Fetes, Memorables Bals Costumes 1922-1972 (Book)

A scarce hardback book with its original dust jacket which is in good condition, it is a photographic record of Who's Who in international society in the mid 20th century and the lavish costume parties and masqued balls which they attended. Anticipated for months and discussed for decades, these legendary parties...

This book is a monograph on the work of this very individual and very stylized goldsmith/silversmith whose main body of work (so far), has spanned the last third of the 20th century and just into the 21st century. He uses precious metals, mainly silver and gold but he also uses vermeil, which is the gilding of sterling silver with gold by electrolysis, together with precious and semi precious stones, his favorites seem to be lapis lazuli, ivory and rock crystal. His creations are mainly jewellery, Precious objects (Objets de Vertu...

A Monograph on this most important Brazilian furniture designer and maker from the mid-20th century. He opened his factory in 1943 and one of his main clients was the architect Oscar Niemeyer, for whose designs a number of original pieces were commissioned. He was well-known for making use of indigenous...

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...

Rare Swedish Exhibition Catalogue This book was published on the occasion of the Andy Warhol exhibition at Moderna Museet in Stockholm in 1968, it was edited by Andy Warhol, Kasper K...

This is the 25th anniversary edition of Visionaire, which is a collection of greatest hits and brand new work - hence the size being the same as a twe...

The Book of Costumes by Millia Davenport. New York: Crown Publishers, 1956. First edition fourth printing hardcover with no dust jacket, volume 1 of 2. 958 pp. A large chronological ...

Barovier e Toso book by Marina Barovier 1993. 212 pages with 184 colored illustractions from 1866-1972.

Knoll au Louvre: Catalog of the Exhibition Held at Pavillon de Marsan Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris: January 12 to March 12, 1972. Printed in Italy. full page and double page la...

- 1972, Museum of decorative arts in Prague. - 2000 copies - czech language - original condition, see the photos - pages not numered - many pictures of chairs by Mies van der Ro...

Ottoman Costume Book (Turkish) Hardcover, January 1, 1986. by Fenerci Mehmed Fenerci MehmeT Album (Author) From the 15th century on, Europeans attemp...

Frank Lloyd Wright: Designs for an American Landscape, 1922-1932. Anne Whiston Spirn, David Gilson De Long Thames and Hudson, 1996 - Organic architecture - 207 pages. Hardcover book. During the 1920s Frank Lloyd Wright designed five projects, none of which were ever built, but which were architectural prototypes...