrate the magnitude of Ralph Lauren's influence on the worlds of lifestyle design and hospitality. The timeline is complete with quotes from distinguished members of the design world and prominent figures of our culture including Oprah Winfrey, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and architecture critic Paul Goldberger. Ralph Lauren's signature ability to create transportive environments begins with his private homes that inspire his iconic lifestyle collections. Ralph Lauren: A Way of Living offers an in-depth look at all the places Lauren calls home, from a sprawling ranch in Colorado and an island retreat in Jamaica, to a Fifth Avenue penthouse overlooking Manhattan's Central Park, a seaside home in Montauk and a country estate in Bedford. Lauren's homes are deeply personal expressions of his vision for living; captivating imagery is complemented by essays and descriptions written in his own words that intimately express the meaning of home and share inspiration and anecdotes for each residence. The photos of Lauren's captivating homes are followed by a celebration of Ralph Lauren Home's lifestyle collections - cinematic worlds that are brought to life with iconic imagery showcasing Lauren's pioneering lifestyle approach and all-encompassing home collection. DUE TO WEIGHT. DOMESTIC SHIPPING ONLY.

Hardcover. NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket, 143 pages. 186 b&w illustrations. Previous owner's signature on front fly leaf. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dec. 1981-Feb. 1982.

Hardcover. NY, Abrams, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 176 pages. Before there was Martha Stewart, there was Russel Wright (1904-1976), the great mid-century modern American designer who pioneered the concept of "easier living" for the middle class, a uniquely American lifestyle that was gracious but contemporary and informal. Yet despite Wright's enormous influence, there has been no major survey of his work until now. This handsome volume-which accompanies an exhibition at Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum in New York City-showcases more than 125 of Wright's best designs for inexpensive, mass-produced dinnerware, textiles, and furniture. As the flurry of Wright auction activity on Ebay shows, there is a thriving collectors' market for his designs. 125 illustrations, 65 in full color, 176 pages, 71/2 x 10".

Hardcover. New Haven CT, Yale University Press, 1st, 2017, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 260 pages, in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. A riveting and superbly illustrated account of the enigmatic House Beautiful editor's profound influence on mid-century American taste From 1941 to 1964, House Beautiful magazine's crusading editor-in-chief Elizabeth Gordon introduced and promoted her vision of "good design" and "better living" to an extensive middle-class American readership. Her innovative magazine-sponsored initiatives, including House Beautiful's Pace Setter House Program and the Climate Control Project, popularized a "livable" and decidedly American version of postwar modern architecture. Gordon's devotion to what she called the American Style attracted the attention of Frank Lloyd Wright, who became her ally and collaborator. Gordon's editorial programs reshaped ideas about American living and, by extension, what consumers bought, what designers made, and what manufacturers brought to market. This incisive assessment of Gordon's influence as an editor, critic, and arbiter of domestic taste reflects more broadly on the cultures of consumption and identity in postwar America. Nearly 200 images are featured, including work by Ezra Stoller, Maynard Parker, and Julius Shulman. This important book champions an often-neglected source--the consumer magazine--as a key tool for deepening our understanding of mid-century architecture and design.

Hardcover. NY, Portland House, reprint, 1986, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. Illustrated with 100 full-page color plates, each with multiple patterns; additional black & white figures. Originally published in 1867 by S. & T. Gilbert of London. Folio.

Hardcover. Rutland VT, Charles E. Tuttle Co., 1st, 1971, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, color frontis, many black & white photos. 252 pages + index. Previous owner's signature front fly leaf, dj with spine fading otherwise VG/VG. A publication of The Historical Society of Early American Decoration, Inc. Based on Esther Stevens Brazer's Photographic Collection.

Softcover. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1st, 1998, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy with only minor edgewear. Color illustrations throughout.

Hardcover. NY, W. W. Norton & Company, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, cream cloth, gilt letters on spine & on front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, 533 pages, many BW & 55 color plates. "Surveys the most distinctive styles used in America from the seventeenth century, when their presence can first be documented, to World War I, when the taste makers began to associate the plain white wall with all that was 'Modern." Sort closed tear to dust jacket, unclipped, clean.