Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1883. Hundreds of black & white illustrations, including dozens of full pages plates. xvi + 695pp., 4to, 3/4 red leather over marbled boards. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1883. A very good copy. More about Dictionnaire De L'Art, De La Curiosite et Du Bibelot
Tubingen: Wasmuth, 1952. 48 plates, many in color, depicting hundreds of examples. Small slim folio, red cloth-backed decorative boards, d.w. Tubingen: Wasmuth, (1952). Very good (+). More about Ornamente der Volkskunst: Neue Folge - Keramik, Holz, Metall u.a
Tubingen: Wasmuth, 1952. 48 plates, many in color, depicting hundreds of examples. Small slim folio, red cloth-backed decorative boards. Tubingen: Wasmuth, (1952). Very good (-). More about Ornamente der Volkskunst: Neue Folge - Keramik, Holz, Metall u.a
Paris: Editions Albert Morance, 1956. 40 pages of color illustrations. 40 pages. Tall 4to, cloth-backed boards, d.w. (d.w. slightly rubbed and edge-worn with a few small tears, boards a bit darkened around the edges). Paris: Editions Albert Morance, (1956). A very good(+) copy. More about Encyclopedie de L'Ornement: L'Art Decoratif en Egypte et en Asie
New York: Weyhe, 1924. 122 color plates, reproducing over 2000 decorative motives from the arts of Asia, Primitive Europe, North, Central and South America, Africa, Oceania, and from the Peasant Arts of Europe. 35pp. of text, 4to, cloth, light binding wear, reinforced hinges, ownership signature. N.Y.: E. Weyhe, 1924. First American Edition. More about Ornament in Applied Art
Paris: Rene Colas, 1926. 144 plates, tissue guards. 55pp. of text. Small 4to, original pictorial wrapers, (rubbed). Paris: Colas, 1926. Good. Gothic architecture and architectural ornament in France. More about Le style gothique en France dans l'architecture et la decoration des monuments
New York: Norton, 1986. 161 Illus., many in color. Small square 4to, pictorial wrs. New York: Norton, (1986). Fine Exhibition catalogue. More about Louis Sullivan: The Function of Ornament
Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, 1926. 102 plates, issued in portfolio. 16pp. of text. 4to, cloth-backed board folder, ties. Stuttgart: Julius Hoffmann, (1926). First German language edition. Very good. On the architecture, architectural decoration, and furnishings of the royal residence in Versailles. More about Klein-Trianon: Baustil, Ausschmuckung, Einrichtung
New York: Rizzoli, 1995. Packed with 586 illustrations, 458 in color. 352pp. Square 4o, black boards, d.w. New York: Rizzoli, (1995). First American edition. A very good(+) copy. More about Jewelry of Our Time: Art, Ornament and Obsession
Deuxieme Serie, 66 plates. 16pp. of text. Atlas folio, in cloth-backed dec. board portfolio, ties. (Paris, 1925). Gothic architecture, decoration and ornamentation in France. More about L'Art Gothique en France: l'Architecture et la Decoration
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1931. 435 black & white illustrations. 2 volumes. 4to, blue cloth (spines somewhat faded). Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1931. First edition. A very good copy. "A scholarly history of ornament from the Gothic period to the 20th century. The patterns are treated in the context of the history of civilization, as "a speculum minus of human life, darkly reflecting the web of man's thought and feeling." Concentrates on the Western countries with the greatest change; includes architectural... More about Pattern: A Study of Ornament in Western Europe from 1180 to 1900
Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts. 2 volumes. Volume 1: Elements Rectilignes; Volume 2: Elements Courbes. Profusely illustrated in black & white + 12 full page color plates. Folio, green cloth (soiled & rubbed). Rubricated title. Paris: Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, ca. 1900. First Edition. Scarce. A good copy. One of the founders of the Art Deco movement. With the ownership signature of art histrian Meyer Schapiro in each volume. More about Methode de Composition Ornementale
New York: Portland House, 1987. 100 full-color illustrations. Tall 4to, blue cloth. New York: Portland House, 1987. Fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. More about The Grammar Of Chinese Ornament, Selected from Objects in the South Kensington Museum and other...
New York: Smithsonian, 2007. Foreword by Paul Warwick Thompson and Nine essays by various authors. Extensively illustrated in color & b/w. 359 pages. 4to, black cloth, d.w., all edges gilt New York: Smithsonian & Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, (2007). A near fine copy in a very good dust wrapper. Printed to accompany the exhibition. More about Piranesi as Designer
New York: Smithsonian, 2007. Foreword by Paul Warwick Thompson and Nine essays by various authors. Extensively illustrated in color & b/w. 359 pages. 4to, black cloth, d.w., all edges gilt New York: Smithsonian & Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, (2007). A fine copy, as new in the original shrinkwrap. Printed to accompany the exhibition. More about Piranesi as Designer
New York: Rizzoli, 1990. Over 600 illustrations, including 108 color plates. 224pp. 4to, black cloth, d.w. New York: Rizzoli, (1990). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More about Earrings: From Antiquity to the Present
Paris: Terrail, 1991. With 170 color illustrations. 224pp with text in French. 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers. (Paris: Pierre Terrail, 1991). First edition. A fine copy. More about Afrique Noire: Masques, Sculptures, Bijoux
New York: Architectural Book Publishing. 60 full-page plates. Tall folio, loose plates in original cloth-backed printed board folder; back torn, cloth ties. New York: Architectural Book Publishing. n.d. ca. 1905. Very good (+). More about Renaissance Architecture and Ornaments in Apsin: A Series of Examples selected from the Purest...
Paris: Savoy, 1885. Extraits du Grande Ouvrage L'Art Arabe de Prisse d'Avesnes [sic]. Choisis, classes et arranges par les editeurs. Half title, title, and 4pp list Beautifully illustrated with 110 numbered plates (actually 98 as the 12 double-page plates are counted as two), 87 of which are vivid chromolithographs. Folio, leather backed mottled boards with gilt-lettered spine (boards rubbed ; inner front hinge repaired; interior quite clean). Paris: J. Savoy & Cie, 1885. A very good copy. Scarce first printing... More about La Decoration Arabe: Decors Muraux, Plafonds, Mosaiques, Dallages, Boiseries, Vitraux, Etoffes,...
Paris: Moniteur, 1981. Illustrated. 158pp., tall, thin 8vo, green cloth, d.w.; tear to upper front margin of dust wrapper. Paris: Moniteur, (1981). A very good (+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More about Architecture rustique des rocailleurs
New York: Portland House, 1988. Profusely illustrated in color and black & white. 284pp, folio, cloth, dust wrapper. New York; Portland House, (1988). Near fine. More about The Encyclopedia of Ornament
London: Fullarton. 78 fine engravings of ornamental decoration printed on heavy stock. Tall 4to, 3/4 maroon calf, spine and covers faded. London: Fullarton, no date. ca. 1865. Very good (+). More about Knight's Ornamental Designs: A Self-Explanatory Manual With A Treatise on Ornamental Art
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. 240 illustrations, in both color and black and white. 232pp. Small 4to, black cloth. New Haven: Yale University Press, (1996). A very good (+) copy. More about Ornament: A Social History Since 1450
Leipzig: Koehler, 1914. 60 mounted color plates, loose as issued. 43pp. of text, folio, beige cloth case. Leipzig: K.F. Koehlers Antiquarium, 1914. The First of 3 volumes. Very good. More about Das Farbige Ornament Aller Historischen Stile. Abt. I: Das Altertum
Leipzig: Koehlers, 1923. 60 mounted color plates, loose as issued. 61pp. of text, folio, beige cloth case. Leipzig: K.F. Koehlers Antiquarium, 1923. The third of 3 volumes. Very good. More about Das Farbige Ornament Aller Historischen Stile. Abt. III: Die Neuzeit
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