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Tiles: 1,000 Years of Architectural Decoration
by Lemmen, Hans Van
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1993. Cloth, 236 pages, colour illustrations; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: For God and earthly princes; Painted magnificence; The march of the machine; The triumph of the designer; The new world, by Susan Tunick; The Modern Age.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Collectible.
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A$22.47
Classic Decorative Details
by Spencer-Churchill, Henrietta
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 1994. Cloth, 192 pages, colour illustrations; 31 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the author Henrietta Spencer-Churchill, with a personalized inscription. First U.S. Edition. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "This magnificent book is devoted to the art of the finishing touch, those all-important details that transform an ordinary...
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A$107.68
The Language of Ornament
by Trilling, James
New York: Thames & Hudson; World of Art Series, 2001. 224 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm.. Tight, clean copy. "Ornament, the art of decorative patterning, has given rise to some of the most spectacular creations of human imagination and skill. Although the modernist emphasis on unadorned form pushed ornament to the margins of Western taste in the twentieth century, an ornamental revival is now under way. James Trilling presents a variety of ornament from the Paleolithic age to the...
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A$17.82
Decorating with Tiles
by Hilliard, Elizabeth
London: Pavilion Books, 1993. Cloth, 136 pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "The terracotta tile has a history of decorative and practical use which stretches back thousands of years. This book traces its development, revealing a mingling of Eastern and Western influences, and explores all the great...
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A$22.47
The Los Angeles House: Decoration and Design in America's 20th-Century City
by Street-Porter, Tim
New York: Clarkson Potter Publishers, 1995. Cloth, 252 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First Edition. Dust jacket price-clipped on the front flap. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Text and photographs by Tim Street-Porter. "An authoritative and stylish survey of residential architecture and decoration in Los Angeles, by the premier chronicler of the subject....
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A$19.37
The Decorative Tile
by Herbert, Tony
London: Phaidon Press, 2000. 240 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: Traditions and sources; The marriage of art and industry; The Gothic revival; Cool, clean and hygienic; Tiles and the home; The architecture of illusion and grandeur; The craft tradition; Tiles in the modern era.. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.
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A$22.47
A History of Decorative Tiles
by Riley, Noel
London: Grange Books, 1997. Pictorial boards, 128 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated with colour plates of decorative tiles, spanning the ancient through the modern world.. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to.
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A$22.47
Interior Design Motifs of the 19th Century
by Daly, Cesar; Jervis, Simon (Introduction by)
New York: Crescent Books; Crown, 1989. 8 pages + 40 colour plates; 38 cm. Poster Art Series. Firm binding, clean inside copy. 1st thus. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. A selection from L'architecture privee au XIXe siecle. 3. serie. Decorations interieures peintes. Paris, Ducher et Cie, 1877.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. Folio.
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A$37.96
The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright
by Hanks, David A
Washington D.C.: Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, 1977. 18 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Catalogue of exhibitions held at Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C., December 16, 1977 to July 30, 1978; Grey Art Gallery and Study Center, New York University, New York, September 26 to November 4, 1978; and the David and Alfred Smart Gallery, the University of Chicago, January 10 to February 25, 1979. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed and inscribed by the author/inside front...
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The Decorative Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright
by Hanks, David A
New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1979. xx, [1], 232 pages, [8] leaves of plates, illustrations (some colour); 24 cm. Published in association with an exhibition originated by Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. Firm binding, with one spine crease. Dust spotting/top edge. Clean inside copy. CONTENTS: The development of ornament; Experimentation; Furniture; Art glass; Beginnings: 1887-1900; The new school of the Middle West:...
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A$14.72
The Stories Behind the Stained Glass Windows in The National Shrine Of Our Lady of Czestochowa
by Bielicki, Stephen
Doylestwon, Pennsylvania, 1970. Wraps. Very Good+ with light touch of wear at corner tips.. 33p. stapled wraps. black & white photographs. Explanations, photographs for each stained glass window. Will also include two color postcards.
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A$15.49
Ornamental Designs from Architectural Sheet Metal: The Complete Broschart & Braun Catalog, ca. 1900
by Broschart, Jacob, and Braun, William A. (Broschart & Braun)
Mineola, NY, and Philadelphia: Dover Publications, Inc.; Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 1992. ix, 77 pages, illustrations; 31 cm. Facsimile reprint of the edition published, New York: Jacob Broschart & Wm. A. Braun, ca. 1900. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Lower right corner bumped. Clip-Art book unused & intact. Verified upon shipping. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "A must for architectural historians, restoration specialists and vintage...
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A$17.82
Handbook of Early American Decoration
by Cramer, Edith
Boston, MA: Charles T. Branford Company, 1951. 90 pages, illustrations; 28 cm. Drawings by author. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Front free endpaper with price-clipped corner. Clean inside copy. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. "Twenty Full Scale Patterns, Fifteen Photographs, Restoring Antiques.". Hardcover. Good/Fine. 4to.
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A$14.72
Two Maya Monuments in Yucatan: The Palace of the Stuccoes at Acanceh and the Temple of the Owls at Chichen Itza
by Von Winning, Hasso
Los Angeles, CA: Southwest Museum, 1985. xii, 95 pages, illustrations; 23 cm. Frederick Webb Hodge Anniversary Publication Fund, volume 12. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.
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A$33.31
Architectural Painting
by Grow, Lawrence
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1986. 190 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to. Collectible.
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A$22.47
Chapelle du Rosaire des Dominicaines de Vence
by Matisse, Henri
Vence: Chapelle du Rosaire des Dominicaines de Vence, 1963. 43 pages, illustrations, portrait; 26 cm. Text in French/Texte en francais. TRES BON ETAT. Legerement use. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.
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A$30.21
The Stained Glass Windows of St. Mary's Cathedral
by Anon
Ogdensburg, New York: Bryan J. McEntegart, 1953. first printing.. Wraps. Very Good with some edgewear at the spine ends.. stapled wraps. 72p. Includes a few illustrations. examination of windows designed and made by Edward W. Heimer for church with Gothic architecture and windows.
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A$15.49
Tile Art: A History of Decorative Tiles
by Riley, Noel
Secaucus, NJ: Chartwell Books, Inc.; Book Sales, 1992. Cloth, 128 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to boards. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated with colour plates of decorative tiles, spanning the ancient through the modern world.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.
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A$17.82
The Amber Room: The Fate of the World's Greatest Lost Treasure
by Scott-Clark, Catherine, and Levy, Adrian
New York: Berkley Books, 2005. xxx, 386 pages, illustrations, maps; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. Remainder mark/tail edge. The Amber Room was commissioned by King Frederick I of Prussia and given as a gift by Peter the Great in 1701. The Nazis disappeared with it in 1945. "The history of art has produced few works as ambitious and as valuable as the Amber Room. Famous throughout Europe as 'the eighth wonder of the world,' its vast and intricately worked amber panels were sent in 1717 by...
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A$11.62
Subway Ceramics: A History And Iconography
by Stookey, Lee
Brooklyn, New York: Lee Stookey, 1992. First Edition.. Paperback. light general wear. . First printing. 96 pages. Softcover book with color photographs. Map. Text description and background with color photograph of each New York City subway tile design. 1992.
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A$61.98
Early American Design Motifs
by Chapman, Suzanne E
New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1974. xviii, 138 pages, [4] leaves of plates, chiefly illustrations; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. Another copy available. Clip-Art book unused & intact. Verified upon shipping. CONTENTS: Florals (Motifs 1 through 293)l Landscapes (Motifs 294 through 327); Birds and animals (Motifs 328 through 407); Borders (Motifs 408 through 437); Miscellaneous.. 2nd. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.
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A$14.72
Architectural Art: Affirming the Design Relationship: A Discourse
by Jensen, Robert (Curated by)
New York: American Craft Museum, 1988. 52 pages; 28 cm. Exhibition held at the American Craft Museum, New York, NY. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps. Includes commentary, essays and an exhibition checklist.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.
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A$22.47
The Painted House
by Rust, Graham
London: Macmillan, 1988. Cloth, 184 pages, chiefly colour illustrations; 27 x 30 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with moderate edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Mural painting and decoration. Interior decoration.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Oblong.
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A$33.31
The Decorative Tile
by Herbert, Tony
London: Phaidon Press Limited, 1995. Cloth, 240 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 30 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Superficial ripple to the text block, tail edge/first few leaves. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: Traditions and sources; The marriage of art and industry; The Gothic revival; Cool, clean and hygienic; Tiles and the home; The architecture of...
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A$37.96
Frank Lloyd Wright Design
by Costantino, Maria
New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1995. Cloth, 128 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour); 33 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. Another copy available. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: Frank Lloyd Wright home and studio; William H. Winslow house; Nathan G. Moore house; Ward W. Willits house; Arthur Heurtly house; Susan Lawrence Dana house (Dana-Thomas house); Larkin Co. administration building; Darwin D. Martin...
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