Decorative Arts

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780886750794Author Philip BrookmanFormat HardbackPage Count 88Imprint Corcoran Gallery Of ArtPublisher Corcoran Gallery Of ArtWeight(grams) 476g

Since 2000, the husband-and-wife duo, Carmel and Terrell Swan of catstudio have woven together their spirit of wanderlust and mutual appreciation for art, design, and craftsmanship into decorative textile-works inspired by vintage souvenir pillows of the...

Bonnae Gokson's book Butterflies and All Things Sweet opens a window into the inspiration and ideas behind her extraordinary cake designs. Unique in the world, these cakes encapsulate the creative vision of the woman who made her name working with luxury...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080416018Author Thomas BastideFormat HardbackPage Count 288Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 1880g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798985071368Author Michael HaroldFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Susan Schadt Press LLCPublisher Susan Schadt Press LLC

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857210513Author Jack ForsterFormat HardbackImprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1600g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780917860560Author Jack D. HoldenFormat HardbackPage Count 277Imprint Historic New Orleans Collection,U.S.Publisher Historic New Orleans Collection,U.S.

Enjoy this overview of the wearable artwork created by more than one hundred of today's top art jewelers. The artists provide discussions of their work along with examples of their creativity. Hundreds of vibrant color photographs display one-of-a-kind...

Over 450 vivid color photos provide a sweeping overview of the amazing range of iron artwork being created by 82 of today's artist-blacksmiths. These works in metal are found in public spaces, offices, and homes. They vary in size from small, everyday...

Although renowned for his work as a verrier, lamps did not form a significant part of Galle's repertoire in glass until immediately prior to 1900. Indeed, only in the last few years of his life does it appear that he realised the full aesthetic potential...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783795417680Author Matthias BleylFormat HardbackPage Count 95Imprint Schnell & SteinerPublisher Schnell & SteinerWeight(grams) 685gDimensions(mm) 285mm *...

The world-renowned collection of European decorative arts from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is full of sumptuous surprises. Some delicate and some divine, the objects range from an opulent automaton to a richly wrought crozier, and vary in scale from...

Analysing the decorative programmes of the most opulent European palaces of the time, Margaretha Rossholm Lagerloef investigates how meaning was conveyed through display and visual effects. She explores the visual meaning inherent in the scheme of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780878468560Author Nonie GadsdenFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Museum of Fine Arts,BostonPublisher Museum of Fine Arts,BostonWeight(grams) 210g

American artist Louis Comfort Tiffany is most famous for his revolutionary and widely popular glass windows, lamps, and vases, but his contributions to late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century art and design were so much more. Tiffany was also a...

Fabulous foliage - artists have drawn inspiration from the form and intricate textures of foliage since the beginning of time. This beautiful book and its accompanying Mac and PC compatible CD contain over 150 photographs of summer, autumn, and evergreen...

Disrupting Craft presents the work of Tanya Aguiniga, Sharif Bey, Dustin Farnsworth, and Stephanie Styjuco, four artists who take innovative approaches to their selected mediums. They share a fascination with themes of identity, and the practise of their...

The ultimate source on fish hooks of the Pacific islands. The fish hook derives its form from its practical intention - to catch a fish. But in cultures where fishing is and always has been a main livelihood, the crafting of fish hooks becomes an art...

This new publication is dedicated to the Baranger Motion Displays of the R. F. Collection housed at the Vitra Design Museum. Motion Displays were conceived as eye-catching and novel moving objects, which - primarily in the US - were used in jewellers'...

A key, a safety pin, a balloon, a propeller, a voltmeter - these unexpected objects in art jewellery rewrite the world of the Norwegian "jewellery engineer" Sigurd Bronger. He carries over his fascination for machines and instruments in humorously...

"New Territories "examines creative practices in today's globalized world, in which disciplines overlap more than ever before. Looking in particular at countries such as Brazil, Cuba, Panama, Columbia, Mexico, El Salvador, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783897905108Author Andreas GutFormat PaperbackPage Count 156Imprint ArnoldschePublisher Arnoldsche

This attractive series reveals the V&A's spectacular and extensive pattern collections. Each title in the series includes a free CD of high resolution images. Novelty Patterns showcases the innovative and fanciful decoration employed for lightweight...

The glorious Manifattura Lenci of Turin is the protagonist of this volume, which presents one hundred and fifty works belonging to the Ferrero Collection. Small plastics and decorative sculptures have made the fortune of this historical manufacture,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780500976944Author Manuel KeeneFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Thames & Hudson LtdPublisher Thames & Hudson LtdWeight(grams) 770g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646995776Author Emile BayardFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Parkstone Press USA, LimitedPublisher Parkstone Press USA, LimitedWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9791254630624Author Caterina TognonFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint MarsilioPublisher MarsilioWeight(grams) 862g

Luminous, with a silken glow and soft to the touch, yet harder than steel, created by nature and shaped by human hand: no other material has been more highly valued in China for millennia than jade. Since humanity’s earliest days, magical properties have...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789918230334Author Jessica MuscatFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Kite Group LtdPublisher Kite Group LtdWeight(grams) 240g

Art, Borders and Belonging: On Home and Migration investigates how three associated concepts-house, home and homeland-are represented in contemporary global art. The volume brings together essays which explore the conditions of global migration as a...

The first book to exclusively present Cleto Munari's latest creations in the field of the applied arts: a unique collection of art carpets. Cleto Munari was born in Gorizia and he lives and works in Vicenza. After meeting Carlo Scarpa in 1973, who...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857241005Author Marino BarovierFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 2500g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857246659Author Marino BarovierFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 2020g

Wire and glass beads are combined in this jewelry-making guide as equal partners, making the bending of wire more than just rings for attachments. Time, space, and affordability of the materials are kept minimal, so the jewelry-making process remains fun...

The elephant is a much-admired animal, but it is also endangered. The ivory from its tusks has been in great demand across the centuries and throughout all cultures. What sort of material is it? How has it been used in the past and the present? And what...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorSalam Kaoukji is curator and collection manager of The al-Sabah Collection, Kuwait, and an editor of Thames & Hudson's long-running series of the same name.Book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789995750848Author Consiglia AzzopardiFormat HardbackPage Count 574Imprint Kite Group LtdPublisher Kite Group Ltd

In this, the first monograph of Richard Filipowski, a major figure bridging the Bauhaus and American midcentury modernism finally gets his due. Richard Filipowski (1923-2008) was among the most gifted polymaths in the annals of American modernism. ...

Everyone is already painfully aware of our predicament - ecological extinctions, dwindling fossil fuel reserves and economic chaos. The solutions are less obvious, despite the many opportunities that surround us. We have never had more access to...

Since the times of ancient Egypt, humans have had a passion for style, decor, and architecture. Amazingly, styles from many of these bygone eras are still enjoyed and are often implemented into our modern decor and architecture. Past + Present is a...