About Potterton Books
Potterton Books specialises in sourcing vintage and out of print reference books on 20th century design, the fine and decorative arts, jewellery and textile design.
Established in 19801stDibs seller since 2010
Associations
LAPADA - The Association of Arts & Antiques Dealers
VAT ID
GB332351491
Featured Pieces
Maxime Old: Architecte-Decorateur by Yves Badetz (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A hardback book with dust jacket in very good condition. Maxime Old had a long and successful career starting in the 1930s when he worked with Ruhlmann and was designing until his de...
Category
20th Century Books
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Paper
Jean-Michel Frank by Leopald Diego Sanchez (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a copy of the first edition from 1980 which was produced in a limited edition of only 4,000 copies. Frank was an interior decorator and furniture designer who worked in the f...
Category
20th Century Books
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Paper
Jean Royere by Pierre-Emmanuel Martin-Vivier (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the considerable work of a man who, between 1931 and 1972, carried out more than a thousand projects around the world - from the develo...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Jean Dunand Jean Goulden (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
June 12th - September 6th 2013
The Exhibition at Kelly Gallery is a reprise celebration of the innovative skills and artistry of Jean Dunand and Jean Goulden. It comprise about 40 wo...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Ruhlmann: Master of Art Deco by Florence Camard (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Jacques Emile Ruhlmann was one of the greatest and most prolific Art Deco cabinet makers and interior designers of the first half of the twentieth century. Ruhlmann was known for his...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Art Deco: Les Miatres Du Mobilier - Le Decor Des Paquebots (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
by Pierre Kjellberg
A beautifully photographed book, which provides an alphabetic A - Z of all the great Deco designers - Chareau, Dunand, Ruhlmann, Leleu and Sue et Mare to name but...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Sue et Mare: Et La Compagnie des Arts Francais by Florence Camard (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Monograph dedicated to Louis Süe and André Mare who, in 1919, founded the Compagnie des Arts Français. Their collaboration lasted until 1927. In appendix: 30 pages of directory of th...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Books
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Paper
Andre Groult: Decorateur-Ensemblier du XXe Sieecle by Felix Marcilhac (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Hardback book with cloth covers and dust jacket in very good condition. 279 pages lavishly illustrated with colour and black & white photographs and drawings. Groult had a prolif...
Category
Late 20th Century Books
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Paper
Charlotte Perriand: Un art d'habiter By Jacques Barsac (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This monograph is about the life and works of Charlotte Perriand who was one of the most influential designers whose life (1903-1999) spanned of the 20th century. In the late 1920's ...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Property from the Collection of Mrs Charles Wrightsman (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is the Sotheby's catalogue from May 1984 which featured 247 lots including important French Furniture and Decorations; European Ceramics; Oriental Works of Art; Old Master and 1...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
L'univers De Madeline Castaing (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Sotheby sale Paris Thursday 30th September & Friday 1st October 2004.
This is the sale catalogue produced by Sotheby's in 2004, for sale of the property of Madeleine Castaing, pr...
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20th Century Books
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Paper
Danish Furniture Design in the 20th Century by Arne Karlsen (Books)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A two volume set which provides a well documented and detailed review of Danish furniture design in the 20th century, both having a broadly formulated, illustrated part that describe...
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Mid-20th Century Books
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Paper
