Watson Francis Introduction (17 results)

Hardcover. Condition: As New. New with remainder mark. Buy multiples from our store to save on shipping.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Poor (heavy chipping). Black Cloth Boards, pictorial pastedown depicting furniture making shop from Diderot's 1751 Encyclopedie. 344 pages, illustrations (many color); 31 cm. Extensive glossary, lists of renowned collections, index. Binding tight and square, clean inside copy. Includes scholarly articles written by leading authorities in the fields of furniture history and antiques. CONTENTS: The Archaeological Record: Ancient and mediaeval furniture, by James Wheeler; The Classical Revival: Europe's Renaissance, by Geoffrey Beard; Formal Splendour: The Baroque age, by Gervase Jackson-Stops; The Line of Beauty: The Rococo style, by John Kenworthy-Browne; Purity of Form: The neo-classic reaction, by Jonathan Bourne and Lucinda Fletcher; The Machine Age: The nineteenth century, by Ian Grant; The Rebirth of Design: Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau, by Ian Bennett; The Triumph of Style: Art Deco, by Martin Battersby; Innovation: Furniture to the present day, by Penny Radford. Size: 4to. Prior owners name rubber stamped in front matter. Profusedly Illustrated (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: As New. D.j. rubbed on top edge with few small closed tears (in brodart). 344 pages. Over 340 illustrations, most in color. U.S. orders are shipped from Lewiston, NY location. Profusedly Illustrated (illustrator).

HC. 320pp ISBN 051737742X First published 1976. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover). B&W and color illustrations (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Not Stated. WIlliam Morrow & Co. 1976 NY, Not stated. Fine condiction book. Dust jacket is all present but with repaired tears. Very Good, Hardcover, Folio, Dustjacket has repaired tears and is protected in brodart. Color illustrations 344 pages. Profusedly Illustrated (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Cloth, 344 pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, with moderate edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! Additional shipping charges may be requested for international & priority orders. A massive coffee-table book. *** Includes scholarly articles written by leading authorities in the fields of furniture history and antiques. Profusely illustrated. *** CONTENTS: The Archaeological Record: Ancient and mediaeval furniture, by James Wheeler; The Classical Revival: Europe's Renaissance, by Geoffrey Beard; Formal Splendour: The Baroque age, by Gervase Jackson-Stops; The Line of Beauty: The Rococo style, by John Kenworthy-Browne; Purity of Form: The neo-classic reaction, by Jonathan Bourne and Lucinda Fletcher; The Machine Age: The nineteenth century, by Ian Grant; The Rebirth of Design: Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau, by Ian Bennett; The Triumph of Style: Art Deco, by Martin Battersby; Innovation: Furniture to the present day, by Penny Radford. Size: 4to. Profusedly Illustrated (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Condition: VG/VG. Revised. Red cloth boards with gold text, color-pictorial dust jacket. xi, 116 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Since the Middle Ages Europeans mounted oriental porcelain in settings of precious or semiprecious metal as a tribute to the value of the pieces. And beginning in the 18th century, it became increasingly fashionable in Parisian society to decorate the interiors of houses with Far Eastern materials such as lacquer and mounted porcelain. This revised catalog features thirty-two examples from the Getty's collection of lacquer and porcelain mounted in settings of silver, gold, and gilt bronze, ranging in date from 1665 to 1785. -Amazon.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good.

344pp. Prof. illus. in color. Lrg. 4to. Cloth. D.j.

Hardcover. Condition: New. New book. Dust jacket in protective mylar cover. Profusedly Illustrated (illustrator).

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 40 anv edition. 176 pages. 8.75x6.00x0.50 inches. In Stock.

1966. Art. Arts Council, 31 small black and white plates, good ex-library with library stamps on title pages, no catalog number no pocket 21cm x 15cm.

Encuadernación de tapa dura. Condition: Bien. Black Kat, UK, 1990. Texto en inglés. Muebles. Antigüedades. Profusamente ilustrado. 320 pp. 31 x 23. Tapa dura de editorial ilustrada. Sin subrayados ni anotaciones. Buen estado de conservación. ISBN: 9780748102440.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. English text.; Hardcover (with dust jacket).; 24 x 31.5 cm.; 1.1 kg.; 116 pages with black and white and colour illustrations; Used with signs of wear on the exterior and interior. The dust jacket shows edge wear, scuffs and scratches on the front cover, spine and back cover and a small scratch on the back cover. Minor signs of wear on the interior.; The Getty Museum's large and exceptional collection of oriental porcelain embellished with Parisian gilt bronze or silver is comprehensively illustrated in this revised catalogue. The European practice of mounting exotic objects such as oriental porcelain dates from the Middle Ages and found its height of expression during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, when Chinese and Japanese porcelains reached the West in considerable quantities. To meet the growing taste for such objects in fashionable Parisian society, marchands-merciers-guild members who combined the functions of the modern interior decorator, antique dealer, and picture dealer- devised ingenious settings in silver and gilt bronze for oriental porcelains, adapting their exotic character to the French interiors of the period. With the publication of this catalogue, the beauty and rarity with which buyers of these pieces were so enamored is vividly brought to life.…

Hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.

Collection Monsieur Akram Ojjeh. [Auction Catalogue] Sotheby Parke Bernet Monaco. Vente aux enchères publiques au Sporting d?Hiver, Monte Carlo, juin 1979. Catalogue text in English and French Very good condition. Dust jacket: Very good. Hardback.