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	Ming Furniture - Grace Wu Bruce Co. - 1878529714 Ming Furniture features 37 pieces from the Grace Wu Bruce Co s showrooms in 1994 and 1995. A broad range of items are presented. A balance scale, a musical instrument stand, a traveling book cabinet, and a traveling table are some of the more unusual items. Mostly constructed of Huanghuali wood in the 16th and 17th centuries, the items are beautifully photographed and well documented with references to provenance and period drawings and works of art of similar pieces. $42.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Mission Furniture: From the American Arts & Crafts Movement, 2nd Ed. - 0764317504 In 1988, Barbara Streisand paid $363,000 at auction for a sideboard that Gustav Stickley made for his own home. In 1999, that same sideboard sold for $596,500 at auction. In 2002, a Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie-style lamp brought over $1.9 million at auction. Mission furniture and related 20th century decorative furnishings continue to gain prominence among collectors and museums. This extensive book presents the histories of the major mission furniture companies including Stickley, Limbert, Ro... $53.15     View Details Add To Cart
	On the Kang & Between the Walls - 9628089021 On the Kang and Between the Walls is the catalog for the Grace Wu Bruce London Inaugural Exhibition in November 1998. Subtitled, The Ming Furniture quietly installed, the book presents about 20 pieces, all beautifully photographed and fully annotated. As would become the standard with Grace Wu Bruce catalogs, the text not only describes each piece in detail, it also provides a context in which the piece existed. Original drawings and prints that depict the pieces or similar items suppl... $45.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Permanence: Classical Chinese Stone Furniture - 9572847619 This exhibition covers stone furniture form Han to Qing, illustrating the transition in the Chinese culture from mat level to chair. The earliest piece is a Han dynasty stone meditation platform, others include late pieces of Ming and Qing in the form of tables, stools, garden and plant stands, benches and drum stools. This is the first exhibition to present many variations of garden future, however, some items such as drum-shaped pieces are actually bases of of pillars form the interior of a... $68.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Robert Kuo - Contemporary Furniture from Traditional Methods - 1878529900 Robert Kuo's work can be seen around the world, from the National History Museum in Taipei to Singapore Ritz-Carlton and New York's Four Seasons Hotel, as well as in the private collections of Geoffrey Beene, Gianfranco Ferre, and James Galanos. He works with timeless motifs from the Han and Ming dynasties. This catalogue presents 20 of Robert Kuo's works. The techniques and methods used date back many centuries. The woods used in making the furniture piecess in the collection are indigenous... $37.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Straits Chinese Furniture: A Collector's Guide - 9812040927 Straits Chinese furniture is a fusion of Chinese Qing dynasty ornateness and early 19th-century English dignity and decorum. Isolated from Chinese trends as well as European fashions, it developed its own style and uses in the Straits Settlements of Singapore, Malacca and Penang. This book traces the origins and characteristics of Stratis Chinese furniture and gives us pointers on how to date old furniture from their ornamentation and patina. In 100 stunning photographs, it presents the forme... $32.50     View Details Add To Cart
	The Folding Screen - 084782179X This fascinating study traces the development of the folding screen, from its conception in the Orient during the eighth century, to its adoption by Europeans in the sixteenth century, right up to its appropriation by twentieth-century artists. The screen fuses the fine and applied arts in a fascinating way, being both a practical object of furniture and a work of fine art. During its history, the screen has undergone a constantly intriguing and changing role. From its roots as a simple room ... $26.49     View Details Add To Cart
	The Herman Miller Collection : The 1955/1956 Catalog - 0764304402 Few people have seen an original copy of any of the highly sought after Herman Miller product catalogs. This exact reprint of the profusely illustrated 1955/56 Herman Miller Collection will introduce classic modern furniture to anyone interested in twentieth-century design, plus provide detailed documentation and essential information for the connoisseur. The Herman Miller name has come to be synonymous with great modern furniture design. With an introduction by super-designer George Nelson, ... $30.35     View Details Add To Cart
	The Lacquer of Suzuki Mutsumi and Suzuki Misako - 0907849733 Catalogue of an exhibition of contemporary Japanese lacquer by two of the finest lacquer artists, Mutsumi and Misako Suzuki, at the Museum of Far Eastern Antiquities, Stockholm and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. $10.95     View Details Add To Cart
	The London Antiques Guide - 0500285403 Packed with information for beginners and experts alike. As a dealer herself, Kimberly Jayne Gray has drawn on her own first-hand experience to provide an insiders perspective on over 350 of Londons individual antiques sources from Chelsea s perennially stylish Kings Road to Islingtons quirky Camden Passage. Stunningly photographed, with clear and attractive maps and an extensive glossary, this guide pinpoints the essentials in a smart and accessible format. By doing the strenuous work for yo... $12.79     View Details Add To Cart
	The Secular Furniture of E. W. Godwin: With Catalogue Raisonne - 0300081596 Victorian architect-designer E. W. Godwin (1833 - 1886), tying himself neither morally nor aesthetically to a single style, approached design with what he called judicious eclecticism. Seeking to design furniture appropriate to the needs of modern living, he grappled with the problems of affordability, utility, and function and experimented with modular and fitted furniture decades before it became popular in the mid-twentieth century. This book is the first comprehensive study of Godw... $63.50     View Details Add To Cart

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