Rare Design Books
Rare Modern Design in the Home, Milena Lamarová / Czechoslovakia
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1965
- designer : Miroslav Rada
- Artia Praha
- English version
- original condition, see the photos
- 207 pages
- many beautiful pictures
- jr.
Category
Vintage 1960s Scandinavian Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Design-For-Today, Rare Modernist Magazine, Complete Bound Set, 1933 to 1935, UK
Located in London, Fitzrovia
Design-For-Today, a short lived modernist avant-garde magazine, 1933 to 1935, UK.
A rare and hard
Category
20th Century British International Style Books
Materials
Paper
$4,411 / set
H 11.03 in W 4.73 in D 8.47 in
Histoire de Leon Bakst Rare French 1924 Edition #94 of 345 Ballet Russes designs
By Leon Bakst
Located in Glenford, NY
he designed exotic, richly colored sets and costumes including costume portraits of Vaslav Nijinsky
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Nouveau Books
Materials
Paper
$2,900
H 2 in W 14.75 in D 11 in
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Rare 1950s Three Volume Set of Danish Ceramic, Silver and Furniture Design Books
By Esbjorn Hiort
Located in Papaikou, HI
First edition full three volume set. Published in 1954-1955. Bindings and pages are in excellent condition. Dust Jackets and cases are there, but show considerable wear.
Category
Vintage 1950s Books
Materials
Paper
H 11.25 in W 2 in D 9 in
Rare John Dickinson Stacked Books Table
By John Dickinson, Drexel
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare stacked books table designed by John Dickinson and manufactured by Drexel. The middle book has
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern End Tables
Materials
Naugahyde, Wood
Rare Set of David Hicks Books on Design
Located in San Francisco, CA
Entire series of David Hicks books on design, including the very rare book
on taste. The books are
Category
Vintage 1970s Books
Rare Design Book, 1925 Decorative Arts Expo, Paris
Located in Doylestown, PA
important events ever to take place in the history of modern design. Published in 1924, the book features
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Books
Materials
Paper
Rare Pierre Paulin Un Univers De Formes Book
By Pierre Paulin
Located in San Diego, CA
Pierre Paulin: Un Univers De Formes (French Edition) by Anne Chapoutot. This rare hardcover book
Category
1990s French Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Regency Style Book Design Nightstand or End Table with Leather Top
Located in Plainview, NY
rare and collectible books. The table is raised on four regency fluted legs ending each with brass
Category
20th Century Regency Side Tables
Materials
Leather, Wood
Important California Design Books
Located in Berkeley, CA
Rare set of four California design books put out by the Pasadena Art Museum in the 1960-1970. These
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Rare Sales Catalogue with Art Nouveau Textile Swatches of Chris Lebeau Designs
By Chris Lebeau
Located in Amstelveen, NL
Very rare sales catalogue with list of designs for tablecloths and napkins by Chris Lebeau for
Category
Early 20th Century Dutch Art Nouveau Books
Materials
Paper
Piero Fornasetti Rare Christie's Auction Catalog
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Catalog: Important Design: The Life of Piero Fornasetti. Christies, Los Angeles, May 16, 1998
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
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Modern Laurence Dining Chairs, Red Velvet, Handmade in Portugal by Greenapple
By Greenapple
Located in Lisboa, PT
Laurence Chair, Contemporary Collection, Handcrafted in Portugal - Europe by Greenapple.
The Laurence dining chair is an artistic tribute to the essence of femininity in contemporar...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Modern Chairs
Materials
Velvet, Wood, Leather, Mohair, Bouclé, Linen
$3,010 / item
H 32.68 in W 23.23 in D 23.63 in
Mid-Century Gio Ponti Silver Plated Coffee and Tea set on a tray, A.Krupp Milano
By Arthur Krupp, Gio Ponti
Located in London, Fitzrovia
A Gio Ponti 6 piece mid-century silver plated coffee and tea set on a small circular tray. Designed for the VI triennale, 1930's to 1950's.
comprising 6 items
a 50CL tea pot, (seems ...
Category
20th Century Italian Mid-Century Modern Tea Sets
Materials
Metal
$1,723
H 4.34 in Dm 13 in
Leonardo Da Vinci The Complete Paintings Hardcover Coffee Table Book
By Leonardo da Vinci
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Leonardo da Vinci. The Complete Paintings.
Book by Pietro Marani
Da Vinci in detail: Leonardo's life and work all paintings.
One of the most fully achieved human beings who has ever ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Classical Roman Books
Materials
Paper
$395
H 13.5 in W 11.5 in D 1.5 in
Forsyth Bespoke Eero Saarinen Womb Chair and Ottoman in California Sheepskin
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in SAINT LOUIS, MO
A favourite of the Forsyth design team!
We have an incredible collection of vintage chairs and design icons waiting for a new life. Our upcylced womb chairs are some of our most pop...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Lounge Chairs
Materials
Sheepskin
$18,600 / item
H 35 in W 41 in D 39 in
Body of Art Book
Located in New York, NY
"Body of Art juxtaposes Sandro Botticelli's Venus with Vanessa Beecroft's army of naked women, the iconic head of Nefertiti, and the work of Ryan Trecartin, among many other artists,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Books
Materials
Paper
1000 Design Classics
By Phaidon
Located in New York, NY
The most innovative, iconic, and influential products ever designed - from 1663 to the present day
Originating from the highly acclaimed and groundbreaking three-volume Phaidon De...
Category
2010s Chinese Books
Materials
Paper
American Art Deco Furniture by Ric Emmett Ltd Edition Book
By Ric Emmett
Located in North Bergen, NJ
American Art Deco furniture by Ric Emmett
After four years of research and writing this book has become a Reality! It has become a part of the permanent collection in the Art & Desi...
Category
2010s Books
Materials
Paper
David Hockney, A Bigger Book
By David Hockney
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Hardcover, 50 x 70 cm (19.6 x 27.5 in.), 498 pages, 13 fold-outs, with an adjustable bookstand designed by Marc Newson, plus an illustrated 680-page chronology book
A Bigger Book,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary European Books
Materials
Paper
Four Georgian Wrought Iron Railing Lengths with Hand-Formed Circular End Finials
Located in London, GB
A set of four lengths of Georgian hand wrought iron railings with hoop style tops and circular hand formed end finials to each section.
They are made from wrought iron so they are ex...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century English Georgian Balustrades and Fixtures
Materials
Wrought Iron
$2,757 / set
H 38 in W 330 in D 1 in
1 BANGA space age micro architecture prefab house bungalow by Carlo Zappa, 1971
By Carlo Zappa
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
here we offer one of 2 bangas, with light grey interior. the second one with black interior is offered in another listing.
a banga shows ways in which we could live more sustainably...
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Space Age Architectural Elements
Materials
Fiberglass
$168,586
H 110.24 in W 127.56 in D 127.56 in
Original Antique Print of Shells, 1847 'Unframed'
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Great image of shells.
Unframed. It gives you the option of perhaps making a set up using your own choice of frames.
Lithograph after Cpt. brown with original hand color.
Publishe...
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Antique 1840s English Folk Art Prints
Materials
Paper
Seashell Jewelry Trinket Box
Located in New York, NY
A real natural seashell jewelry or trinket box with glass and mirror design, circa late-20th century. Boxes' hinged lid is a real natural seashell (beautifully cut in half) with 'pan...
Category
Late 20th Century Organic Modern Jewelry Boxes
Materials
Shell, Glass, Mirror
Vintage Gabbeh Persian Rug, Cream and Brown with Leopard Pictorial - Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
This vintage 3x5 Persian Gabbeh rug is the latest grand entry to Rug & Kilim’s curation of rare tribal pieces. Hand-knotted in wool circa 1950-1960.
On the Design:
This vintage Ga...
Category
Vintage 1950s Persian Tribal Persian Rugs
Materials
Wool
$4,300
W 41 in L 61 in
Large Natural South Pacific Giant Clam Shell #1
Located in Bradenton, FL
This is a large, 24 inch, gorgeous Natural Giant Clam Shell specimen from the South Pacific seas showcasing deeply scalloped edges, exceptional details and a luminous, calcified surf...
Category
Mid-20th Century Southeast Asian Organic Modern Nautical Objects
Materials
Shell
Pair of Jean Perzel Attributed 1940s Gilt Iron Wall Sconces
By Atelier Jean Perzel
Located in Sharon, CT
A pair of very large (27.5 inches high-exclusive of globes) Gilded Cast Iron (21 lbs. each) Wall Sconces. Not signed or otherwise marked.
Category
Vintage 1940s French Art Deco Wall Lights and Sconces
Materials
Iron
Bessarabian Rug, 1810
Located in New York, NY
Bessarabian rug, 1810
Russia, circa 1810
Tapestry woven carpet
Imperial Tapestry Factory, St. Petersburg
Having an Adamesque central medallion on a warm caramel ground, with swan...
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Russian Russian and Scandinavian Rugs
Materials
Wool
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