Colouring Bronzing and Patination of Metals (Book)

Introduction by Major-General Sir Randle Feilden, K.C.V.O., C.B., C.B.E. (Senior Steward of the Jockey Club) A pictorial dictionary of racing colours; as much a work of graphic art as a reference book. Each page contains a grid of 30 line drawings of a jockey shirt and cap with the colours and names of the owners. The whole makes a stunning graphic design book. Here is the perfect book of reference for all those racing people interested not only in contemporary racing colours but also in their history. In these 364 pages of superb colour are depicted nearly 10,000 registered owners' racing colours, each one carefully drawn by hand and beautifully reproduced. As a work of art and as a reference book, The Benson and Hedges...

A hardback book published in 1998, which looks at the life and work of Nanna Ditzel, a much sought after Danish Furniture designer of the second half of the 20th century. She studied at The Danish School of Arts & Crafts and The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. In the early years she worked and designed with her husband Jorgen (who died in 1961), After the death of her husband she started designing furniture for children...

This book is a wonderful social record of the bright young things and how they lived in the early years of the 20th century, told and photographed ...

This is a sale catalogue produced by Christie's New York in May 1987 for a sale of Furniture and works of Art by Alberto and Diego Giacometti. there are 38 lots, all photographed in ...

This is the luxury edition of Asprey and Company Limited Mail Order Catalogue from around 1930, with an imitation crocodile skin cover and velum spi...

The Dictionary of English Furniture from the Middle Ages to the late Georgian Period, by Percy Macquoid & Ralph Edwards. This is the first edition from 1927 and can be regarded as th...

We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely antique solid bronze coat of arms armorial crest with lovely natural verdigris patina This is a very good looking and well made coa...

A celebration of the rich and varied work of Italian-born American artist, designer, and master of metal, Harry Bertoia from chapel altarpieces and bronze fountains, to wire chairs a...

Calder: The Complete Bronzes book. Published on the occasion of the exhibition; October 25 - December 8, 2012, New York, New York. This exhibition book is a great addition to a colle...

Antique map titled 'L'Asie divisee en ses principaux Etats.' (Map of Asia and its principal states). This map originates from an Atlas by Didier Robert de Vaugondy or his successor D...

Antique map titled 'Frisiae antiquissima trans rhenu provinc et adiacentium regionum nova et exacta descriptio'. Original antique map of the province of Friesland, the Netherlands. T...

Antique map titled 'Brazil'. Beautiful map with outline color of Brazil, engraved by S. Hall. Artists and Engravers: Sydney Hall (1788-1831) was one of the most recognised and prolific British map...