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
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...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Andre Sornay, Book
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book was written by well known expert in 20th century decorative arts, Thierry Roche. Whose aim is to restore less well known or slightly forgotten artists to their rightful pla...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
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...
Category
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 ...
Category
20th Century Books
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Paper
Les Lalanne: Fifty Years of Work, 1964-2015 (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Edited by Adrian Dannatt
This volume compiles archival texts, contemporary interviews, and reminiscences by dozen of associates, critics, friends, and family, including Billy Copley,...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
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...
Category
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...
Category
20th Century Books
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Paper
The Contents of Wilsford Manor Sotheby's Sale Catalogue (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
A scarce sale catalogue produced by Sotheby's in 1987 to dispose of the contents of Wilsford Manor - the home of The Honourable Stephen Tennant. Featuring 939 lots, all with description and price guides - many of which are photographed or illustrated in colour and black & white. He was known as a member of "The Bright Young People" in the 1920's and 1930's and was friends with Cecil Beaton, The Sitwells, The Mitford girls and Rex Whistler.
Category
20th Century Books
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Paper
Claude & Francois-Xavier Lalanne foreword by Adrian Dannatt (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Essays by Pierre Berge, Peter Marino and Reed Krakoff
A stated first edition of a very scarce book on the husband and wife sculptors Claude and Francois-Xavier Lalanne. Beautifully p...
Category
20th Century Books
Materials
Paper
Carlo Mollino: Architecture as Autobiography by Giovanni Brino (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This book is the first comprehensive monograph on the architect Carlo Mollino who is probably best remembered for his furniture designs and this book is divided into two parts, the f...
Category
20th Century Books
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Paper
Dupré-Lafon Decorateur Des Millionaires by Thierry Couvrat Desvergnes (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Hardback book with dust jacket, text is in French, 206 pages full of photographs, illustrations and drawings which showcase much of his amazing talent both as an interior designer an...
Category
20th Century Books
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Paper



