Modern 20th Century Danish Ceramics (Book)

A rare journey into the art of fire through more than 250 magnificent pieces of art glass, which have been taken from the extraordinary 20th century Murano glass collection that Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu have assembled over years of passionate study. This beautifully illustrated book offers the reader a comprehensive excursion into the history of Venctian glass from 1900...

Dating from around 1900, this is a delightful album which has a collection of Japanese dyed cotton fabric swatches known as Komon. Komon was a Japanese design or pattern based on ver...

Sotheby's sale 8th March 2005 London. This covers Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Modernist lots. There are many photographs of the items throughout the catalogue., with 257 lots. When the...

This is an early 20th century catalogue from a Munich based lighting company called Reinhold Kirsch. There are 45 loose plates, many of which have more that one illustration. Though ...

by Jennifer Hawkins Opis This is a comprehensive catalogue of the Scandinavian Ceramics and Glass collection at the V&A, showing comparative material from all four Scandinavian countries. The history of the many ceramics and glass factories, their artists and designers is outlined against a changing social and political background. Scandinavian design, from the 1950s to the 1970s, was a by-word for modernism. Scandinavian style was the style to which all other designers aspired during that time and the Nordic designers were awarded all the major prizes. Earlier, during the 1920s and 1930s Scandinavian designers were establishing influential design concepts, and ceramics and glass production attracted many of the key artists. Masterworks are included: from Alvar Aalto's "Savoy" vase to Tapio Wirkkala...

Survey of seats by such designers as Herbert Bayer, Marcel Breuer, Le Corbusier, Jean Prove and many others. List of contents. 1 Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Armchair with low back, 1897 2 Peter Behrens, Armlehnstuhl, 1900/01 (Ladies Chair) 3 Herbert Bayer, Prospekt Breuer Metallmöbel, 1927 (Brochure ‘Breuer Metallmobel) 4 Marcel Breuer, Armlehnstuhl B 11, 1927 (Armchair) 5 Marcel Breuer, Klubsessel B 3 Wassily, 1927 (Club Chair) 6 Marcel Breuer, Rückenlehnstuhl B 5,1927 (Side Chair) 7 Marcel Breuer, Bürodrehstuhl B 7,1929 (Office Swivel Chair 8 Marcel Baugniet, Stahlrohrsessel, 1927 (Chair) 9 Le Corbusier / Charlotte Perriand / Pierre Jeanneret, Liege B 306, Chaise-longue ä reglage continu, 1929 (Chase Lounge a reglage continu) 10 le Corbusier / Charlotte Perriand / Pierre Jeanneret, Sessel B 301...

Large leather book box with lock and key. Book is bound with leather and stamped G.T.H.

- 1982 - The museum of decorative arts in Prague - Czech language - Original condition, see the photos - 1427 pages - Many pictures of seating furniture by Bruno Mathsson, Verne...

Tanach (Five Books Of Moses) with silver binding, handmade with dedication handwritten and signed by the President of Israel, Shimon Peres. With the fiv...

20th Century Plastic Jewelry, English book by Roseann Ettinger, 2007. Explore designs for jewelry in natural and synthetic plastics throughout the 20th century. This fun and visually...

Cartier in the 20th Century By: Margaret Young-Sánchez Introduction by Pierre Rainero Essays by Martin Chapman, Michael Hall, Stefano Papi, and Janet Zapata Created with the experti...

Danish early 20th century coffee grinder by A. Jørgensen. Here we present a fine piece of coffee making heritage by danish maker a. Jørgensen from cop...