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	2,000 Years of Chinese Lacquer - 9627101265 An excellent exhibition of Chinese lacquer ranging in date from the Warring States to the Qing dynasty. Includes many rare lacquer Guqin and scholarly essays on the subject. Language: Mandarin Chinese $54.50     View Details Add To Cart
	American Furniture of the 19th Century, 2nd ed. - 0764310801 "American Furniture of the 19th Century" is an important study of the fine handcrafted furniture made in America between 1840-1880. Most pieces are identified by the cabinetmaker who made them and biographies of the leading cabinetmakers from all over America are presented. There are special sections on wooden desks and John Henry Belter including new, significant information on Belter the man. Most of the examples have not been seen before in any publication. In the book, Mrs. Dubrow explain... $31.49     View Details Add To Cart
	Antique Boxes, Tea Caddies, & Society - 0764316885 The box represents great temptation. "Open me" it says. The human cannot resist it; its charm is overwhelming. So too, is the charm of this remarkable book, in which antique boxes and tea caddies, along with the people who inspired, made, and used them, dance gracefully through the pages. The reader is guided through the aesthetic, cultural, and social influences of the years covered, accumulating a deep understanding of the form, decoration, and purpose of eighteenth and nineteenth century b... $62.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Antique Pocket Mirrors: Pictorial & Advertising Miniatures - 076431646X This delightful compendium of American pocket mirrors showcases more than 500 miniature treasures of early 20th century design. Small celluloid round, oval, and rectangular mirrors were designed as advertising premiums, giveaways, favors, mementos of weddings and anniversaries, souvenirs from historic sites, and so on. Today they are greatly admired for their exquisitely designed graphics, charming Victorian language, and romanticized--indeed often humorous--depiction of commercial products. ... $22.75     View Details Add To Cart
	A Treasury of Ming and Qing Dynasty Palace Furniture - 9781588860996 This two-volume set is an important publication in the study of furniture from the Palace Museum (Forbidden City) in Beijing. Through 30 years of work and research in the Palace Museum, furniture specialist and author Hu Desheng has selected 455 of the most outstanding pieces (or sets) of furniture, illustrated in these volumes in high-quality color photographs. Chapters 1, 2 and 3 introduce the origins, styles and types of furniture from the Ming and Qing palaces, providing a solid overview ... $242.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Charles Greenfield Collection of Japanese Lacquer - 0950255629 With an introduction by E.A. Wrangham, this catalog presents 141 Japanese lacquer boxes and inro from one of the world's most prestigious collections. A majority of these pieces was exhibited at the Japan House Gallery in 1972, at the Frederick S. Wright Art Gallery in 1977, and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1980. $42.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples (Robert Ellsworth 98) - 9627956112 Chinese Furniture: Hardwood Examples is the long-awaited reprint of the important pioneering study on Chinese furniture by R. H. Ellsworth. Profusely illustrated, it provides a comprehensive study of classical hardwood furniture from the Ming and early Qing dynasties. It examines the historical background and gives detailed accounts on Chinese joinery, metal mounts, changes in seating surfaces, the dating of Chinese furniture, and conservation and restoration. With the author's new int... $92.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections - 1878529617 Chinese Hardwood Furniture in Hawaiian Collections is one of the first Chinese furniture exhibitions in the US which includes a significant number of Chinese hardwood furniture from the collection of the Honolulu Academy of Arts and many private collections in Hawaii. These early collections were amassed under scholarly guidance, and thus contains many beautiful and elegant examples. With essays and catalog entries by Robert H. Ellsworth, a foremost Chinese furniture authority in the W... $13.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Classical and Vernacular Furniture in the Living Environment (HC) - 1878529471 This ground-breaking book, in English and Chinese, features classical Chinese furniture in hardwoods alongside regional vernacular furniture in softwoods. Examples in both categories are drawn from the Kai-Yin Lo Collection as well as other sources. It is also the first time that furniture is placed in the context of the household, architecture and the living environment. Essays by leading scholars offers an in-depth examination and open new avenues of enquiry and scholarship creating new und... $69.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Classical Chinese Furniture in the Minneapolis Institute - 1878529609 This volume describes and illustrates nearly one hundred examples of classical Chinese furniture donated to The Minneapolis Institute of Arts by Ruth and Bruce Dayton. Considered one of the finest public collections in the world, this catalog includes over 150 illustrations and text that help provide the historical and social context of hardwood and lacquer furniture produced primarily during the late Ming and early Qing periods. Catalog entries were written by Robert Jacobsen with construct... $55.25     View Details Add To Cart
	Classic Herman Miller by Leslie Pina - 0764304712 The great postwar modern furniture designs are classics. They are still great. Herman Miller, the company that led the office revolution, is a name synonymous with the best in modern residential, as well as contract furniture. Classics by super-designers -- Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, and Isamu Noguchi -- can still be purchased from the Herman Miller for the Home collection. Their designs, plus the work of more than a dozen other important Herman Miller designers, are described here... $37.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Coromandel Lacquer Screens - 9053493816 Coromandel is an area of the east coast of India between the Godava River and Nagapatnam. Contrary to what its name implies, Coromandel lacquer does not come from this region but from China. Although almost all museums with a major Oriental art collection own a Coromandel screen, no monograph has so far been dedicated to that theme. This is the first book to directly address this subject. Aimed at a public with an interest in Oriental art, this book is divided into four parts. The first part ... $55.25     View Details Add To Cart

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