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Little Book of Chanel by Lagerfeld The Story of the Iconic Fashion Designer Book
By Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Little Book of Chanel by Lagerfeld: The Story of the Iconic Fashion Designer, Hardcover Book by
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21st Century and Contemporary French Fashion Books

Complete Decorative Set of 6 Graham Greene Books Designer Edition, England
By Graham Greene
Located in Palm Springs, CA
We purchased a entire collection of books from a local (Rancho Mirage, CA) art collector
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Early 2000s English Mid-Century Modern Books

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Couture The Great Designers Book by Caroline Rennolds Millbank c 1985
Located in University City, MO
Couture The great designers hardcover book by Caoline Rennolds Millbank c 1985 The 415 page
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1980s American Couture

Mid-Century Modern Designers
Located in New York, NY
to the 300 influential designers who helped to define it. From popular icons such as Alvar Aalto
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2010s Chinese Books

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Paper

Mid-Century Modern Designers
Mid-Century Modern Designers
H 12.25 in W 9 in D 1.47 in
American Approach to Antique Carpets the Y & B Bolour Collection Los Angeles USA
Located in North Hollywood, CA
three hardcover designer books. As the author for American Approach Antique Carpets The Y & B Bolour
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Late 20th Century American Islamic Books

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Paper

100 Designers' Favorite Rooms Projects of the World's Finest Designers 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
100 Designers' Favorite Rooms: Selected Projects of the World's Finest Designers and Architects by
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1990s American Books

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Paper

Woman Made Great Women Designers
Located in New York, NY
The most comprehensive, fully illustrated book on women designers ever published – a celebration of
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Books

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Paper

Woman Made Great Women Designers
Woman Made Great Women Designers
H 11.375 in W 9.875 in D 0.88 in
Gerrit Rietveld, designer and architect
By Gerrit Rietveld
Located in Waddinxveen, ZH
Gerrit Rietveld (1888 - 1964) was a Dutch designer and architect. This booklet gives an
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Late 20th Century Dutch Mid-Century Modern Books

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Paper

Gerrit Rietveld, designer and architect
Gerrit Rietveld, designer and architect
H 11.82 in W 11.82 in D 0.2 in
Jens Quistgaard: The Sculpting Designer
By Phaidon
Located in New York, NY
The first authoritative monograph on the life and work of the celebrated Danish-American designer
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2010s Chinese Books

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Paper

Jens Quistgaard: The Sculpting Designer
Jens Quistgaard: The Sculpting Designer
H 11.38 in W 8.38 in D 2 in
Eileen Gray: Designer and Architect (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
the furniture and interiors of this now highly regarded and much sought after designer. She was at her
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20th Century Books

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Paper

Francois Catroux Designer Book by David Netto
By François Catroux
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Francois Catroux Designer Book by David Netto. Francois Catroux innovator interior designer. He
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Books

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Paper

Cabinet Makers and Furniture Designers by Hugh Honour
By Hugh Honour
Located in valatie, NY
Cabinet Makers and Furniture Designers by Hugh Honour. Feltham: The Hamlyn Publishing Group
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20th Century English Books

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Paper

Eileen Gray: Architect/Designer by Peter Adam (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Eileen Gray (1878-1976) was one of the most innovative architect/designers of the 20th century. Her
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20th Century Books

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Paper

Designed for Life The World’s Best Product Designers
Located in New York, NY
A global survey of 100 of the most creative and innovative product designers working today
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2010s Chinese Books

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Paper

Fornasetti Designer of Dreams by P. Mauries (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
career he established an enduring reputation as a designer with a style that was all his own - a style
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20th Century Books

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Paper

London Uprising-Fifty Fashion Designers, One City Book
Located in New York, NY
"A backstage pass into the studios of the capitals coolest designers. A gorgeous tome." Sunday
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Paper

Through a Designer’s Eye A Focus on Interiors
Located in New York, NY
antiques, and contemporary comfort. In Through a Designer’s Eye, he reveals his design process, emphasizing
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Paper

Fornasetti: Designer of Dreams by Patrick Mauries (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A beautiful hardback book and dustjacket, published in 1991 to coincide with an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert museum in London, 288 pages with over 600 lavish illustrati...
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20th Century Books

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Paper

Glorious Gardens: Private Edens of the World's Leading Interior Designers
Located in New York, NY
celebrated interior designers Through stunning photography and intimate narratives, Glorious Gardens offers
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2010s American Books

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Paper

Architecture of William McCall, Jr., Designer in the Classical Tradition
Located in valatie, NY
The Architecture of Wm. Frank McCall, Jr., FAIA: A Complete Designer in the Classical Tradition
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Vintage 1980s American Books

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Paper

Mansions To Dream, to Live, to Feel Hardcover Designer Book
Located in North Hollywood, CA
exceptional interior designer, but also a fine human being and true gentleman. One of his trademarks is his
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21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Spanish Colonial Books

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Paper

Paolo Buffa Designer 30 opere dal 1939 al 1968 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
and the whole, always coherent and harmonious. The strength of the designer Buffa was to believe in
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20th Century Books

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Paper

Designer China - the Fine Art of Ceramic Painting Made Simple
Located in Bradenton, FL
Designer China - the Fine Art of Ceramic Painting Made Simple by Lesley Harle with Susan Conder
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1990s Hong Kong Books

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Paper

City of Dreams: Los Angeles Interiors: Inspiring Homes of Architects, Designers
Located in New York, NY
Writer and designer Annie Kelly has authored many books, including the successful Rooms to Inspire series
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Paper

Influential Interiors Shaping 20th-Century Style Through Key Interior Designers
Located in valatie, NY
Influential Interiors: Shaping 20th-century style through key interior designers by Suzanne Trocomé
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1990s American Books

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Paper

Pierre Chareau, Designer and Architect by Brian Brace Taylor (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A large paperback book which was published in 1992. The book focuses in depth on probably his most famous design "La Maison de Verre" (the Glass House), along with other houses, furn...
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20th Century Books

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Paper

at Home with Designers and Tastemakers: Creating Beautiful and Personal Interior
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
inspiring homes of top designers and tastemakers, revealing the personal and idiosyncratic interiors they
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Paper

Complete Designers Lights 1950-1990: 30 Years of Collecting (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
400 pages with hard covers (no dust jacket, as published) - illustrated in colour throught. Clemence and Didier Krzentowski, the founders and directors of the leading contemporary de...
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20th Century Books

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Paper

Interior Visions Great American Designers by Chris Casson Madden Hardcover 1988
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Interior Visions: Great American Designers and the Showcase House is a beautif and inspiring book
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Late 20th Century American Hollywood Regency Books

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Paper

At Home with Dogs and Their Designers Sharing a Stylish Life
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
leading interior designers show readers how to live in the most stylish way with their adorable dogs
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21st Century and Contemporary North American Books

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Paper

Rihanna Book: Limited Edition 'Fenty x Phaidon' Featuring a Designer Stand
Located in New York, NY
, performer, designer, and entrepreneur. Many of these images have never before been published. This
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21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Books

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Paper

Little Book of Chanel by LagerfeldThe Story of the Iconic Fashion Designer
By Coco Chanel
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Little Book of Chanel by Lagerfeld: The Story of the Iconic Fashion Designer, Hardcover Book by
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Books

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Paper

Inspired Design The 100 Most Important Interior Designers Book by Jennifer Boles
Located in New York, NY
Most decorating books focus on one designer; the rest focus on one period, one trend, one room. This
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Paper

American Car Design Now: Inside the Studios of America's Top Car Designers
By Rizoli International Publications
Located in North Hollywood, CA
American Car Design Now: Inside the Studios of America's Top Car Designers by C. Edson Armi. This
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20th Century American American Classical Books

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Paper

Charles Rennie Mackintosh as a Designer of Chairs by Filippo Alison (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
If a few more years had been allowed to pass, a rich heritage of art treasures that bear testimony to the impassioned , inexhaustible genius of C.R. Mackintosh would have been irreme...
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20th Century Books

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Paper

Anatomy for Interior Designers and How to Talk to a Client by Francis Schroeder
Located in valatie, NY
. Signed by the interior designer and artist "Elsie Orfus." NPT Books, a division of N.P. Trent Antiques
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Vintage 1950s North American Books

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Paper

Bill Blass: an American Designer by H O'hagan, K Rowold & M Vollbracht (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Published to accompany a major retrospective exhibition of Blass's career at the Indiana University Art Museum, this lavish presentation presents more than 250 of his most important ...
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20th Century Books

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Paper

La Plante et Ses Applications & Les Fleurs Et Leurs Applications Decoratives
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
complete states, this facsimile is a very good reference for designers and decorators. The books are still
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20th Century Books

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Paper

Three Centuries of Furniture in Color by J. A. Kenworthy-Browne, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
more items. Great reference book for designers, decorators, and antiquarians. NPT Books a division of
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Vintage 1970s Books

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Chanel: Her Life, Her World, and the Woman Behind the Legend She Herself Created
Located in valatie, NY
comeback at the age of seventy-one. Inscribed to "Kasper" (Herbert Kasper, the famous clothing designer and
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Vintage 1970s American Books

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Paper

Italian Master Drawings: Wolfgang Ratjen Collection Property of Herbert Kasper
Located in valatie, NY
of Drawings and Photographs,” to the designer. NPT Books a division of N.P. Trent Antiques has a
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books

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500 Years of Collecting in Antwerp Story of Passions, Library of Herbert Kasper
Located in valatie, NY
: The Kasper Collection of Drawings and Photographs,” to the designer. NPT Books a division of N.P
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21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Books

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Tom Dixon: Minimum Design by Davide Fabio Colaci and Angela Rui (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
successful 'Minimum Architects' series, the 'Minimum Designers' series includes books about the major figures
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Paper

Matisse Picasso, From the Estate of Herbert Kasper, Thank You Letter From MOMA
Located in valatie, NY
fashion designer known as Kasper. He studied English and advertising at New York University and fashion at
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21st Century and Contemporary English Books

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Paper

Steps & Stairways, First Edition
By Cleo Baldon, Ib Melchior
Located in valatie, NY
art and entertainment. A great resource book for architects and designers. NPT Books, a division of
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20th Century American Books

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Paper

Steps & Stairways, First Edition
Steps & Stairways, First Edition
H 10.25 in W 10.25 in D 1 in
Le Style Empire, Décoratations, Extérieures Et Intérieures, Mobilier, Bronzes
Located in valatie, NY
architects, antiques dealers and interior designers. NPT Books a division of N.P. Trent Antiques has a large
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Early 20th Century French Empire Books

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Paper

Vfiles: Style, Fashion, Music
By Rizzoli International Publications
Located in New York, NY
influencers in fashion and music in 2016. Greg Foley is an award-winning author-illustrator and designer who
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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Paper

Vfiles: Style, Fashion, Music
Vfiles: Style, Fashion, Music
H 11.3 in W 8.9 in D 1.1 in
Exquisite Danish 1960s Retro Teak Coffee Table with Black Legs
Located in Markington, GB
any trade / designer books. Probably one of the nicest teak coffee tables we have seen, stands on
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Mid-20th Century Danish Mid-Century Modern Coffee and Cocktail Tables

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Teak

Acrylic Painting on wood Panel Titled “tbd" 56.75 x 58.75
By William Finlayson Jr.
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
magazines and interior designer books and collected all over the United States, Canada, England, St John
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Acrylic

Writing Table
By Jules Wabbes
Located in New York, NY
Rectangular rosewood top with a stainless steel base. Literature: Jules Wabbes Furniture's designer
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Vintage 1950s Belgian Desks and Writing Tables

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Stainless Steel

Writing Table
Writing Table
H 29.5 in W 70.75 in D 30 in
Starling-crow. Papercut & gouache artwork, Figurative, Polish artist
By Marianna Oklejak
Located in Warsaw, PL
. MARIANNA OKLEJAK (b. 1981) – Polish illustrator and graphic designer. Author of children books. Graduated
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2010s Contemporary More Art

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Paper, Gouache

Modernist Still Life by renowned Dutch artist Dick Elffers
Located in London, GB
) and Westerbork (1983). He was the designer of many books and covers, and created several Dutch stamps
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1950s Modern Still-life Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

St John's College, Oxford, Lithograph by William Nicholson
Located in London, GB
painter and printmaker. He is also known as an illustrator, author of children’s books, stained glass
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Early 1900s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

St John's College, Oxford II, Lithograph by William Nicholson
Located in London, GB
British painter and printmaker. He is also known as an illustrator, author of children’s books, stained
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Early 1900s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Leopard and cherub. Papercut, gouache artwork, Animal, Figurative, Polish artist
By Marianna Oklejak
Located in Warsaw, PL
children books. Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 2006. She's a designer of books, posters
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2010s Contemporary More Art

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Paper, Gouache

New College Lane, Oxford lithograph by William Nicholson
Located in London, GB
was a British painter and printmaker. He is also known as an illustrator, author of children’s books
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Early 1900s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Oriel College, Oxford lithograph by William Nicholson
Located in London, GB
painter and printmaker. He is also known as an illustrator, author of children’s books, stained glass
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Early 1900s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

University College, Oxford lithograph by William Nicholson
Located in London, GB
illustrator, author of children’s books, stained glass designer, and theatre set designer.
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Early 1900s Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Set of Garden or Interior Rattan Table and Three Armchairs by Alan Fuchs, 1970s
By Alan Fuchs, Úľuv
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1970s, Czechoslovakia - designer: Alan Fuchs - publicated in books and catalogues - original
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Vintage 1970s Czech Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

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Rattan, Wood

A little star. Papercut & gouache artwork, Fairy tale, Figurative, Polish artist
By Marianna Oklejak
Located in Warsaw, PL
of children books. Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw in 2006. She's a designer of books
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2010s Contemporary More Art

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Paper, Gouache

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