 |
| 
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Item # |
Description |
Price |
Click for more detail...
14176
|
Blue Book of Philadelphia Furniture - First Edition - Signed & Numbered
Blue Book Philadelphia Furniture : William Penn to George Washington. with Special Reference to the Philadelphia - Chippendale School" by William Macpherson Hornor, Jr. ( Signed by the author in a limited benefactor issue , #221 of 400 copies ) Philadelphia. 1935. Original blue cloth. ,10 3/4 by 8 inches. ,340pgs. One of the classic books on American antique furniture. Book has some light wear overall on boards. Pages turning yellow. Very nice overall copy.
|
|
|
Click for more detail...
10992
|
An American Odyssey - The Warner Collection of American Fine and Decorative
An American Odyssey - The Warner Collection of American Fine and Decorative Arts by Tom Armstrong
Book Description
An American Odyssey is the story of Jonathan Westervelt Warner, an entrepreneur, art collector, and philanthropist. The volume is both a record of the collection -- important American fine and decorative arts -- and a personality study of a warm-spirited and generous man. Jack Warner started to collect art to complement his family’s Gulf States Paper Corporation headquarters in Alabama. Since 1970, the collection has become an unparalleled assembly of eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century American art; it also reflects Warner’s strong interest in American history and his sense of patriotism and heritage.
Among the portrait, landscape, and history paintings in the collection are seminal works such as Progress by Asher B. Durand, The Falls of Kaaterskill by Thomas Cole, Above the Clouds at Sunrise by Frederic E. Church, and Niagara Falls by Albert Bierstadt. Also included are works by John James Audubon, James Peale, Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, and Andrew Wyeth, as well as masterworks by America’s most famous craftspeople, such as Paul Revere and Duncan Phyfe. Engaging essays explore various facets of Warner and his collection: a fascination with George Washington and other patriotic symbols; a life-long interest in architecture; and the history of the nation as portrayed by its most important artists.
About the Author
Tom Armstrong has been the director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Andy Warhol Museum.
The book is brand new and authographed by Jack Warner
|
|
|
Click for more detail...
10991
|
An American Odyssey : The Warner Collection of Gulf States Paper Corp.
Book signed by J. Warner. An American Odyssey is the story of Jonathan Westervelt Warner, an entrepreneur, art collector, and philanthropist. The volume is both a record of the collection -- important American fine and decorative arts -- and a personality study of a warm-spirited and generous man. Jack Warner started to collect art to complement his family’s Gulf States Paper Corporation headquarters in Alabama. Since 1970, the collection has become an unparalleled assembly of eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century American art; it also reflects Warner’s strong interest in American history and his sense of patriotism and heritage.
Among the portrait, landscape, and history paintings in the collection are seminal works such as Progress by Asher B. Durand, The Falls of Kaaterskill by Thomas Cole, Above the Clouds at Sunrise by Frederic E. Church, and Niagara Falls by Albert Bierstadt. Also included are works by John James Audubon, James Peale, Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer, and Andrew Wyeth, as well as masterworks by America’s most famous craftspeople, such as Paul Revere and Duncan Phyfe. Engaging essays explore various facets of Warner and his collection: a fascination with George Washington and other patriotic symbols; a life-long interest in architecture; and the history of the nation as portrayed by its most important artists.
About the Author
Tom Armstrong has been the director of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Andy Warhol Museum.
The book is brand new and authographed by Jack Warner
|
|
|
Click for more detail...
10984
|
Early Texas Furniture and Decorative Arts by Steinfeldt/Stover
Brown cloth with mounted color plate and gilt lettering A beautiful catalogue of an exhibition on early Texas furniture and decorative arts held at the Witte Memorial Museum in San Antonio from June 16 to December 31, 1973. Profusely illustrated with full-page b/w and some color plates. Book in near fine condition
|
|
|
Click for more detail...
10975
|
Old Buildings Gardens & Furniture in Tidewater Maryland by Forman
A Glimpse of Early Maryland, The Upper Eastern Shore, The Lower Eastern Shore, Southern Maryland and Upper Bay Counties. Contains over 580 photographs and drawings. Vast range of objects pictured from chairs, secretaries, paneling, tools and handmills to forts, mansions, house floor plans, churches, pew plans sorry houses, outbuildings of every description, mouldings, fences, gateways and garden plans. There are also portraits, silhouettes, mural paintings, wallpaper designs, early settler artifacts, maps, plats and town plans
|
|
|
Click for more detail...
10952
|
The history of the Centennial Exhibition by J. McCabe
McCABE, James D THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE CENTENNIAL EXHIBITION, HELD IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis The National Publishing Company, (1876) <p>
"WITH A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE GREAT BUILDINGS AND ALL THE OBJECTS OF INTEREST EXHIBITED IN THEM..." 1st edition, in original red cloth elaborately stamped in black and gold. Thick 8vo (8-1/2 x 5-1/2 inches); 918 pages, plus publisher's ads at rear. More than 400 illustrations with at least 10 fold-out plates of the buildings--interior and exterior. Includes "A complete description of the City of Philadelphia." Excellent copy of this attractive book.
|
|
|
Click for more detail...
10951
|
Artistic Homes by Chivers - circa 1903
Published By the Author, 1903. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Edition Not Stated. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4. Very uncommon in this edition. This is an Architectural catalogue with home designs of Herbert C. Chivers a St. Louis architect. The object of this publication is to put into the most compact form a general compilation of his designs. Many different home designs with floor plans are presented within. 1024p hardbound edition in red and black cloth. Some external wear to the spine area. First page is detached.
|
|
|
Click for more detail...
10940
|
J. W. Fiske 1893 Catalog Reprint
Book Description: Wallace-Homestead Book Company c1971. Very good - Tight binding, clean pages, no creases. Trade size. Numerous B&W Illustrations. 140 pages.
|
|
|
10901
|
Danish Modern and Beyond
Book Description
The sleek lines of Danish Modern furniture took the design world by storm in the mid-twentieth century. Among the American companies that manufactured this style of furniture was the Heywood-Wakefield Co., based in Gardner, Massachusetts. Known widely today for their lines of blonde furniture, Heywood-Wakefield addressed the American family's desire for an informal yet sophisticated look through its Danish Modern and related lines produced in the 1950s and 1960s. Here are original Heywood-Wakefield catalog images of Danish inspired living room, dining room, and bedroom furniture, featuring original catalog descriptions, model numbers, and measurements for all pieces. A price guide showing current market values is included. Collectors, designers, and aficionados of vintage furniture will welcome this timeless presentation.
|
|
|
Click for more detail...
10855
|
Collector's Guide to American Wicker furniture by Richard Saunders
Hardcover/pub.1983/Gd. condition/150 pages - A renaissance of interest in wicker furniture. A remarkable and durable history. Many pictures are included.
|
|
|
Click for more detail...
10846
|
New Orleans Interiors
Friends of the Cabildo and the Historic New Orleans Collection, 1980. Soft Cover. First Edition. Quarto. 80 pages. Foreword by Samuel Wilson, Jr. Illustrated with 85 color photographic reproductions.
|
|
|
10845a
|
American Furniture in Pendleton House by Christopher Monkhouse
Book Description: Providence; Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design: 1986. First edition. Charles Pendleton was one of a group of pioneering collectors of Americana which included Marsden Perry, George Palmer, Thomas B. Clarke, and of course, Luke Vincent Lockwood. He was depicted in Eben Howard Gay's "A Chippendale Romance" in the person of Mr. Remington, a premiere collector of American Chippendale furniture, a "man of middle age and serious aspect, (with) the ferret-like nose of the antiquarian, and a sonorous voice whose tones deepened into thrilling vibrations when discoursing upon his pet hobby.". His pet hobby soon became a business, and he became one of the first of the major Americana collector/dealers. His premier collection was one of the first to be presented to an institution, and a specially designed house was built to hold it. A leader of the "scrape and refinish" school, his star became somewhat eclipsed in the decades after his death, but this cannot obscure the beauty and importance of the magnificent collection he built. A full account of his life and collecting is presented in this catalog, which presents the American furniture from the collection, and includes pieces bought since Pendleton's death. Softcover. 9"x12", 228 pages, many b/w and several color illustrations
|
|
|
10845
|
Sloan's Victorian Buildings: Illustrations and Floor Plans for 60 Residence
Product Description:
The original edition of The Model Architect (1852-3) is reprinted here with Sloan’s influential designs for pre-Civil War mansions, villas, churches, schoolhouses and other buildings. Over 100 lithographs display the buildings in perspective, with front, rear and side elevations. Plus floor plans, scale drawings, more. 114 plates.
This book is an excellent starting source for those interested in all aspects of Victorian architecture. There are essays on various styles of Victorian architecture, most notably the "revivals" of Gothic, Italianate, Norman, even Oriental styles. There are also discursions on certain techniques, such as joinery. The houses are quite often pictured as front and side elevations, and all are accompanied by floor plans, however some do not include plans of the attics and cellars. For most of the houses, there are complete materials and cost specifications, although naturally these are slightly outdated. All in all, this is a very interesting and informative work for the architectural history enthusiast. It is not very suitable as a source for those who wish to gather design ideas for a modern Victorian-styled house, as the styles pictured here are not those typically featured as "Victorian".
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Product Details
Paperback: 412 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications (February 1, 1981)
ISBN: 0486240096
Product Dimensions: 12.2 x 9.4 x 1.0 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
|
|
|
Click for more detail...
10844
|
American Country Houses of the Gilded Age: by Arnold Lewis
Reproduces all of Sheldon’s fascinating and historically important photographs and plans for a total of 97 buildings (93 houses, 4 casinos) built during the 1880s. Adds a new, thoroughly accurate text by Arnold Lewis. Approx. 200 illustrations.
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Dover Publications (January 1, 1983)
ISBN: 048624301X
Product Dimensions: 12.3 x 9.4 x 0.3 inches
|
|
|
10800a
|
Furniture 2000 by Leslie Pina
Many of the great modern classic furniture designs of the twentieth century are still in production and available to the public in America and abroad. There are also many recent designs destined to become classics, because they share many of the same qualities of modern furniture already in museum collections and sought after by collectors. This volume, with 600 color photographs and detailed captions of a representative sample of the best modern furniture available, is the first source book to focus only on designs that are currently in production, and to present them in full color. It is both a history of modern design and an international shopping catalog. The indexes of 250 designers and companies and the list of sources will enable the reader to locate each item for purchase or for additional information. This book will serve as an indispensable and handy reference for decorators, interior designers, architects, and collectors, plus acquaint the general public with extraordinary designs that are generally only known to the trade.
ISBN: 0764304968
Size: 11" x 8 1/2"
Illustrations: 572 color photos
Pages: 214
Availability: Now Available
Binding: Hard Cover
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
