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Omega and After: Bloomsbury and the Decorative Arts
While the literary output of members of the Bloomsbury Group has been thoroughly scrutinized, another aspect of their activity has been largely overlooked, that is, their designs for the decorative...
Faberge in America
The outstanding legacy of the Russian goldsmith and jeweler Carl Faberge has captured the public's imagination for many years. During his lifetime, Faberge's extravagant jewelry and "objects d'art" brought him...
The Art of the Celts: Origins, History, Culture
$15.00 AUD
With this book, Aiain Zaczek explains who the Celts were, where they lived, when they thrived, and presents their art and artefacts - metalwork, jewellery, stonework and carving - in...
The New Artisans: Handmade Designs for Contemporary Living
This book captures the new mood - a return to a preference for the unique and the handmade. Design expert Olivier Dupon has sourced the cream of the contemporary design...
Creating the British Galleries at the V&A: A Study in Museology
$50.00 AUD
The creation of the British Galleries 1500-1900 at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, was the largest gallery project for 50 years at the world's most important museum of design...
Fantasy
Crafters of all skill levels need an extensive selection of motifs and patterns to apply to their work. Part One gives an introduction to fantasy art, before going on to...
House Love: A Joyful Guide to Cleaning, Organizing, and Loving the
Discover the joy of cleaning with this cheery and thoughtful guide to tidying up and turning your house into a home. Patric Richardson is known as "The Laundry Evangelist," but...
African Art
The art of the Fang, the BaTeke, the BaKota and other African peoples is extremely vigorous and shows brilliant sense of form. The substantial aesthetic impact of their works upon...
Louis Comfort Tiffany: Parakeets Window
A stunning stained glass window becomes a lens through which to view the career of Louis Comfort Tiffany and intersecting arcs of art and design in America. The story of...
The Faberge: The Imperial Easter Eggs
Each known Easter egg is documented with invoice records, correspondence, provenance and correspondence.
Defining Style: The Book of Interior Design
From Coastal to Contemporary, Maximal to Mediterranean, Tailored to Textured, this inspirational lookbook guides beginners and enthusiasts alike through the most timeless interior design styles of the last century. Learn...
History of Modern Design Third Edition
This unparalleled and wide-ranging book surveys the history of applied arts and industrial design from the eighteenth century to the present day, exploring the dynamic relationship between design and manufacturing,...
The Art of Stone: Masterpieces from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert
Rarely seen outside royal collections and historic houses, European hardstone carving using stones such as amethyst, jasper and lapis lazuli, is a rich and intricate artform. Stunning decorative and vivid...
The Art of Stone: Masterpieces from the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert
Rarely seen outside royal collections and historic houses, European hardstone carving using stones such as amethyst, jasper and lapis lazuli, is a rich and intricate artform. Stunning decorative and vivid...
The Beauty of Everyday Things
$26.99 AUD
The Japanese philosopher and aesthete's definitive, hugely influential exposition of his philosophy of folkcrafts, setting out the hallmarks of Japanese design as we know it today - anonymity, quality, simplicity...
Ornament and Crime
$26.99 AUD
Revolutionary essays on design, aesthetics and materialism - from one of the great masters of modern architecture 'But art has nothing to do with forgery, with lies. The paths of...
Southwestern Indian Bracelets: The Essential Cuff
This design history of Southwestern Indian bracelets examines their start in 1868 up through 1970, and the post-1980 legacy that honors those first 100 years. More than 360 color photos...
I Pity the Dolls
This book features the largest collection of Mr. T memorabilia in the world, including over 150 homemade soft sculpture dolls collected and documented over the past 25 years. The dolls...
The Art of the Contemporary Doll
More than 220 color photos, together with descriptions of over fifty dollmakers' richly varied works and techniques, make up this fascinating overview of the state of the dollmaking art right...
Courtiers and Cannibals, Angels and Amazons: The Art of the Decorative
This book aims to preserve and bring forward for wider appreciation the outstanding works of art that many engraved titlepages and frontispieces represent. Over the time period covered by the...
The Index of Inro Artists
The text includes concise bibliographical details of the artists and a listing of the main publications and collections where their works are to be found. This publication is an essential...
Jades from China
A magnificently produced catalog of the major exhibition at the Museum of East Asian Art, Bath, England. Illustrating 354 Chinese jades from the collection of Brian McElney, the Peony Collection...
Kingdom of Beauty: Mingei and the Politics of Folk Art in Imperial
A Study of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia UniversityKingdom of Beauty shows that the discovery of mingei (folk art) by Japanese intellectuals in the 1920s and 1930s was central...
Japanned Papier Mache and Tinware c.1740-1940
As one of the few decorative arts about which little has been written, japanning is today fraught with misunderstandings. And yet, in its heyday, the japanning industry attracted important commissions...
Kubra Khademi (Multi-lingual edition): Political Bodies
Author: Hanna G. DiedrichsFormat: Paperback, 210mm x 297mm, 700g, 160 pagesPublished: Hirmer Verlag, Germany, 2022The artist Kubra Khademi (b. 1989) lives in Paris and focuses in her work on her...
Country Life: Homes of the Catskill Mountains and Hudson Valley
Author: William AbranowiczFormat: Hardback, 235mm x 305mm, 1960g, 272 pagesPublished: Vendome Press, United States, 2023A celebrated photographer focuses his lens on distinctive period and contemporary residences amid the natural beauty...
Handmade in Britain
Author: Joanna NormanFormat: Hardback, 222mm x 279mm, 1179g, 203 pagesPublished: V & A Publishing, United Kingdom, 2012This important book forms part of the Handmade in Britain partnership between the V&A...
Out of the Box: A Celebration of Contemporary Box Art
Author: Tom BuchananFormat: Hardback, 168mm x 240mm, 1210g, 336 pagesPublished: Eight Books, United Kingdom, 2022"A fascinating journey into a labyrinthine world, this is an inclusive, in-depth compendium of artists imaginations...
Pierre Frey: Textiles, Wallpapers, Carpets, and Furniture: A Family Legacy of Passion and Creativity
Author: Patrick FreyFormat: Hardback, 240mm x 310mm, 2660g, 400 pagesPublished: Editions Flammarion, France, 2023Pierre Frey, the leading French producer of furniture textiles and wallcoverings, seamlessly combines artisanal craftsmanship with modernity.Enchanting...
Aboriginal Art
$20.00 AUD
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