Angela Carter Furniture

The American Wing: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: Harrison House, 1987. Second edition hardcover with dust jacket. 352 pp. A ...

American artist Barkley L. Hendricks (1945–2017) revolutionized contemporary portraiture with his vivid depictions of Black subjects beginning in the late 1960s. This book contextualizes Hendricks’s portraits at different stages of the country’s history and places him in the pantheon of innovative twentieth-century artists. Hendricks developed his signature style at a time of significant social and cultural change in the United States, especially with regard to Black artists, and amid a perceived bifurcation between abstraction and representation. He produced portraits from the late 1960s through the early 1980s. Following a hiatus during which he made landscapes, basketball paintings, works on paper, and photographs, he resumed his portraiture practice from 2002 until his death in 2017. Hendricks’s portrait paintings, often derived from photographs of friends and family, hired models, or figures he encountered on the street, were inspired by the artist’s research, international travels, and visits to museums like The Frick Collection, where he studied centuries-old European paintings...

At the Table of La Fortezza: The Enchantment of Tuscan Cooking from the Lunigiana Region. Author Annette Joseph, Photographs by David Loftus. Annette Joseph shares recipes from the charming Lunigiana region of Tuscany that were developed at her medieval fortress, La Fortezza. This is the first book on the cuisine of this important slow-food area. Lunigiana is a rugged, mountainous region of Tuscany, flanked by the Liguria coastline and Emilia-Romagna, whose cuisine has been shaped by its distinctive landscape and location. Author and stylist Annette Joseph purchased and renovated a stunning medieval fortress, aptly named La Fortezza (“The Fortress”), in this little-known area. Enamored by Lunigiana’s rich food heritage and traditions, Joseph sought out authentic and traditional dishes from the best chefs, home cooks, and slow-food purveyors in the region. This book showcases these rustic recipes, some of which have been enjoyed for centuries. Lunigiana’s cuisine brings together the flavors of both the coast and the mountains and draws inspiration from the neighboring regions. It is home to unique ingredients, such as chestnut flour, and its specialties are often still prepared the ancient way. Lunigiana is also recognized by UNESCO as a sustainable region, and Joseph’s recipes highlight slow-food practices, such as sourcing seasonal ingredients from local producers. Breathtaking photographs by David Loftus highlight the beauty of Lunigiana’s cuisine and countryside, as well as La Fortezza’s dreamy vineyard, orchards, and kitchen garden. This book is an incredible culinary and visual journey into an undiscovered region in Italy and a must-have for anyone who loves Italian food...

Art at Auction : The Year at Sotheby's 1981-1982. Published by Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1982. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This annual reference work provides a view of the year's...

Wonderful vintage Ringmaster: The Circus Game, produced by Cadaco-Ellis of Chicago, circa 1947. #5514 This complete mid-century American board game features exceptionally colorful circus-themed graphics depicting a traditional ringmaster surrounded by clowns, a performing seal, horse and rider, elephant, lion and classic big-top imagery. The bold illustrated box makes the game as appealing as a decorative object as it is a collectible piece of vintage gaming history. The game is a complete set and has been used. At some point after use, the entire game and original box were shrink-wrapped for protection and preservation. The shrink wrap remains in place and the game is being offered exactly as found. This is not original factory shrink wrap and the game is not being represented as unopened or unused. The original box displays authentic age and use, including rubbing, edge and corner wear, small areas of surface loss and other expected signs of handling. These imperfections contribute to the wonderful vintage character of this nearly 80-year-old game. A terrific example of postwar American commercial illustration, vintage toy design and circus Americana. Particularly attractive displayed on a bookshelf, coffee table, game table or alongside a collection of vintage toys, circus memorabilia...

Acclaimed Mexican chef Enrique Olvera presents the ultimate insider’s guide to preparing and enjoying authentic tacos Enrique Olvera is known for the sophisticated Mexican cuisine h...

The Chinese Pavilion at Drottningholm is one of the most remarkable "chinoiseries" anywhere in the North of Europe-not because of its size and the splendour of its collections, but b...

The Library Edition of The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night, published in 1894, is a celebrated 12-volume set (only volumes 1 to 10 included) of Sir Richard Francis Burton's une...

Art At Auction 1973 - 1974 The Year At Sotheby's Parke-Bernet. Viking Press NY, 1973. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Numerous color photos of important lots from all of Sotheby's...

The Arabian Nights as translated by Sir Richard F. Burton. Hardcover book with all gilt edges and sewn in ribbon bookmark. Published by Barnes & Noble in 2009, illustrated, 736 pages.

Art At Auction: The Year At Sotheby Parke Bernet 1977-1978. Sotheby Park Bernet Publication, London, 1977. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. This annua...

Currier and Ives hand coloured lithograph print of The Albino Family circa 1860 “They have pure white skin, silken white hair and pink eyes,Rudolf Lucasie, Wife and Child who have ...