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Introducing a captivating collection of vintage Knoll catalogs, a must-have for design enthusiasts and collectors alike. This carefully curated assortment showcases the iconic furniture designs and timeless style that have made Knoll a revered name in the industry. Each catalog in this collection offers a glimpse into the rich history of Knoll, featuring a range of beautifully photographed interiors, furniture arrangements, and detailed product descriptions. Immerse yourself in the mid-century modern aesthetic, as these catalogs transport you to an era of sleek lines, organic forms, and innovative design concepts. Discover the vision of legendary designers such as Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Eero Saarinen, and Harry Bertoia, whose iconic creations are showcased within these pages. Explore the iconic Barcelona Chair, the elegant Tulip Table, or the sculptural Diamond Chair, among many other timeless masterpieces that have defined Knoll's legacy. As you peruse these vintage catalogs, you'll gain a deeper appreciation for the meticulous craftsmanship and attention to detail that Knoll is renowned for. The catalogs offer insights into the design philosophies behind each piece, providing a fascinating glimpse into the creative process and the ideas that shaped these iconic designs. This collection is not only a valuable resource for design professionals and enthusiasts but also a visual delight for anyone passionate about mid-century modern aesthetics. The catalogs serve as a source of inspiration for interior designers, architects, and collectors seeking to create spaces that exude elegance, sophistication, and enduring style. Each catalog has been meticulously preserved, showcasing the original graphics, typography, and design elements that capture the essence of the era. Whether you're a seasoned collector or a newcomer to the world of vintage design, this collection of vintage Knoll catalogs is a rare treasure that will enrich your understanding and appreciation of design history. Don't miss the opportunity to own this remarkable collection of vintage Knoll catalogs, a testament to the enduring legacy of one of the most influential design companies in the world. Immerse yourself in the golden age of modern design and be inspired by the timeless creations that continue to shape the aesthetic landscape even today. A wonderful collection of twelve Knoll International...

Decorative Wedgwood by Alison Kelly. Country Life Limited, 1965. Signed and Inscribed 1st Edition hardcover with dust jacket. The book covers: Josiah Wedgwood and the Taste of His Time, Ideas for Interior Decoration, Chimney-Piece Designs, Jasper Chimney-Pieces, Wyatt, Holland & Cameron (architects), Fonts, Furnishing Details, Tiles and Dairies, Furniture Inset with Wedgwood Ware, the Victorian Revival. A study of Wedgwood's decorative production as it relates to the taste of the times in the applied arts. The author describes the whole range of Wedgwood's output in the field of interior decoration, from the basalt figures and wall plaques to the more esoteric fonts and funeral urns...

Jane Peterson Autograph with Magazine Article. July 1943 Americana Illustrated volume XXXVII, number 3. This was a publication of "The American Historical Company," New York City. Wi...

The Muses of Gwinn: Art and Nature in a Garden Designed by Warren H. Manning, Charles A. Platt and Ellen Shipman, by Robin S. Karson. Sagapress, Incorporated, 1995. 1st Ed hardcover ...

Honoré Lannuier Cabinetmaker from Paris: The Life and Work of a French Ébéniste in Federal New York by Peter M. Kenny. Harry N. Abrams, Inc., NY, 1998. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Published to accompany an exhibition at the MET. This monograph covers the 16 years that Lannuier made late Federal style...

Jewels in her crown treasures from the Special Collections of Columbia's Libraries, Introduction by Jean Ashton. Columbia University, 2004. 1st Ed softcover exhibition catalog. ewels...

The MGM Story: The Complete History of Fifty Roaring Years, by John Douglas Eames. Crown Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, 1982. 2nd revised Ed hardcover wit...

The story of American Furniture by Thomas Hamilton Ormsbee. New York: The Macmillion Company, 1941. Hardcover with no dust jacket. A comprehensive resource book on America antique furniture...

Gabriel Moulin's San Francisco Peninsula: Town & Country Homes, 1910-1930. Windgate Press, 1985. Stated first edition hardcover with dust jacket. 208 pa...

Architecture of the Old South: Mississippi-Alabamba by Mills Lane. NY, Beehive Press, 1989. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Oversized book, 204 pp. beautifully illustrated with vi...

Sotheby's - New York: Important Paperweights - Sale No. 5349 - Saturday, June 15, 1985. Sotheby's Auction House, NY, June 1985. 1st Ed softcover. 393 lots photographed in color and b...

Roscoe: A Novel, With a Signed Letter from the Author. Viking, 2002. Hard Cover with dust jacket. "It's V-J Day, the war is over, and Roscoe Conway, after twenty-six years as the second in command of Albany's notorious political machine, decides to quit politics forever. But there's no way out, and only his Machiavellian imagination can help him cope with the erupting disasters. Every step leads back to the past-to the early loss of his true love, the takeover of city hall, the machine's fight with FDR and Al Smith...

Splendours of the East Temples Tombs Palaces and Fortresses of Asia by Mortimer Wheeler. Spring Pub., London, New York, 1970. Hardcover with dust jacket. 288 pages; illustrated with ...

Art Nouveau style by Laurence Buffet-Challie. Rizzoli International Publications, NY, 1982. First edition softcover. Concentrates on French developments, with sections on L'Ecole de ...

A lovely “LOVE” box numbered 3465 of 4000 edition by Tiffany & Co. A rare very desirable edition. From a Palm Springs Visionaire Collectors estate.

The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome Female Characters from Comic Book History by Hope Nicholson. Quirk Books, 2017. Important 1st Ed "Advanc...

Peggy Bacon, Personalities and Places: Exhibition at the National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., ...

The Secret Life of Walter Winchell by Lyle Stuart. Boar's Head Books, New York, 1953. First edition hardcover with Brodart covered dust jacket. The book identifies the fault lines be...

Presenting a gloriously rare book Tarzan and the Lion Man by Edgar Rice Burroughs 1st Edition. An attractive first edition/first printing, gray decorated cloth with black letterin...

Inventing Acadia Artists and Tourists At Mount Desert, Essay by J. Gray Sweeney; Foreword by John Wilmerding. Rockland, Maine: The Farnsworth Art Museum, 1999. A catalogue that accom...

The Last Country Houses by Clive Aslet. New Haven: Yale University Press. First edition hardcover with dust jacket, 1982. 344 pp. The social and architectural history of the prospero...

The Maine perspective by James F. O'Gorman. Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, (2006). 1st Ed paperback. Exhibition catalog. "This is a brief survey of d...

American Churches by Roger G Kennedy. Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1982. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 296 pp. 235 illustrations from 188 color photographs. Beautifully produc...

More Massachusetts Towns, illustrated with wood engravings of fifty-three Massachusetts Towns, drawn in 1840 by J. W. Barber. Commentary by Ivan Sandrof, and a special foreword by Mr...

American Wicker: Woven Furniture from 1850 to 1930 by Jeremy Adamson. Rizzoli International Publications, 1993. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 176 pp. Beautifully illustra...

Colonial Williamsburg : Its Buildings And Gardens; A Descriptive Tour Of The Restored Capital Of The British Colony Of Virginia. Distributed by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, ...

Chips and Shavings: Stories of Upstate New York by George Walter. Heritage Press, 1966. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Loaded with interesting stories about the early days of ups...

The American Folk Art Collection of Howard and Catherine Feldman Sotheby's, June 1988. 1st Ed softcover 171 lots all photoed in b&w and color each ...

“John Heartfield”. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1992. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. 342 pp. Exhibition catalogue published ...

Paris Porcelains in the New Orleans Museum of Art, by John W Keefe. New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, 1998. Printed in a limited edition of 2,000 copi...

Great Houses of American History by Andrew H. Hepburn. Clarkson N. Potter, New York, 1972. Stated 1st Edition hardcover with dust jacket and slipcase. 244 pp. 139 illustrations in B&W and color. Architectural profiles and histories of fifty-one dwellings of historical significance, organized in eight sections: Prehistoric Dwellings; Spanish Settlers; Settlers of the Eastern Seaboard; Patriots and Founders of a New Nation; Pioneers and Frontier Dwellers; Civil War Period Homes; Homes of Writers, Artists, Inventors; and Empire Builders...

Inside New York, Discovering New York's Classic interiors by Joe Friedman. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1992. Stated first US edition hardcover with dust jacket. 128 pp. An o...

First edition Joseph Richardson and Family Philadelphia Silversmiths by Martha Ganda Fales. Hardcover first edition, 1974. Very good overall conditi...

The American Landscape Tradition: A Study and Gallery of Paintings by Joseph S. Czestochowski. E.P. Dutton, New York, 1982. Stated first edition softcover. This book is divided into:...

Contemporary quilts from Traditional Designs by Mosey, Carol L Format/binding hardcover Book condition Used - fine Jacket condition Very good + First edition, first printing so...

Family Houses in the Country by Gilles De Chabaneix and Alexandra D'Arnoux. Clarkson Potter, 2000. Stated first edition hardcover with dus...

Piero Della Francesca by Alessandro Angelini. Florence: Scala, 1999. Softcover. 79 pp. A catalogue of works by the Early Renaissance painter Pier...

20th century painting and sculpture in the Philadelphia Museum of Art by Ann Tempkin. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001. First Edition paperb...

Suppressed books a history of the conception of literary obscenity by Alec Craig. The World Publishing Company, Cleveland and New York, 1963. Stated first edition hardcover with dust...

This is Helen Keller’s personal reading copy of The New Outlook for the Blind, December 1960, Volume 54, Number 10. The periodical is inscribed in the upp...

Historical Sketches of Hudson, Embracing the Settlement of the City Reprinted for the Bicentennial Celebration of the City of Hudson, New York 1785-1985 by Stephen Miller. Hendrick H...

A Fuller View of China: Chinese Art in the Seattle Art Museum by Josh Yiu. Samara Museum of History Regional Studies, 2014. 1st Ed hardcover with dust j...

The Art of William Christenberry. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1996. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. 207 pp. A comprehensive surv...

On Brewster's Creek: Views of Bay Shore, Long Island by William Glackens, by Geoffrey K. Fleming. Huntington Museum of Art, 2017. Stated 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The book h...

The treasury of San Marco, Venice by David Buckton. Olivetti, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1984. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Grand Palai...

Awash in Color: French and Japanese Prints by Chelsea Foxwell. University of Chicago, David and Alfred Smart Museum, 2012. 1st Ed softcover catalog. Wh...

The Bennington Battle Monument Its Story and Its Meaning by John Spargo. The Tuttle Company, Rutland, Vermont, 1925. First Edition hardcover no dust jacket. An overview of the histor...

365: Aiga Year In Design 22 by AIGA. New York, U.S.A.: American Institution of Graphic Arts, 2002. First edition, 1st printing softcover. Each year, AIGA celebrates the best design w...

Texas Furniture: The Cabinetmakers and Their Work, 1840-1880, by David B. Warren and Lonn Taylor. University of Texas Press 1975. Pre-publication first...

An Andy Warhol cover Contemporary Art Sotheby's New York 'Morning' sale catalog book, New York, May 16, 2001. Catalog: Contemporary Art, Part Two, Mo...

Kazak: Carpets of the Caucasus by Raoul Tschebull. Near Eastern Art Research Center, 1971. 1st Ed paperback. Illustrated with 23 color plates and 17 b/w. With an introduction by Jose...

Lowcountry Plantations Today by Iseley, N. Jane; Baldwin, William P. Synopsis: American Heritage, Preservation, Conservation (and Grand Living) Lowcountry Plantations Today is the definitive document to the storied past and purposeful future of 35 South Carolina Lowcountry plantations; some of America's largest tracts of undeveloped land and home to significant and magnificent houses, whose owners have-in this rare instance-opened their doors for all of us to peek inside. About the author: N. Jane Iseley has 29 photography books to her credit, including Charleston, Charleston Entertains, Plantations of the Low Country: South Carolina 1697-1865, The Charleston Interior, Savannah Tour of Homes and Gardens, and Savannah Secret and Public Gardens. She is the president of Legacy Publications. Her home is on a family farm in Burlington, North Carolina. William P. Baldwin, lifelong resident of the South Carolina Lowcountry, is probably best known for writing the best-selling Mrs. Whaley and Her Charleston Garden...

Property from the Collection of the Late Gilbert Verney: At Bennington, New Hampshire, Including Property Removed from His Residence on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. Softcover fir...

American Views: Prospects and Vistas by Gloria-Gilda Deak. A Studio Book, Viking Press, New York, 1978. 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. The color plates artwork and engravings are...

Treasures from the Kremlin; An Exhibition from the State Museums of the Moscow Kremlin at the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York; May 19-September 2 1979; and the Grand Palais Paris...

Moving Pictures American Art and Early Film 1880-1910 with DVD by Nancy Mathew. Hudson Hills Press, 2005. Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown,...

Sotheby's, Jewels, Watches and the Costume Jewelry Collection of Mrs. James W. Alsdorf. This post auction catalog consists of 111 pages with 549 lots all illustrated in color and B&W...

A Directory of Queen Anne, Early Georgian and Chippendale Furniture, Establishing the Preeminence of the Dublin Craftsmen by F. Lewis Hinckley. Crown Publishers Inc., New York, 1971. First Edition hardcover with dust jacket. This is a controversial book that presents evidence to show that furniture long considered English in origin was actually designed and produced in Dublin. 467 illustrations. Includes an Index: Bookcases, Furniture, Tables, Armchairs, Antiques, Badminton House...