Katherine s howe (24 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

dj. First Edition. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 287 pages. Features texts by Dorothy Knox Howe Houghton, Barrie M. Scardino, Sadie Gwin Blackburn, and Katherine S. Howe. Includes numerous black and white images. A fine copy in cloth boards and in a fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: As New. Fine (New) Wraps 11.35" x 8.5" 133 pages, 96 objects illustrated mainly in colour Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at National Gallery of Victoria. Text and photographs identical to 1 992 catalogue of the same title publihed by Prestel and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. U.S. orders are shipped from Lewiston, NY location.…

30 x 23,5 cm ; Leinen. Zustand: Sehr gut. 207 S. ; With an Introduction by Gerald W. R. Ward. Großformatige englischsprachige Hardcoverausgabe mit Schutzumschlag, Leineneinband mit silbergeprägtem Rücken- und Deckeltitel, 207 Seiten mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Gutes Exemplar (good Condition). pw304 ISBN: 0810914441.…

Wrappers. Zustand: Near Fine. 207 pages with 230 illustrations in both black and white and color. Softcover catalogue, bound with illustrated stiff paper covers and published on the occasion of the exhibition. Binding is tight and crisp, with uncreased spine and clean interior. Aside from some scuffing to the covers, this is a fine copy. Excellent notes, index, and other research reference materials. Profusely Illustrated (illustrator). Book.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good - Fine. No Jacket. First Thus. A 1st thus of a book that tells the story of home life and culture from the settlement of Harrisburg and Houston in the 1820a and 1830S to WW I. Very light edge wear. The internals are clean and tight. A very good or better copy. A heavy, oversize book that will require additional postage. Cover photograph courtesy of the Harris Masterson family (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Zustand: Very Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near fine condition. First edition. Quarto. 272pp. Original black cloth with decorative gilt patterns on cover, gilt lettering on spine; in original color-illustrated dustjacket, white lettering on spine. Orange endpapers. Color frontispiece. Decorative title page. "In 1848, Gustav Herter arrived in America from Germany, fleeing political and economic chaos. His brother, Christian, joined him a decade later. By 1875 their firm, renamed Herter Brothers, was supplying the White House with furnishings, as it had been doing for some of America's wealthiest families since 1858. During this opulent period, Herter Brothers could claim to be the leading cabinetmaking and decorating firm in the country." (Publisher). Profusely illustrated with color and b/w photographs of Herter Brothers products, furnished rooms and sketches throughout. With illustrated chronology, selected bibliography and index at rear. Minor wear. …

Hard Cover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean. This monograph was prepared to accompany the traveling exhibition that opened in Houston at the Museum of Fine Arts in the late summer of 1994. Essays by Katherine S. Howe, Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, and Catherine Hoover Voorsanger. Chronology. Bibliography. 300 illustrations, including 133 color plates. 11" high X 9" wide, 272 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. …

paperback. Zustand: near fine. First. With 300 illustrations, including 133 in full color. 272 pages. 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. New York: Abrams/Houston Museum of Fine Arts, (1994). First paperback edition. A near fine copy. Inscribed by one of the authors, Catherine Hoover Voorsabger, at the half-title page.…

Hardcover. Zustand: As New. Hardcover, practically as new.

4to, original pictorial card covers. 207, (1) pages; well illustrated in color and monochrome. Fine. A handsome production which includes medals, gorgets, militaria, etc. Perhaps the only work of its kind.

Zustand: Sehr gut. 272 Seiten / pp., mit zahlreichen Abbildungen / richly illustrated; Umschlag mit minimalen Gebrauchspuren, sonst tadellos / Jacket with minimal traces of use, otherwise nearly perfect. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1500 4°, 29 x 22,5 cm, Leinen mit Schutzumschlag / Cloth with Jacket.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. 1st Edition. 387 pages. Hardcover. Texts in English .[SIGNED] Inscribed by all four authors to Edward B. Mayo, first Registrar for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Else, the wear to the edges of the dustjacket is minimal, with even less wear to the edges and corners of the boards. The binding is tight, with no other internal markings. The previous bookseller's label is affixed to the inside front flap of the dustjacket. A lovingly, but exhaustively researched and documented testament to Houston of an earlier era. Inscribed by Author(s). Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; ; 272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm ; ISBN 9780810934269, 9780890900604, 0810934264, 0890900604 OCLC 31088352 "Published on the occasion of the exhibition . organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in collaboration with the High Museum of Art, Atlanta."--Title page verso; Exhibition held at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 21-October 23, 1994 ; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, December 13, 1994-February 12, 1995 ; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 15-July 9, 1995 ; black cloth with gold designs and lettering ; in color photographic dustjacket ; In 1848, Gustave Herter arrived in America from Germany, fleeing political and economic chaos. His brother, Christian, joined him a decade later. By 1875 their firm, renamed Herter Brothers, was supplying the White House with furnishings, as it had been doing for some of America's wealthiest families since 1858. During this opulent period, Herter Brothers could claim to be the leading cabinetmaking and decorating firm in the country. The best of the Herter Brothers' furniture and interiors are displayed in 133 color and 167 black-and-white illustrations, including many close-up details as well as comparative work by rival fine cabinetmakers of the time in New York and Europe. Herter Brothers tells the story of the company from its earliest manifestations, when Gustave worked with other partners and alone, through his partnership with his brother, to Christian's years as head of the firm and the end of his tenure ; Katherine S. Howe is the director of the Rienzi house museum for European decorative arts in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.; Peter C. Marzio. Peter was the director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, a post he held for almost three decades; born into a working-class immigrant family, becoming the first in his family to graduate from High School. At Juniata College he became inspired by the art and museum world, deciding to make this his career. He went on to earn a doctorate in art and American history from the University of Chicago. He served as curator of prints and drawings at the Smithsonian and then as director and chief executive officer of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, before becoming the director in Houston. ; Philippe de Montebello is a French and American museum director. He served from 1977 to 2008 as the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. On his retirement, he was both the longest-serving director in the institution's history and the third longest-serving director of any major art museum in the world; He immigrated to the United States of America in the 1950s, and became a naturalized citizen of the US in 1955. He was educated in New York City at the Lycée Français de New York, graduated from Harvard University with a degree in art history, and earned an MA from New York University, after which he embarked on a career in Fine Arts. He became the Director of the Metropolitan Museum in 1977 and has become widely known as the public face of the museum.; Ned Rifkin joined the staff of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in December 1986 as the first chief curator for exhibitions. ; Contents: A European context, 1840-80 : England / Simon Jervis. Germany / Hans Ottomeyer. France / Marc Bascou -- An introduction to the Herter Brothers / Katherine S. Howe -- From the Bowery to Broadway : the Herter Brothers and the New York furniture trade / Catherine Hoover Voorsanger -- Patronage and the artistic interior / Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen -- Herter Brothers furniture / Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Katherine S. Howe, Catherine Hoover Voorsanger ; FINE/FINE. Book.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. illustrated edition. 192 pages. 11.00x10.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

11.25 x 10.25 inches. In black cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. Maroon endpapers. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper. (d/w. Not price clipped). A very clean and tight copy. 228 pp. With colour photographs throughout. Rienzi is the American Southwest?s most important collection of European decorative arts. Formerly the home of the Mastersons, it was gifted to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in 1991 and the collection has expanded since.…

Brossura. Zustand: ottime. Testo inglese. Prefazione di William C. Agee. Cm.23x26,7. Pg.VIII, 104. Brossura editoriale. Con 195 illustrazioni nel testo. 400 gr.

New York, Harry N. Abrams in association with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1994]. 271 pp. [133] col. ills & [167] b./w. ills. Orig. hardcover (gilt lettered / dec. black cloth), d./j. Large 8vo.In 1848, Gustave Herter arrived in America from Germany, fleeing political and economic chaos. His brother, Christian, joined him a decade later. By 1875 their firm, renamed Herter Brothers, was supplying the White House with furnishings, as it had been doing for some of America's wealthiest families since 1858. During this opulent period, Herter Brothers could claim to be the leading cabinetmaking and decorating firm in the country. In this work the best of the Herter Brothers' furniture and interiors are displayed in 300 illustrations, including many close-up details as well as comparative work by rival fine cabinetmakers of the time in New York and Europe. - TExt in English.…

Cloth with Slipcase. Zustand: Fine Condition. No Jacket, As Issued. 387 pages. Hardcover deluxe limited edition, signed by each of the authors on the limitation page. Faint, nearly imperceptible bump to the lower right corner of the front cover. Else, the binding is tight, the edges and corners otherwise sharp, and the interior is clean and free of markings. 134 in the limited edition of 300 copies. Text in English. Beautifully illustrated. A handsome presentation of a wildly popular history of genteel living in Houston, Texas.…