Books about the Decorative Arts

Ames, Kenneth L. and Gerald W.R. Ward. Decorative Arts and Household Furnishings in America 1650-1920: An Annotated Bibliography.
The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, University Press of Virginia, Winterthur, DE. 1989 392 pp, sections on: References and Surveys; Architecture; Furniture; Metals; Ceramics and Glass; Textiles; Timepieces; Household Activities and Systems; Artisans and Culture. Fine red cloth covers, no dj as issued. $20.00 [14230] Order

Baily, Herbert J.T. ed. The Connoisseur, An Illustrated Magazine For Collectors. Vol. XXXVII.
Otto, London. 1913 xvi, 280 pp, b/w ill. throughtout, a few colour, index. Vol. XXXVII. (September - December, 1913) and Extra Christmas Number. Includes art, pottery, porcelain, furniture, related decorative arts. Very good, light wear at tips, bound-in rust coloured boards. 17525 $30.00 [17525] Order

Bercht, Fatima . Votive Sculpture from Northeastern Brazil.
Americas Society, NY. 1989 63 pp, b/w and color photos throughout, selected bibliography, checklist of the exhibition listing 121 catalog entries. Very good softbound museum exhibition catalog. $15.00 [14518] Order

Brazer, Ester Stevens. Early American Decoration.
Pond-Ekberg Co., Springfield, MA. 1950 xiii,265 pp 34 color plates, 200 b/w ill. $15.00 [11095] Order

Cooper, Wendy. In Praise of America: American Decorative Arts, 1650-1830 / Fifty Years of Discovery Since the 1929 Girl Scouts Loan Exhibition.
Alfred A. Knopf, NY. 1980 280 pp, 360 photos, 52 in color, index. Very good softcover. $20.00 [17255] Order

Crossman, Carl L. A Catalogue of Chinese Export Paintings, Furniture, Silver and Other Objects 1785 to 1865.
Peabody Museum, Salem, MA. 1970 48 pp, b/w ill., 146 catalogue entries. Very good, softcover. $20.00 [14525] Order

Cullity, Brian . Arts of The Federal Period: A Loan Exhibition.
Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, Sandwich, MA. 1989 122pp, 165 catalog entries, most ill. in b/w, 23 color plates. Exhibition held May 7 through October 30, 1989. Softcover. Very Good $50.00 [14075] Order

Doud, Richard K., ed. Winterthur Portfolio 5.
University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA. 1969 226 pp, b/w ill. throughout. Very good rust colored cloth covers. $25.00 [17217] Order

Garvan, Beatrice B. The Pennsylvania German Collection.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA. 1982 372pp, prof. ill. in b/w, 12 color plates, bibliography, biographical index. Comprehensive reference of Pennsylvania furniture, metalware, ceramics, glass, textiles, other decorative arts. Softcover. Very Good $15.00 [17133] Order

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