Artikelname: Ultimate Corkscrew Book
Artikelbeschreibung: An armchair guide to corkscrews with over 700 colour photographs and 3600 illustrated and documented examples, The Ultimate Corkscrew Book showcases the diversity and creativity that has occurred in the production of corkscrews over the last several hundred years. Remarkably, all examples featured in this extensive volume come from one source: the author's personal collection. Longtime collector of corkscrews, author Donald A. Bull displays the breadth of his collection through categorical examples of Eclectic Corkscrews, Figural Corkscrews, Corkscrew knives, and Miscellaneous Corkscrews along with their current market values. These items reflect the labors of a most relentless and diligent pursuit on the author's part, which has resulted in one of the most comprehensive collections of corkscrews ever amassed. This text will truly open the eyes of every devotee, from the novice to the true addict, enticing all to explore the entire range of this twisted hobby.

Artikelname: A Collectors Guide to Art Deco
Artikelbeschreibung: You may be looking at a figurine that evokes the giddy twenties, but how do you know if it is really bronze and ivory and not plastic or "ivorine"? How can you tell if the base really belongs to the piece, and if the signature is genuine? The Miller's Art Deco Checklist answers all such questions with its analysis of the major collecting categories in England, the United States and continental Europe, including furniture, glass, ceramics, sculpture, prints and posters, metalwork, silver, jewellery and textiles. Each double-page "spread" shows how to identify and date a piece using the question and answer process unique to the Checklists, and then examines stylistic variations, fakes, contemporary and modern copies and condition, as well as discussing other wares from the same craftsman or factory and, where appropriate, similar items from rival firms. For those with a limited budget, special sections look at the works of lesser-known or anonymous craftsmen which may be equally attractive but are more affordable.

Artikelname: Aluminium Giftware
Artikelbeschreibung: The fascination with aluminum giftware is that there is so much to choose from. You can collect it by the piece or by the pattern. It never grows old and the items are just as useful today as when they were first made. Here are serving dishes, children's playthings, napkin rings, pitchers, smoking accessories, salt and pepper shakers, vases, trays and more in popular as well as unusual patterns, all presented in clear color photographs and with today's market values. Aluminum giftware is twentieth century design of enduring usefulness and beauty

Artikelname: American Art Deco: An Illustrated Survey
Artikelbeschreibung: Inspired, in part, by the industrial age and Native American art, and championed by progressive architects, American Art Deco was one of the most popular decorative styles of the 20th century. This volume includes scores of photographs and important articles that describe the aesthetics of this great mode of artistic expression.An introduction by architectural critic Lewis Mumford is followed by comments from such notables as Frank Lloyd Wright on design principles; theatrical and industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes on outfitting business interiors; and Edward Steichen on commercial photography. A fascinating glimpse of an exciting and innovative era in the history of American design, this book will appeal to architects, graphic artists, photographers, and lovers of the Art Deco style. Over 200 black-and-white illustrations.

Dover's unabridged reprint revives a work originally published in 1931, under the title Annual of American Design 1931 by the American Union of Decorative Artists and Craftsmen (Ives Washburn). It includes a dozen brief essays by the likes of Lewis Mumford, on culture and machine art; Frank Lloyd Wright, on principles of design; Norman Bel Geddes,

Artikelname: Antique Iron, English and American: 15th Century Through 1850
Artikelbeschreibung: Out of print for a while, this classic reference work on antique ironware is available once again. Antique collectors, iron buffs, and industrial historians will welcome the opportunity to browse through its pages, which contain hundreds of photographs of fascinating items. Architectural hardware, lighting devices, and irons, tools, toys, weathervanes, fences and gates, and kitchen utensils are all presented, with examples taken from rarely-viewed private collections as well as major museums. Concise descriptions of each item pictured augment text that includes a great deal of historical and manufacturing information. You'll find details on the iron works at Saugus, Massachusetts; Batsto, New Jersey; Hopewell, Pennsylvania; and more. There's a discussion of the regional products of the South, Midwest, and Northeast of the United States, along with plenty of information on influences from England and Europe.

Artikelname: Antiques (Millers)
Artikelbeschreibung: Here at last is the first real pocket book of essential facts, style guides and recognition marks for everyone interested or involved in antiques: professional dealers, auctioneers and insurance assessors, experienced amateurs and all those just beginning to discover the fascination of antiques and collectables. Its 192 information-packed pages provide a remarkable and unique portable reference source - ranging from pottery, porcelain, silver and pewter marks, through furniture recognition and dating charts to a checklist of dates and shapes for clocks and drinking glasses and all in an accessible form. This makes it the ideal tool for quick and easy use when buying, selling or simply looking at antiques.Conceived by Judith and Martin Miller as a practical working book in which every word and every illustration contribute something of value to the reader, Miller's Antiques Pocket Fact File condenses facts from a vast number of sources. Each section covers styles, periods and manufacturers, showing how to distinguish between genuine and fake, and provides a wide ranging glossary of terms and materials.

Artikelname: Art Deco Aluminium: Kensington
Artikelbeschreibung: In 1934 Alcoa introduced a revolutionary new line of aluminum alloy giftware and domestic items designed by American pioneer industrial designer Lurelle Guild. Called Kensington Ware, these relatively expensive, slick, machine-age objects were in an unmistakenly Art Deco style with cast brass accents. They represent an important American contribution to modern design and decorative arts. The Kensington plant ceased production around 1970, and collectors have recently been scooping up these compelling objects in the antique and collectible markets. This is the first book to tell the Kensington story and identify, value, and illustrate the aluminum in 375 colour, vintage, and black-and-white illustrations. It is a must for anyone interested in aluminum, Art Deco, and the machine-age in America.

Artikelname: Art Deco Chrome
Artikelbeschreibung: This dazzling text takes the reader on a journey through time, rolling back the years, revealing the elegant, streamlined, moderne art deco chrome wares received as gifts in decades past. Contained between these covers are no fewer than 600 photographs and illustrations displaying more than 700 examples of fine art deco wares with sparkling metal finishes, including table decorations, drinking service pieces, buffet service items, smoking articles, and lamps. These items were the products of large, well known firms such as Chase, Manning-Bowman, Kensington, and Revere. Histories of the firms and the industrial designers who created these objects, along with patent and design information on many of the illustrated wares, are provided as well. Also included in this thorough text are all of the details necessary to identify art deco design, differentiate between-and care for-a variety of metal finishes, and to determine value. Values are included in the captions for the items shown. A bibliography and an appendix listing the Chase giftware items designed by Harry Laylon round out the presentation.

Artikelname: Art Deco Decorative Ironwork
Artikelbeschreibung: Sumptuous treasury of 320 lavish examples of architectural ornamentation from the 1920s and ?30s by Paul Kiss, Raymond Subes, Edgar Brandt and other artisans. Meticulously reproduced photographs from three rare portfolios depict magnificent designs for doors, grilles, gates, lamps, balustrades, chandeliers, screens, mirrors, and other objects. A splendid collection for artists, illustrators, craftspeople, and Art Deco enthusiasts.

Artikelname: Art Deco Ornamental Ironwork
Artikelbeschreibung: The ornamental ironwork that embellished European architecture in the period between the two World Wars was among the most imaginative and imposing aspects of Art Deco. Nearly 200 examples of that splendid achievement, most by French artists, fill this beautiful book. The photographs are reproduced from two rare portfolios by Benri Martinie, published in Paris in 1926 and 1929, the first showing examples of ironwork exhibited in the Exposition des Arts Decoratifs in Paris in 1925.Clear, detailed images depict gates, grilles, screens, balconies and numerous other architectural adornments, including massive gates created expressly for the pavilions of the 1925 Exposition. Other examples are less massive, but no less handsome: a garden gate, a fire screen, a radiator cover from the Ile de France, a balustrade from a theater foyer and other designs that display the invention and artistry of the Art Deco style. The expressiveness of the designs depicted is remarkable, considering they were executed in a medium that might seem less tractable than most. One magnificent gate, for example, features a beautifully wrought image of the goddess Diana, while a sumptuous grille displays an exotic scene from the tropics in elegantly stylized detail.Most of the ironwork depicted here is from French locales, but examples from Spain, Italy, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden and Poland are included as well. Scholars and enthusiasts of ironwork, architectural ornament and the Art Deco style will find this treasury of meticulously reproduced photographs both an invaluable reference work and a wonderful browsing book.

Artikelname: Arts and Crafts Furniture: The Complete Brooks Catalog of 1912
Artikelbeschreibung: Photographs and detailed descriptions of more than 150 now very collectible furniture designs from the Arts and Crafts movement depict davenports, settees, buffets, desks, bookcases, tables, chairs, bedsteads, dressers and porch swings?all sturdily made of solid, quarter-sawed oak. An invaluable reference for antique collectors, enthusiasts of Americana and specialists in the decorative arts. With 150 photographs, 20 line illustrations and captions that specify dimensions, materials and original prices.

Artikelname: Authentic Georgian Furniture Designs: Universal System of Household Furniture, 1762
Artikelbeschreibung: Excellent reprint of 18th-century cabinet-makers? pattern book, which surpasses all collections of furniture designs in the English rococo style for variety, scope and general superiority. Over 300 finely engraved designs for parlor chairs, claw tables, sideboards, desks, ladies? secretaries, bookcases, writing tables, candlestands, couches, an alcove outfitted with cushions replicating a Turkish sofa, draperies and girandoles; and more. A magnificent sourcebook for antique collectors, craftworkers, artists, and cultural historians.

Artikelname: Baskets
Artikelbeschreibung: In 176 pages of gorgeous colour and black-and-white photographs, Nancy Schiffer pays homage to baskets as functional objets d'art and includes hundreds of baskets from all over the United States and some from abroad. This pictorial survey of splint, wicker, and coil baskets will familiarize you with baskets used for storage, carrying, winnowing, gathering, and trapping. A section on baskets in use as decoration provides ideas for those who love the warmth and character provided by baskets. Updated prices are included with the captions.

Artikelname: Biscuit Tins
Artikelbeschreibung: The middle of the nineteenth century saw an explosion in advertising and consumer spending among the middle classes. Packaging was one of many ways to appeal to the new shopper. Biscuit tins were one of the most discreet ways of advertising rarely showing the company name or the product enclosed in a prominent position. As such they survived well as ornaments and useful storage boxes in many homes. This book will provide an introduction to the subject covering design, decorative techniques and the companies who made and sold biscuit tins.

Artikelname: Boxes Full of Corkscrews
Artikelbeschreibung: In 836 colour photographs and engaging text, this book provides the reader with a superb survey of hundreds of corkscrews, all accompanied by their original boxes, wrappers, and packaging. Old and new corkscrews (both 19th and 20th centuries) of every variety are on display, including bar mounts, direct pulls, figurals, lazy tongs, levers, prong pullers, and the Waiter's Friend. Also included are useful details about the manufacturers, their trademarks, and copyrights--much of this information coming straight from the original packaging. Current values are included in the captions.

Artikelname: Bull's Pocket Guide to Corkscrews
Artikelbeschreibung: A longtime collector of corkscrews, author Donald A. Bull first displayed the breadth of his collection in The Ultimate Corkscrew Book, an extensive volume spanning the diversity and creativity of corkscrew production over the last several hundred years. Now with the companion guide, Bull's Pocket Guide to Corkscrews, collectors and dealers are once again invited to explore remarkable examples of corkscrews. From figurals and eclectic corkscrews to corkscrew knives, rare and novelty varieties are well represented. For easy reference, all corkscrews are classified categorically along with their current market values.

Artikelname: Candle Lighting
Artikelbeschreibung: Dr Johnson, the great eighteenth-century lexicographer and writer, defined a candle in his Dictionary as ?a light made of wax or tallow surrounding a wick of flax or cotton?. The candle was, at that time, the usual form of domestic lighting in Britain. Today?s candles, brighter and less troublesome, are the result of two hundred years of refinement. First rivalled by gas and then improved oil lighting, the candle has now given way to electric lighting, yet remains to charm us with its gentle light. This book looks at the types of candles which have been used over the centuries, and describes the various methods of manufacture. Candle lamps and lanterns are also included and many examples illustrated, along with other appliances which were once essential to candle lighting.

Artikelname: Cash Carriers in Shops
Artikelbeschreibung: Most people born before about 1950 can probably remember visiting or working in shops that had cash carriers ? cash balls that ran on wooden rails, wire systems where the carrier was catapulted along an overhead steel wire, or pneumatic tube systems where the carrier was whisked off to the cash office. In the first half of the twentieth century there were thousands of systems in shops in the British Isles, North America, Canada, Australia, South Africa, China and elsewhere. Few now remain in shops but several have been preserved in museums, often in working order, and they bring back many memories for older visitors.

Artikelname: Cheese Dishes: An Illustrated Guide from 1750-1940
Artikelbeschreibung: A detailed study of English pottery Cheese Dishes, the only book in print to inform the collector. Includes examples from the early wooden cheese stands to the first ceramic dishes by Wedgwood and Spode. The latter were chiefly nineteenth century Stilton cheese stands using many kinds of decorative techniques - embossed, jasper, inlaid, printed, majolica and terracotta. The introduction of wedge-shaped dishes, followed by the various different shapes which became popular in the twentieth century completes the story. Photographs - many in colour - cover a wide range of manufacturers including Wedgwood, Spode, Dudson, Minton, Adams, George Jones, Moorcroft, Royal Doulton and more.

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Artikelname: Chinese Domestic Furniture in Photographs and Measured Drawings
Artikelbeschreibung: Reprint of rare volume offers detailed review of hardwood furniture from early Shang to late Ming. For collectors, craftsman, etc.

Artikelname: Classic Wicker Furniture
Artikelbeschreibung: Complete reproduction of rare 1897 premiere issue of most famous wicker company catalog; probably finest primary source. Includes rocking chairs, armchairs, divans, tables, cabinets, etc. Over 400 illustrations. Indispensable reference for antique dealers, collectors, Americana collectors.

Artikelname: Classical Revival Furniture Designs:The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterer?s Drawing Book
Artikelbeschreibung: Elegant 18th-century style book that was immediately successfully in England, Russia, America, British India. Complete coverage of Sheraton?s most important designs: clock cases, commodes, drawing tables, library steps, chairs, other items.

Artikelname: Coffee Makers: The Hundred Years of Art and Design
Artikelbeschreibung: Beautifully illustrated in colour throughout, , this is a complete history of coffee makers from the earliest silver coffee pots to the ubiquitous coffee machines, filters, and percolators of today. A book for every coffee addict or collector.

Artikelname: Construction of American Furniture Treasures
Artikelbeschreibung: 344 detailed drawings, complete text on constructing exact reproductions of 38 early American masterpieces: Hepplewhite sideboard, Duncan Phyfe drop-leaf table, mantel clock, gate-leg dining table, Pennsylvania Dutch cupboard,etc.

Artikelname: Dolls' House Furniture
Artikelbeschreibung: An historical overview of doll's house furniture and furnishings from the sixteenth century to the present day, set against the social and economic conditions of the period in which they were made. Rapdily changing technology combined with new materials such as plastics has resulted in the production of a large range of items for the dolls' house in the twentieth century, catering for the widely varying needs of collectors.

Artikelname: Dummy Boards and Chimney Boards
Artikelbeschreibung: Life-sized painted wooden cut-out figures of soldiers, serving maids, children and animals stand in dark corners of some museums and country houses, often creating a disturbingly lifelike impression for the casual viewer. This book disentangles their true origins in seventeenth-century Dutch trompe l'oeil painting and discusses the range of purposes to which they were put. There is a section on the closely related subject of chimney-boards which are panels painted in trompe l'oeil to disguise fireplace openings in the summer months.

Artikelname: East Anglian Village and Town Signs
Artikelbeschreibung: There are more decorative village and town signs in East Anglia than in any other region of Britain. They appear in a variety of styles and many of them are fine examples of gaily painted wood carving or wrought ironwork. Ranging through Norfolk and Suffolk, this new edition, illustrated throughout in colour, explains where the signs are and what they represent.

Artikelname: English Weathervanes: Their Stories and Legends from Medieval to Modern Times
Artikelbeschreibung: Weathervanes tend to play an unintrusive part in our lives,sometimes being taken for granted. English Weathervanes draws attention to their history, construction use and design. With 237 illustrations by the Author. This book is compiled as an introduction to weathervanes but is equally of interest to those with a passionate curiosity for the subject.

Artikelname: English Windsor Chairs
Artikelbeschreibung: Originating at the beginning of the eighteenth century, Windsor chairs have been produced as disposable garden and verandah chairs and as finely carved royal furniture, and whether made by hand or machines, their basic, simple country lines have made them very collectable. This book attempts to introduce these to the reader and to point out some of the basic characteristics which help in the naming and dating of Windsor chairs

Artikelname: Essential Art Nouveau
Artikelbeschreibung: This attractive book highlights the key elements of Art Nouveau, a ground-breaking style which swept across Europe and America at the turn of the century and became a major influence on all art forms.The approach of a new century provokes new thinking and new technologies, and the artists and designers of a hundred years ago played a key role in shaping a changing world. Challenging the old order with daring flamboyance, their wild and wonderful designs began to appear everywhere - not only on buildings, in paintings and in sculpture, but right through to chairs, cutlery, glassware, ceramics, jewellery and textiles.Essential Art Nouveau features thematic sections and a wonderful selection of images - some are well-known while others are previously unpublished - to provide the reader with the very essence of this extraordinary style.

Artikelname: Firegrates and Kitchen Ranges
Artikelbeschreibung: Many older houses retain original fireplaces and, following a period of neglect in the mid twentieth century, these are now regarded as a valuable and important part of the period home. This book traces the development of iron firegrates from their obscure origins in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to the flamboyant Art Nouveau designs of the Edwardian period and will therefore form an invaluable guide for anyone wishing to find the right grate or range for their period home.

Artikelname: Furniture (Millers)
Artikelbeschreibung: You may know that the chest of drawers you are looking at is mahogany, but how can you be sure it is 18th-century? How do you know whether the handles and feet are original, and that there are no replacement parts? Do you know whether it is English, French or American? The Miller's Furniture Antiques Checklist answers all such questions, with its analysis of all the major categories, including chests, chairs, tables, dining and writing furniture, bookcases and so on. Each double page spread shows how to identify and date an exemplary piece using the question and answer process unique to the Checklists, and then supplies a brief history of this type of furniture. Close-up photographs and line drawings take an in depth look at the piece and, where appropriate, show alterations and acceptable restorations. The book also contains a full analysis of woods and veneers, with photographs showing colour and grain. Miller's Furniture Antiques Checklist is the ideal tool for all those who wish to collect with confidence and to enjoy the experience of collecting.

Artikelname: Gas Lighting
Artikelbeschreibung: Gas Lighting played a part in the improvement in living standards when it was introduced over 200 years ago. It enabled shops to remain open longer and allowed street lighting. Although gas lighting was expensive in the beginning, it soon became the popular form of domestic lighting and this book illustrates many fittings and shades.

Artikelname: Jordan, Marsh Illustrated Catalog of 1891
Artikelbeschreibung: Reproduction of rare catalog features over 1,000 late-Victorian articles of wearing apparel and domestic goods: elegant cashmere suits for ladies, cutaways for men, children?s clothing, textiles, carriage robes, fashionable millinery and much more. Royalty-free designs for commercial artists; invaluable sourcebook for collectors.

Artikelname: Laundry Bygones
Artikelbeschreibung: This book illustrates the simple, rare, but often extremely beautiful traditional laundry aids - the glass calendars, washing bats, mangle boards and goffering stacks - as well as examples of the multitude of flat, box, solid fuel, spirit, gas and electric irons, washing machines and wringers which still commonly survive from the nineteenth century and the first quarter of the twentieth.

Artikelname: Limbert Arts and Crafts Furniture: The Complete 1903 Catalog
Artikelbeschreibung: Excellent reproduction of extremely rare catalog, originally distributed by important Grand Rapids, Michigan manufacturer of fine Mission-style furniture. Unusual pen-and-ink drawings depict 188 pieces, among them a large-arm rocker of bolted construction, fold-down tables and desks, bookcases with leaded glass doors, library and octagonal tables, chairs, settees, more. Captions detail woods, construction, measurements, finishes and prices.

Artikelname: Marble Clocks
Artikelbeschreibung: From the mid nineteenth century to the end of the Victorian era the most popular mantel clock was the mass-produced French 'marble clock'. Even though these clocks came in a vast range of case styles, they were instantly recognisable. The stone-like case, usually black, was typically relieved with ornaments, bands and columns of coloured stone or metal, which the style of the case drew its artistic inspiration from contemporary architecture.

Artikelname: Nutcrackers
Artikelbeschreibung: Everybody has used a nutcracker, and this entertaining book describes the many ingenious methods employed and the numerous imaginative designs produced from the eighteenth century to the present day to carry out the apparently simple task of cracking a nut. Considering the heavy use to which they have been put, it is surprising that some of the earliest wooden nutcrackers still survive. Some of these are wonderful examples of folk art. While nutcrackers of such age and quality are scarce today and latter-day mass-produced metal ones are less individual, interesting figural brass and steel examples can still be found at accessible prices. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the subject, covering the history, development and variation of design and construction of nutcrackers around the world.

Artikelname: Old Cooking Utensils
Artikelbeschreibung: In the twentieth century far-reaching technological and social changes have made their mark on the kitchen and long established methods of cooking have been swept away. Items of equipment in regular use for several thousand of years have disappeared while others have changed beyond recognition with the adoption of electricity and new materials such as plastics. This book looks at the kitchen which centred on the open hearth or range and surveys the equipment used for storing and preserving, preparing, boiling, roasting and baking food.

Artikelname: Old Garden Tools
Artikelbeschreibung: Some of the oldest implements in the world are those that have been used for land cultivation. Many garden tools are universal in use, like the rake, scythe, slasher, spade and saw, and much estate management of the past, before mechanisation, was dependant upon them.

Artikelname: Old Letter Boxes
Artikelbeschreibung: Pillar boxes were first introduced into Britain at the instigation of Anthony Trollope, the novelist, who was also a Post Office Surveyor. Nowadays the red postbox is a familiar sight in city street and country lane alike. Although many are very ordinary, some types, such as those that survive from the 1850s, are understandably rare. Because of their sturdy cast-iron construction British letter boxes are very long-lasting, and examples of virtually every type from Queen Victoria's reign onwards can still be found, which makes the British Isles particularly rich in this aspect of our heritage. Surprisingly, whilst some nineteenth century boxes are relatively common, some modem ones, remnants of unsuccessful experiments, are much less frequently found. Pillar boxes, wall boxes of various kinds, lamp boxes and other non-standard specimens are included in this survey. The book ranges from the Channel Islands, where pillar boxes were first introduced in 1852, to Scotland which has had its own design of letter boxes since the queens accession in 1952, and from the heart of London.

Artikelname: Old Letterboxes
Artikelbeschreibung: Pillar boxes were first introduced into Britain at the instigation of Anthony Trollope, the novelist who was also a Post Office Surveyor. Nowadays the red postbox is a familiar sight in city street and country lane alike. Although many are very ordinary, some types, such as those that survive from the 1850s, are understandably rare. This book ranges from the Channel Islands to Scotland, and from the heart of London to the depths of rural Wales and the Irish Republic.

Artikelname: Old Radio Sets
Artikelbeschreibung: The radio has been part of home entertainment for over 75 years. This book describes the development of the radio from the late Victorian era until the late 1960s, showing many rare and unusual sets once so familiar to listeners.

Artikelname: Old Television
Artikelbeschreibung: Television, the most immediate and up-to-date of the communications media, has nonetheless reached a ripe old age. This tradition embraces more than seventy years of progress, from the crude experiments of John Logie Baird in 1925, through the pioneering 405-line days at Alexandra Palace just before the Second World War, to the era when television entered most homes in the 1950s and the growing sophistication of the 1960s with the introduction of 625-line colour transmissions. This book explores, without sentimentality, the whole heritage of the black and white era of television. In it you will find receivers from imposing sets built like furniture to the first transistor portables, the story of the development of television broadcasting, and the whole culture of the television generation from the coming of commercials on ITV to today?s rediscovery of cult programmes.

Artikelname: Roycroft Decorative Accessories in Copper and Leather: The 1919 Catalog
Artikelbeschreibung: Strongly influenced by the ideas of William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement in general, Elbert Hubbard founded the Roycroft Shops in East Aurora, New York. This volume prints the 1919 catalog, including some 260 photographs, advertising handsomely made items of copper and leather. Captions identify each item, provide dimensions, and list sp

Artikelname: Sears, Roebuck Home Builder?s Catalog: The Complete Illustrated 1910 Edition
Artikelbeschreibung: Reprinted from a rare original: a huge illustrated selection of early 20th-century building materials and fittings?from roofing and siding to chandeliers and porcelain-enameled bathtubs?complete with original advertising copy, specifications and prices. Hundreds of black-and-white illus., plus 8 colour plates.

Artikelname: Spoons 1650-2000
Artikelbeschreibung: Spoons probably have the longest history of any artefact and have been made ever since man discovered that handling liquids was vital to his existence. In this new colour edition of a popular title, Simon Moore traces the history of English spoons, noting their social position in history and the many changes in style and form as their versatility was discovered. Spoons that once graced medieval ducal tables and those of base metal used by commoners are illustrated and described. The author gives collectors some guidelines to follow should they find an antique spoon of unknown origin and date or be asked for an opinion. For this second edition the coverage of the British Arts and Crafts Movement has been expanded, examining its contribution to European design at the turn of the nineteenth century and showing how this influence was revisited on British design in the following decades.

Artikelname: Sundials: Their Theory and Construction
Artikelbeschreibung: Fascinating approach to sundials. On one hand, it is a rigorous appraisal of the science of sundials including mathematical treatment and pertinent astronomical background. On the other hand, it provides a nontechnical treatment simple enough so that several of the dials can be built by children.

Artikelname: The Art Nouveau Style: A Comprehensive Guide with 264 Illustrations
Artikelbeschreibung: Absorbing, exceptionally detailed study by noted authority examines early trends (including the influence of Blake and the Pre-Raphaelites), posters and book illustrations, stylistic influences in architecture; furniture, jewelry, and other applied arts; painting and sculpture; and the eclipse of the style. Perceptive discussions of many artists associated with the movement, among them Alphonse Mucha, Aubrey Beardsley, and William Morris.

Artikelname: The Arts and Crafts Movement
Artikelbeschreibung: This volume surveys the highly influential Arts and Crafts design movement in Britain, the United States of America and Europe. Although the styles adopted by the movement were diverse, its leading architects, artists and craft-designers - including William Morris and Edwin Lutyens in Britain, Frank Lloyd Wright and Gustav Stickley in America, Josef Hoffmann in Austria and Eliel Saarinen in Finland - were united in promoting the moral superiority of 'honest' design and natural materials in an industrial age.

Artikelname: The Modern Chair: Classic Designs by Thonet, Breuer, Le Corbusier, Eames and Others
Artikelbeschreibung: More than 40 "classic" modern chairs, illustrated and discussed by a noted furniture designer, exemplify the marriage of practicality and aesthetics. Thonet?s Bentwood armchair, Breuer?s Wassily chair, van der Rohe?s Barcelona chair, and many others are depicted in photographs and explanatory drawings.

Artikelname: Tiffany (Potter & Jackson)
Artikelbeschreibung: With its brilliant colours, strange shapes and innovative techniques, Tiffanys work is startlingly original and has been both loved and reviled; and immense popular and artistic success at the turn of the century but completely out of favour and consigned to the rubbish tips and jumble sales during the 1930s and 40s. During the 1950s the Tiffany revival began and interest has snowballed and prices continue to rise. Lavishly illustrated in colour and black and white, Tiffany contains a useful reference section listing the most important collections of his work and information on the hallmarks.

Artikelname: Turn-of-the-Century Doors, Windows and Decorative Millwork: The Mulliner Catalog of 1893
Artikelbeschreibung: Precise, factual guide for home restorers and nostalgia buffs provides descriptions, dimensions, prices and nearly 300 illustrations of window frames, sashes, doors, blinds, mouldings, stair work, mantels, embossed and cut glass, brackets, scrollwork, wood drapery, balustrades, pew ends, pulpits, etc.

Artikelname: Victorian Cabinet-Maker?s Assistant
Artikelbeschreibung: Broad selection of furniture patterns, including "Loo" tables, ottomans and chiffoniers. For cabinetmakers and furniture restorers?an excellent guide for learning techniques of Victorian furniture construction, For collectors and dealers?an indispensable reference. 400 designs.

Artikelname: Victorian Gothic House Style: An Architectural and Interior Design Source Book
Artikelbeschreibung: As Linda Osband demonstrates in this fact-filled volume, the Gothic Revival caught the fancy of many Victorians who sought refuge in supposedly simpler days. Picturesque castles and cathedrals with spiky towers, high-gabled roofs and medieval ornament provided just the escape needed from all the rigours and gritty reality of the industrial revolution. A celebration of one of the most exuberant styles of the period, Victorian Gothic House Style provides the ideal source of inspiration and reference for anyone wishing to re-create or preserve Gothic houses and interiors with style and confidence, by combining specially commissioned photographs and extensive source material from contemporary catalogues with informative and practical text. Accompanied by an historical appreciation of the period in architecture and interiors, as well as through its influential designers, there is practical information on re-creating the effect plus a comprehensive list of stockists and suppliers.

A large heavy volume and P&P costs quoted reflect this.

Artikelname: Victorian Houseware, Hardware and Kitchenware: A Pictorial Archive with Over 2000 Illustrations
Artikelbeschreibung: Teeming with over 2,000 illustrations?reprinted from rare woodcut engravings and selected from hard-to-find antique trade catalogs?this fascinating archive offers an extensive view of the furnishings of a typical 19th-century home. It features andirons and ash sifters, housemaids? buckets and buttonhole cutters, sausage stuffers, seed strippers, spittoons, and hundreds of other items. Captions provide descriptions that include size, weight, and cost. An indispensable reference for historians and collectors; a valuable source of royalty-free art for designers and craftspeople.

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A HUGE VOLUME DUE TO SIZE AND NUMBER OF PAGES.

Artikelname: Victorian Wooden Molding and Frame Designs: The 1910 Morell Catalog
Artikelbeschreibung: A rare British sourcebook created for the decoration of Victorian-style homes and buildings, with over 1,800 illustrations depicting reeded moldings, bead moldings, various gilded moldings, ornamental frames, brass corners and crowns, waved moldings, spoonmoldings and many other types of architectural embellishment. Index. Over 1,800 illus.Reproduction of an original 1910 catlog.

Artikelname: Windsor Chairs
Artikelbeschreibung: Profusely illustrated book?the first guide to understanding and interpreting the uniquely American Windsor?identifies over 100 different types of Windsor chairs and other furniture. Full-page photos of side chairs, armchairs, comb-backs, writing-arm chairs, babies? high-backs and low chairs, settees, love seats, stools, and tables. Accompanying text describes furniture?s condition and merit, its rarity, date of manufacture, and ownership. An excellent reference for collectors, dealers, artists, students and designers.