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First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. Exhibition catalog for a show that ran March 15 through June 24, 2007. The first book to examine John Stuart's career as a " designer, artist, and tastemaker." Preface by Barry Bergdoll. Introduction by editor Susan Weber Soros. Features text contributions by David Watkin, Catherine Arbuthnott, Frank Solomon, Kerry Bristol. Richard Hewlings, Julius Bryant, Alexander Marr, M.G. Sullivan, Susan Weber Soros, Michael Snodin, Christopher Einer, and David Watkin. Includes numerous color and black and white illustrations, chronology, checklist, bibliography, index and an appendix by Geoffrey Beard. A fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket This is a heavy and oversized book and will require extra shipping.…

Cloth. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 448 pp. Black cloth with gilt lettering to spine in pictorial jacket. With illustrations in colour and black and white throughout. Some edgewear to the dustjacket and white spotting to the cloth. Spotting to the foredge and to the inner side of the dustjacket; leaves otherwise internally clean. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts in 2001-2002. 9780300090680 8vo.…

Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 672 p. : ill. (some col.), ports, plans ; 31 cm. Series: Bard Graduate Center series. Contents: Stuart and Revett: the myth of Greece and its afterlife / David Watkin -- The life of James "Athenian" Stuart, 1713-1788 / Catherine Arbuthnot -- Stuart as antiquary and archaeologist in Italy and Greece / Frank Salmon -- The social world of James "Athenian" Stuart / Kerry Bristol -- The London houses / Richard Hewlings -- "The purest taste"-Janes "Athenian" Stuart's work in villas and country houses / Julius Bryant -- The garden buildings / Alexander Marr -- James Stuart, the Admiralty, and the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich, 1758-88 / Kerry Bristol -- Stuart and the changing relationship between architects and sculptors in eighteenth-century Britain / M.G. Sullivan -- James "Athenian" Stuart and furniture design / Susan Weber Soros -- The Metalwork designs of James "Athenian" Stuart / Michael Snodin -- Stuart and the design and making of metals / Christopher Eimer -- Epilogue: the impact of Stuart over two centuries / David Watkin -- Stuart and his craftsmen / Geoffrey Beard. Subjects: Stuart, James 1713-1788. Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture (New York, N.Y.) ; Exhibitions. Victoria and Albert Museum (London, England) ; Exhibitions. Architecture Greece Athens. Architecture, Domestic England 18th century ; Exhibitions. 1 Kg.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Near fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. 336 p. 30 cm. B&w and colour illustrations. Lilac cloth in pictorial dustjacket. A little fading to edges of cloth boards. Some slight soiling and wear to jacket. Ink signature on title page. About the Marimekko Corporation in Finland, founded in 1951 by textile designer Armi Ratia and husband Viljo.…

Hard Cover. First Edition. Quarto, pp. 448. Illustrated throughout, mainly in colour. Publishers' black cloth with gilt titles to spine in unclipped pictorial dust-jacket. Orange end-papers. Top edge a little dusty; early and late leaves inclined to stick together with associated mark to rear free end-paper. No annotation or inscriptions. Dust-jacket lightly spine sunned. A very good copy in like dust-jacket. Catalogue for the exhibition of the same name at Bard Graduate Center and Dulwich Picture Gallery in 2002, featuring 175 of the finest examples of decorative arts that were part of William Beckford's renowned collection. William Beckford, the wealthy British collector par excellence, was one the pioneers of collecting Asian and Islamic artwork and an avid connoisseur also of an eclectic mix of ancient, medieval and Renaissance art, as well as interesting objects from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries. The text by a number of experts, includes biographical material on Beckford's life, travels and architectural projects including Fonthill Abbey, his Gothic Revival edifice in Wiltshire. Heavyweight so a contribution towards increased postage costs will be requested for overseas delivery.…

Cloth. Zustand: Fine Condition. Fine Condition. 314 pages 220 illustrations 120 in color. Bibliography. Index. Book.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Published in conjunction with the exhibition: English embroidery from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1580-1700: 'twixt art and nature, held at the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decortive Arts, Design, and Culture from Dec. 11, 2008-April 12, 2009. Contents: Foreword / Susan Weber -- Preface / Philippe de Montebello -- Introduction / Andrew Morrall and Melinda Watt -- Chronology of English Constitutional history, 1558-1702 -- Collecting English domestic embroidery / Melinda Watt -- Embroidered furnishings: questions of production and usage / Kathleen Staples -- "An instrument of profit, pleasure and of ornament": embroidered Tudor and Jacobean dress accessories / Susan North -- Embroidered Biblical narratives and their social context / Ruth Geuter -- Regaining Eden: representations of nature in seventeenth-century English embroidery / Andrew Morrall -- Materials and techniques of secular embroideries / Cristina Balloffet Carr -- Catalogue of the exhibition : The royal image ; Embroidery and education ; Accessories of dress ; Interior furnishings ; Biblical subjects ; Nature and pastoral imagery -- Stitch glossary. xix, 308 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 32 cm. Black boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Slight shelf wear to edges, small closed tear to head of spine, no inscriptions, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging.…

Hard Cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Near Fine. This is a near fine hardcover copy with a near fine dust jacket with almost no wear. Tiny closed tear to top right corner of jacket. The lower corners of the book lightly bumped, not affecting the inside pages. Completely clean. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum in New York from December 11, 2008 to April 12, 2009. Andrew Morrall and Melinda Watt edited the book and were curators for the exhibition. Illustrated mostly in color. Bibliography. 12" high X 10" wide, 308 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.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. The Castellani family were jewellers in Rome in the 19th century, who created jewelry that was inspired by the precious Etruscan, Roman, Greek & Byzantine antiquities being excavated at the time. 400 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm. First edition, first printing. Blue cloth boards, unclipped dust jacket (now in a removable protective sleeve). Slight shelf wear to edges, light crease to first couple of pages, this copy appears to have a gift inscription to previous owner from one of the editors, tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging. Heavy book, will require extra postage for overseas purchase. Signed by Author(s). …