Nancy Berliner Sarah Handler (22 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Soft cover exhibition catalog, 8 1/2" x 12", covers and contents are both fine; 133 pages, 46 objects illustrated in full-page color with description, discussion and additional black-and-white photographs on opposite page.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. No markings.

Hardcover. Condition: New in shrinkwrap. Volume 131 Number 2. Red boards with color illustrated dj; 133 pp. with illustrations of 46 catalogue entries. With essays by the authors and thorough descriptions of each work. Includes bibliographical references (pages 132-133).

Softcover. Grey illustrated wraps with maroon and black lettering; 133 pp.; with illustrations of 46 catalogue entries. With essays by the authors and thorough descriptions of each work. VG (some shelf wear at corners; previous owners name to interior cover).

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. BEAUTIFUL COPY!!!

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Volumne 131 no. 2. Crisp bright red boards with gilt lettering and red end papers. Dust jacket is crisp and bright. Like new.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardcover in dust jacket, 12 by 9 inches, 133 pages, illustrated, notes. Jacket has inch tear, repaired on reverse. Binding has minimal wear, pages are clean.

First Edition. First edition. Softcover. Features a foreword by Malcolm Rogers, a preface by Wang Shixiang, an introduction by Nancy Berliner and essays by Craig Clunas, Curtis Evarts, Sarah Handler, and Wang Zhengshu. Includes numerous color and some black and white illustrations and an index. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. Volume 131. (China, Furniture, History, Exhibition Catalogs) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Condition: Good.

PB. Condition: very good, wraps (softcover). 64 color ill., 68 B&W ill. (illustrator). 158pp ISBN 0878464352 This volume leads the reader on a journey that encompasses not only the evolution of this exquisite furniture design but also the many literary, architectural, and visual contexts in which it appeared.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [Published Date: 1996] Softcover, 158 pp : color and black and white illustrations ; 30 cm. In very good condition with light bumping to edges, fading to spine and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. [From Publisher] During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Chinese furniture reached a pinnacle of fine design and workmanship. Beyond the Screen: Chinese Furniture of the 16th and 17th Centuries leads the reader on a journey that encompasses not only the evolution of this exquisite furniture design but also the many literary, architectural, and visual contexts in which it appeared. Accompanying the catalogue, Ming woodblock prints and excerpts from Ming literature portray and describe furniture as it was used in daily life. Catalogue entries explain both customary and less-usual functions for the furnishings. The space under beds, for instance, was occasionally used by lovers to hide from jealous husbands, and in prints chairs are seen being tossed from windows during brawls. Four essays by scholars in the field explore the furniture and the members of late-Ming society, from the carpenters to the patrons responsible for its magnificence. In "Furnishing the Self in Early Modern China," Craig Clunas describes the status of furniture within the prosperous households that patronized the finest furniture makers. Sarah Handler details the changing designs and styles of furniture types in her essay "Wood Shaped and Standing Through the Winds of Time: The Evolution of Chinese Furniture." The carpenters and their skills are the focus of "The Furniture Maker and the Woodworking Traditions of China," by Curtis Evarts. And Wang Zhengshu, in "Conjectures on Models of Ming-Period Furniture Excavated from the Pan Yunzheng Tomb in Shanghai," investigates a remarkable set of miniature wooden furniture found in the 1589 tomb of a Ming official.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Dustjacket included. First Edition. ISBN 0883891344. Oversized Hardback. Near Fine Condition. Tight, bright, attractive copy with no markings to the book. No statement of later printing on copyright page. As new condition. No Signature.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. Previous owner's name penned on front free endpaper; Appears to be signed by author (Berliner) - signature difficult to read. Beige cloth hardcover. 158 pages. Color & B&W illustrations. Index. Exhibition catalogue; 4to; 158 pages; Signed by Author.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Looks unread with ownership ink to flyleaf. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.

Hardcover. Condition: vg. First edition. Small folio. 133, [3]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over red cloth, with gold lettering on spine and front cover. Illustrated with numerous color and b/w photographic reproductions, this accompaniment to a past Peabody Essex Museum exhibition serves both as a tour through PEM's excellent Chinese furniture collection and as an introduction to Chinese antiques for the beginning collector. Curator Nancy Berliner's personal reflections of travels through rural China accompany examples of softwood, bamboo, and root furniture. Although inspired by classical forms, artisans often followed their own creative spark and the natural forms of the materials. Dust-jacket, binding and interior in overall very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 158pp exhibition catalogue (Boston, 1996) with numerous full-page illustrations and six accompanying essays. A Near Fine copy with unmarked text & plates, no inscriptions, no creasing to spine and only minuscule hints of wear to pictorial card covers. Please see five pictures attached for a closer look.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Original large paperback, 160 pages, index, numerous full-color photographs. Condition: some light reference wear; previous owner inscription on inside front cover. Very solid and bright.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Chinese furniture reached a pinnacle of exceptional design and meticulous workmanship. 'Beyond the Screen' leads the reader on a journey that encompasses not only the evolution of these exquisite furnishings, but also includes the many literary, architectural and visual contexts in which they were created. Alongside 64 superb color photographs of the furniture itself, numerous Ming woodblock prints and literary excerpts show how furniture was used in daily life--as everything from a lover's hiding place to a projectile thrown during arguments. A vital response to the West's increasing interest in traditional Chinese furniture, this beautifully produced volume is both an illustration of the aesthetic possibilities of furniture design and a fascinating look at China during the early modern period. Bottom front edge of dust jacket with small moisture stain; front cover with light stain in corresponding area. Interior pages in very nice, like-new condition. Wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector.

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4to, pp. 133, [1]; illustrated throughout, including color full-page illustrations of 46 objects; full red cloth, gilt title on cover and spine, fine in fine pictorial dust jacket.

Mint in publishers cloth in like dustjacket (still shrink wrapped). ISBN 0883891344.