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ART DECO. Bakelite album, labelled on front cover: "Souvenir of Germany - Bavaria".[Germany : c.1930s-40s]
A flamboyant example of Bakelite - or possibly casein plastic - being used to eye-catching effect for a souvenir album, here repurposed and comprising illustrations of art deco furniture and interiors: a perhaps incongruous use for a binding redolent of the marbling in Bavarian baroque churches. Few such fragile and fascinating albums could have...Learn More
GUCCI. Gucci Décor.[2017]
Limited edition, an interior design look-book. From opulent rugs to ashtrays adorned with the evil eye, this book sets Gucci's trailblazing style as an inspirational guide for the discerning consumer.Learn More
INTERIOR DESIGN. The Home Beautiful: A Supplement to the North-China Daily News & Herald, November 15, 1926.Shanghai : 1926
An attractive publication with contributions by the art historian John C. Ferguson, the old China hand Juliet Bredon, and other prominent expats. The advertisers offer arts and crafts decor, modern heating systems and plumbing, woodwork furnishings, and high-quality building materials, but readers are also encouraged by Bredon to embrace...Learn More
WOODEN CLOSE STOOL. Historia universalis.Europe, likely France : c.18th century
An ingenious collapsible commode, designed to resemble a venerable leather-bound volume while discreetly housing a chamber pot. Blending practicality with aesthetic appeal, such furniture was popular in the 17th and 18th centuries, reflecting the period's taste for functional objects that also served as conversation pieces. Book-shaped examples...Learn More
SPATIAL ARCHITECTURE. Zenyang buzhi gongchang he huichang de huanjing ("How to Design Factories and Meeting Spaces").Shanghai : 1956
First edition, first printing, of this reference work designed to meet the needs of workplace managers, party cadres, and others officials tasked with creating modern spaces befitting a socialist society. Of particular interest are the many guidelines for creating backdrops to political meetings and rallies.
Combining text and image, the...Learn More
MOSES, Henry (illus.) Designs of Modern Costume. &c.London : [c.1821]
A finely printed collection in an attractive contemporary binding. The exquisite illustrations by Henry Moses, depicting fashionable Neoclassical-style dress and furniture, were praised by the English art critic Sacheverell Sitwell as "probably the finest and neatest engravings that have ever made their appearance between the covers of a book"...Learn More
CHIPPENDALE, Thomas. The Gentleman and Cabinet-Maker's Director.London : 1754
First edition, the most famous of all furniture pattern books, which established Chippendale's fame and elevated the furniture maker to a respectable position in society. The Director set models for furniture designers through to our own time, and instituted the title of "Chippendale" for his so-called "modern" furniture.
As the title...Learn More
MACQUOID, Percy. A History of English Furniture.London : 1904-08
First editions, first impressions, attractively bound and luxuriously illustrated. Since publication, the division of English furniture periods into the ages of Oak, Walnut, Mahogany, and Satinwood has became a standard of the field.
Percy Macquoid (1852-1925) was an illustrator, a stage designer, and a frequent contributor to Country Life...Learn More
ARBUZOV, Vladimir. Kovry Bassarabii ("The carpets of Bessarabia").Odessa : 1902
First and only edition of this collection of splendidly reproduced images of the vibrant carpets of Bessarabia. Intended as the first of a series, this was the only issue published. Rare, a single copy at the BL located.
Fifteen plates of rugs with brief informative captions. All of them are from the collection of Vladimir Arbuzov who...Learn More
MACQUOID, Percy. A History of English Furniture.London : 1904-08
First editions, first impressions, handsomely bound for the luxury purveyors Asprey, of this richly illustrated survey of English furniture, the most comprehensive to date. Macquoid's four "ages" are still terms used today, and the books remain an essential reference guide for dealers and collectors of antique furniture.Learn More
CHARLESTON, Robert J. Masterpieces of Glass.New York : 1990
Revised edition, from the library of noted Iranian bibliophile Cyrus Ghani, with his ownership inscription dated "NY, March 20 1991" to the front free endpaper. Masterpieces of Glass was first published in 1980.Learn More
BELLE ÉPOQUE LIGHTING DESIGNS. Collection of 19 original watercolours of designs for lamps from the distinguished firm of G. Lebrun-Tardieu.Paris : [c.1910]
A very appealing assemblage of designs for twelve chandeliers, one tall floor lamp, three wall sconces and three table lamps, from the firm of G. Lebrun-Tardieu, one of the leading manufacturers of bronze lighting in Belle Époque Paris; also present is a copy of the company price list, one photograph and two illustrated leaves from a catalogue...Learn More
CHANDLER, Raymond. Complete set of the Philip Marlowe novels.New York / London : 1938-58
All first editions, first printings. Chandler's first four novels were first published in America; the last three appeared first in the UK.Learn More
MACQUOID, Percy, & Ralph Edwards. The Dictionary of English FurnitureLondon : 1924-27
First edition, first impression, of this richly illustrated survey of English furniture, the most comprehensive to date. Macquoid's four "ages" are still terms used today, and the books remain an essential reference guide for dealers and collectors of antique furniture.Learn More
BRACKETT, Oliver. English Furniture Illustrated.New York : 1950
First US edition. Originally published by Ernest Benn Limited earlier the same year.Learn More
JOURDAIN, Margaret. Regency Furniture.London : 1948
Second revised and enlarged edition of this work, which was originally published in 1934.Learn More
MACQUOID, Percy. A History of English Furniture.London : 1938
Complete set of the third edition of this richly illustrated survey of English furniture. Originally published between 1904-8, a second edition appeared in 1925-8.Learn More
DOWLING, Henry G. A Survey of British Industrial Arts.1935
First edition, first impression. With an attractive inscription and drawing of a spark plug by the author on the front pastedown "K. L. G. Campbell A. I. B. D. With the very best wishes & congratulations of the author - H. G. D '36".Learn More
