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Sotheby's: 1993, Loyd-Paxton Collection of Dallas Texas, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
Sotheby's: 1993, Loyd-Paxton Collection of Dallas Texas. This catalog contains selections from the Collections of Loyd-Paxton of Dallas, Texas including: European Furniture and Decorations, Japanese, Indian and Chinese Works of Art...
Category
1990s American Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Old Map of Ancient Spain and Portugal – Hispania Antiqua Featuring Roman Cities
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: "Hispania Antiqua in Tres Praecipuas Partes Divisa: Tarraconensem, Lusitaniam, et Bæticam" by Robert de Vaugondy, 18th Century
Description:
This beautifully detailed map titl...
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Late 18th Century Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Signature Spaces Well-Traveled Interiors Book by Paolo Moschino & Philip
Located in New York, NY
Signature Spaces
Well-Traveled Interiors by Paolo Moschino & Philip Vergeylen
By: Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen
Foreword by Min Hogg
Photography by Simon Upton
This lavishly illustrated volume explores the interior world of Paolo Moschino and Philip Vergeylen, the talented duo behind the award-winning design studio Paolo Moschino for Nicholas Haslam Limited. Acknowledged by Architectural Digest as one of the top 100 designers in the world, Moschino and Vergeylen not only create inspiring home environments for elite clients, but also design their own line of furniture, lighting, fabrics, and accessories. The process by which their varied sources of inspiration translate into material form is explored in detail in Signature Spaces. The book takes you on a visual journey through Moschino and Vergeylen’s world. Illustrated with hundreds of stunning photographs and drawings, the book reveals projects from all over the world, together with pictures of people and places that continue to be a source of inspiration for them on their continuous search for beauty.
Born and raised in Italy, Paolo Moschino studied social science in Florence. It was after university that he came to London. Paolo bought Nicholas Haslam Ltd. in 1995 and has grown the company into one of the most prominent names in the design world.
Born and raised in Belgium, Philip Vergeylen studied Commercial Management Engineering in Brussels. Philip lived in New York, Washington, DC, Amsterdam, and Frankfurt before settling in London. In a radical career change, Philip joined Nicholas Haslam Ltd. six years ago, where he now heads up the Interior Design Studio.
Founding editor, in 1981, of The World of Interiors magazine...
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21st Century and Contemporary Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Religion Print of the Seven Sacraments, Holy Orders, 1913
Located in Langweer, NL
Large antique print of the seven sacraments. Published by Mosella-Verlag, 1913. This print originates from a series titled 'Kathol. Schulbibelwerk von Dr. Ecker'.
Category
Early 20th Century Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Large Original Antique Folding Map of Manchester, England, Dated 1793
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Superb map of Manchester and Salford
Folding map. Printed on paper laid on to the original canvas
Unframed.
Published by C. Laurent, 1793.
Free shippi...
Category
1790s English Georgian Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Canvas, Paper
Where Architects Sleep, The Most Stylish Hotels in the World
Located in New York, NY
In the tradition of the bestselling Where Chefs Eat: the definitive global hotel guide by the real experts who know - architects
No one appreciates a building quite like an architect...
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21st Century and Contemporary Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Pair of Miniature Lady Portraits 19th Century French School
Located in Milano, MI
A lovely pair of portrait miniatures of two ladies, by a French skillful artist who painted in fine pointille technique on paper this pair of portraits in the 1870s circa.
Set in tw...
Category
Late 19th Century French Louis Philippe Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Brass
Antique Treasure Island Book, Robert Louis Stevenson, English, Late Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique copy of Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. An English, professionally bound literary classic, dating to the Victorian period, circa 1895 and later.
Origin...
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1890s British Late Victorian Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Modigliani & the Artists of Montparnasse
Located in Bradenton, FL
Modigliani & the Artists of Montparnasse. Softcover book, published in conjunction with the exhibition at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Vol 15 of 'The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure' by Hinton '1754'
Located in Langweer, NL
Vol XV 'The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure' by John Hinton, published 1754. The Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure was a per...
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Mid-18th Century Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Masterworks of the Impressionists by Douglas Mannering
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Masterworks of the Impressionists by Douglas Mannering. Hardcover book with dustjacket, published in 1998 by Sweetwater Press. Printed in Italy, illustrated, 256 pages.
Category
1990s Italian Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Genuine Antique Print of a Knight Armed with A Martel in Old Hand-Coloring, 1842
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'A Knight armed with a Martel'. Old print of a knight wearing a chainmail hauberk, hood, chausses, and carries a buckler and martel de fer (war hammer...
Category
19th Century Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Drawing the Body: Reading the Human Form in Art
Located in New York, NY
Unique and user-friendly techniques for figure drawing and understanding human anatomy
The third title from bestselling author Robert Osti, Drawing the Body is a highly accessible b...
Category
2010s Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Personal Memoirs of P. H. Sheridan, First Edition, Two-Volume Set, 1888
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Sheridan, Philip Henry. Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan, General United States Army. New York: Charles L. Webster & Company, 1888. First Edition. Two Volumes. Rebound in green quar...
Category
1880s American Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Georg Baselitz, Visit from Hokusai, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Georg Baselitz - Visit from Hokusai by Georg Baselitz. Publisher Gagosian Gallery, 2016. 1st Ed hardcover exhibition catalog, exhibition November 7–December 19, 2015. Drawing has alw...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Majolica: A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, Book by Karmason & Stacke
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Majolica: A Complete History and Illustrated Survey, by Marilyn Karmason & Joan Stacke – Updated and Expanded edition, 2002.
Out of Print.
The first major work on the field, a com...
Category
Early 2000s American International Style Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
1967 Andy Warhol's Index (Book)
By Andy Warhol
Located in Bath, GB
The first edition, first impression of Andy Warhol's iconic pop-up book offering a glimpse into Warhol's world.
The first edition, first impression.
Bound in the publisher's origin...
Category
1960s American Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Jungle Book
Located in London, GB
Original US Lobby card used in American cinemas to advertise Disney's classic animation in 1967.
The film featured the famous song The Bare Necessities by Terry Gilkyson.
This lobby ...
Category
1960s Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of North and East Asia, 1751
Located in Langweer, NL
Map 2: 'Carte des parties nord et est de L'Asie'. (Map of the Northern parts and East Asia.) Five maps on one sheet, showing California, Alaska and Siberia, Korea and Japan. South to...
Category
18th Century Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Baron de Rothschild & Baron de Rede: Meubles & Objets D'Art (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
These are two sales catalogues, the first dating from 1975 and being from Sotheby Parke Bernet Monaco relating to "Meubles et Objet D'Art" provenant de L'Hotel Lambert et du Chateau de Ferrieres, with 309 lots, many of which are illustrated in black & white with descriptions in French and English. The second is a Sotheby's Monaco catalogue from 1994 relating solely to Ferrieres and Baron Guy de Rothschild with 152 lots - many of which are illustrated in colour.
Both Baron Guy de Rothschild and Baron Alexis de Rede...
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20th Century Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of a Ruin of a Temple of the Inca's in Mexico, 1857
Located in Langweer, NL
Untitled print of a ruin in Mexico. This print originates from 'Die Kunstwerke vom Alterthum bis auf die Gegenwart, oder, Wegweiser durch das ganze Gebiet der bildenden Kunst : entha...
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1850s Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
A Soldier's Story, Signed and Inscribed by Omar Bradley, First Edition, 1951
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Bradley, Omar. A Soldier's Story. New York: Henry Holt, 1951. First edition. Signed and inscribed. Illustrated throughout with 55 maps and 17 black-and-white illustrations, including...
Category
1950s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Paper
Venetian Art Glass: An American Collection 1840- 1970 by Marino Barovier (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Rare glass objects from the latter half of the nineteenth century illustrate the beginnings of the effort to revive art glass production in Murano. Magnificent examples of murrine re...
Category
20th Century Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Les Fables d'Esope Phrigien avec celles de Philelphe [Aesop's Fables, 1708]
Located in Middletown, NY
A RARE EARLY EDITION OF AESOPIC LITERATURE, BEAUTIFULLY ILLLUSTRATED.
Les Fables d'Esope Phrigien avec celles de Philelphe; traduction nouvelle, Enrichie de Discours Moraux et Histor...
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Mid-17th Century Dutch Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
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Supreme
Located in New York, NY
Over the past 25 years, Supreme has transformed itself from a Downtown New York skate shop into an iconic global brand. Supreme-the book-looks back on more than two decades of the creations, stories, and convention-defying attitude that are uniquely Supreme.
Featuring more than 800 stunning images, from photographers such as Larry Clark, Ari Marcopoulos, and David Sims...
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21st Century and Contemporary Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Michael Jackson Opus Large Collector Table Book
By Opus Canada
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Michael Jackson Opus Large heavy collector coffee table book.
"The Official Michael Jackson Opus" is the definitive publication about the ‘King of...
Category
Early 2000s American Hollywood Regency Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Journals of the First and Second Continental Congress, by R. Aitken, Vol I, 1776
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Journals of Congress. Containing the Proceedings From Sept. 5. 1774. to Jan. 1. 1776. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by R. Aitken, 1777. Volume I. First Edition. 8vo. Rebound in ¼ br...
Category
1770s American American Colonial Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Leather, Fabric, Paper
Oscar: The Style, Inspiration & Life of Oscar De La Renta by Sarah Mower (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. Lavishly illustrated with color and black & white photographs of the wealthy and stylish set that could have been in Slim Aaron's book A Wonderful Time. Similar guest lists. Many of Oscar de la Renta's most memorable gowns and elegant evening wear are here. Also many of the designer's drawings reproduced here. Lots of insider talk from John Fairchild, Diana Vreeland, C.Z. Guest, Anna Wintour, etc. Photographs by Irving Penn, Bert Stern, Steven Meisel, Harry Benson, Richard Avedon, Patrick Demarchelier, Helmut Newton, Francesco Scavullo, Arthur Elgort, David Bailey, Mario Testino, Annie Liebovitz...
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20th Century Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Ipcress File
Located in London, GB
Original Italian film poster for Michael Caine's 1965 spy thriller The Ipcress File .The art work on this poster is unique to the films Italian rerelease.
This film was directed by S...
Category
1960s Italian Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of the Earl of Richmond, 1842
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'Peter Earl of Richmond and a Soldier'. Old print of the Earl of Richmond and a soldier. This print originates from 'A critical inquiry in...
Category
19th Century Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Political Map of Europe: Early 19th Century, from the 1802 Tardieu Atlas
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique Map Description
Title: Carte Générale et Politique de l'Europe
Publication Details:
- **Atlas Title:** Nouvel Atlas Universel de Géographie Ancienne et Moderne
- **Purpose...
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Early 1800s Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Callas Images of a Legend by Attila Csampai 1st Edition 1996
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Callas Images of a Legend by Attila Csampai Hardcover Book 1st Edition 1996.
This special edition brings together photographs of Callas' legendary stage appearances, portraits, snaps...
Category
Late 20th Century American Art Deco Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Original Old Map of Present-Day Mongolia, Northeast China and Korea
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Carte de la Tartarie Chinoise. Projettee et assujettie aux observations astronomiques par M. Bonne, Hydrographe du Roi. A Paris, Chez Lattre Graveur, ordinaire de...
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Late 18th Century Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Sporting Novels (5) by Robert Smith Surtees
Located in Middletown, NY
A collection of the Sporting Novels; Handley Cross; or Mr. Jerrocks's Hunt; Hawbuck Grange or The Sporting Adventures of Thomas Scott, Esq.; Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour; Ask Mamma or ...
Category
Early 20th Century English Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Gold Leaf
Antique French Children Books 1936 Set of 3
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Antique 1930s French Childrens Illustration Books, set of 3:
The 1st one is:
"Le petit chaperon rouge", french language, "The Little Red Riding Hood" by Charles Perrault.
Antique Fre...
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Early 20th Century French French Provincial Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Further Interiors by Howard Phipps – WHITTINGTON PRESS
Located in Middletown, NY
Lower Marston: Whittington Press, 1992
Limited Edition.
4to, (10 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches (265 x 190 mm); pp. 38 frenchfold, 15 wood engravings by Phipps printed in black, four with colori...
Category
20th Century English Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Telephone Book
Located in Bradenton, FL
The Telephone Book - Bell, Watson, Vail and American Life 1876-1976. Hardcover book with dustjacket. First edition, published in 1977 by Riverwood Publishers Limited of Croton-on-Hud...
Category
1970s American Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Celtic Illuminative Art by Rev. Stanford F.H. Robinson, '1908'
Located in Langweer, NL
'Celtic Illuminative Art in the gospel books of Durrow, Lindisfarne, and Kells' by the Rev. Stanford F.H. Robinson, M.A. Published 1908. 51 plates, eac...
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20th Century Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of William Longuespee, 1842
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'William Longuespee Earl of Salisbury'. Old print of William Longuespee, Earl of Salisbury. This print originates from 'A critical inquiry into antient armour as...
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19th Century Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Print of the Porcelain Pagoda in Nanjing, China, 1736
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique print titled 'La Tour de Porcelaine, Arc de Triomphe'. Old print depicting the Porcelain Pagoda in the Chinese city of Nanjing. It no longer ...
Category
18th Century Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Huifan Jidnan Art Collection in Chinese Edition Hardcover in Slipcase
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Huifan Jidnan Art Collection in Chinese Edition Hardcover in Slipcase.
Asian Art Calligraphy collection hardcover book in slipcase.
Chinese language edition.
Condition: Some stains o...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Ming Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Tree: Exploring the Arboreal World
Located in New York, NY
An extraordinary collection of more than 300 images celebrating the beauty and diversity of trees
This exquisite survey presents a breathtaking sequence of full-page images – from landscape paintings and botanical drawings to ancient frescos, vintage book illustrations and contemporary photographs – revealing the tree as a source of inspiration throughout history.
Spanning continents and cultures, Tree reflects the diversity of its subject, depicting giant sequoias, cherry blossoms, palms, poplars, ginkgoes and other species found across Earth’s forest biomes, in a wide-ranging selection of visuals dating from Ancient Greece to the present day. More than 300 images include Roman stone mosaics, illustrated Norse myths, Edo-period woodblock prints and living tree installations, each lavishly reproduced.
Curated by an international panel of botanists, naturalists, art historians and other experts, the images expand the definition of botanical art, together forming a vibrant, vital homage to the natural world.
Featured artists and contributors include: Ansel Adams, Yann Arthus...
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2010s Chinese Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Georges Braque, Pioneer of Modernism, 1st Ed Exhibition Catalog
Located in valatie, NY
Georges Braque - Pioneer of Modernism by Dieter Buchhart, Isabelle Monod-Fontaine and Richard Shiff. Published by Acquavella Galleries, New York, 2011. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Christie's: The John W. Kluge Morven Collection, 2005
Located in valatie, NY
Christie's: The John W. Kluge Morven Collection, 2005. Catalogue for the sale of the John W. Kluge Morven Collection held by Christie's Auctioneers in New York on the 16th of Decembe...
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Early 2000s American Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Not to be Taken by Anthony Berkeley – First Edition with DUST JACKET.
Located in Middletown, NY
London: Hodder & Stoughton Limited, 1938.
First Edition.
8vo. 7 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (182 x 121mm); pp. 356 + iii. Grey cloth binding with black lettering, dampstain to the tail of the ...
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Mid-20th Century English Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
The Life & Work of Thomas Chippendale, Set of 2 (Books)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Two brown cloth covered volumes in similar slipcase with gilt titles which was published to mark the bicentennial of Thomas Chippendale's death.
Volume 1 is the text and covers - Chi...
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18th Century Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Scandinavian Bible, Norway 1810
Located in Hønefoss, 30
A beautiful antique bible from Scandinavia in the year 1810. The cover are probably even older, possibly late 1700s.
Works perfect as a Wabi Sabi decoration element to give the r...
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1810s Norwegian Romantic Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Map of French Guiana, Suriname and Cayenne: Plan from Petit Atlas National, 1820
Located in Langweer, NL
This map, titled "Guyane" (French Guiana), is part of the Petit Atlas National series, focusing on French colonies. Here are the key elements of the map and its context:
Features:
-...
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1820s Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Paper
Large 1750 Map of the Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal by Robert de Vaugondy
Located in Langweer, NL
1750 Map of the Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal by Robert de Vaugondy
Description:
This map, titled *"Royaumes d'Espagne et de Portugal,"* was created in 1750 by the esteemed French ...
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Mid-18th Century Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
"Join the Air Service" Vintage WWI Poster by J. Paul Verrees, 1917
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
This is very scarce WWI recruiting poster for the Army Air Service. The poster dramatically features a two-man open cockpit biplane with American and French markings flying against a red sky background. In the foreground, two uniformed spotters look on. The poster reads "Join the Air Service...
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1910s American Vintage Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Mushroom Botanical Scientific Specimen Model Europe, 1950s or older
Located in Nuernberg, DE
This rare vintage model of a botanical scientific specimen depicts a mushroom native to Central Europe. This kind of items are used as teaching material in German schools or as showp...
Category
20th Century Czech Folk Art Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Wood, Paper
125 Years of Louis Vuitton (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
Two books in soft covers housed in a brown cloth covered slip case with cream lettering. One volume illustrates Louis Vuitton products through the years, the second illustrates the "...
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20th Century Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
William Nicholson: Catalogue Raisonne of the Oil Paintings (Book)
Located in North Yorkshire, GB
By Patricia Reed
William Nicholson (1872-1949) is among the most admired and elusive painters in the history of British art. Neither academic nor overtly modernist, his ravishing paintings are a singular achievement of the early twentieth century. Nicholson made his name as a graphic artist in the 1890s before turning to painting full-time. Over the next four decades he explored the genres of portraiture, landscape and still life with exceptional inventiveness, wit and technical skill. Yet his aversion to art groups and his reluctance to make public pronouncements about art have made it difficult to place his work within the main narratives of twentieth-century art history. The breadth of Nicholson's painting is revealed in this sumptuous book, the first fully illustrated catalogue raisonné of the oils. Many of Nicholson's pictures have not been recorded before and most are reproduced here for the first time. The catalogue, which represents more than twenty years of scholarship on the part of its author, Patricia Reed, includes detailed entries on all Nicholson's oil paintings and the most comprehensive chronology of his life to date. The art historian Wendy Baron gives a context for Nicholson in British art at the beginning of the twentieth century, and the painter and critic Merlin James...
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20th Century Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
High Style: Masterworks from the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection
Located in North Hollywood, CA
High Style Masterworks from the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art - Softcover by Jan Glier Reeder.
256 pages
358 illustrations
New York Book Show Awards
Special Trade, General Award, Winner (2011)
Independent Publishers Book Awards, Silver Medal (2011)
Costume Society of America Millia Davenport Publication Award, Runner-Up (2011)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010 - 256 pages.
Published in conjunction with an exhibition on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 5-Aug. 15, 2010, and at the Brooklyn Museum, May 7-Aug. 1, 2010.
High Style is the first comprehensive publication on the Brooklyn Museum's remarkable collection of costumes and accessories. This lavishly illustrated volume presents more than two hundred examples drawn from its nearly twenty-four thousand women's and men's garments, accessories, hats, and shoes. Brooklyn's collection was founded in 1903 to provide inspiration for America growing fashion industry.
Through its Department of Industrial Design, Design Lab, and Department of Costumes and Textiles, the Brooklyn Museum became one of the most important centers for the study of fashion. As a result, the holdings are rich in clothing by American designers and the great French couturiers of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The museum is also fortunate to have assembled what is considered the definitive group of works by the great couturier Charles James.
Organized in chapters that represent the collection's strengths, High Style presents Brooklyn's masterworks and provides brief histories of how they were collected. Included are historical costumes from the 1760s to the 1890s; sumptuous gowns by Charles Frederick Worth; custom designs by the important French nineteenth-century couture houses; examples from the early twentieth-century houses, including those of Lanvin, Chanel, and Poiret; iconic Surrealist- based designs by Schiaparelli; the incomparable sculpted ball gowns of James of the 1940s and 1950s; ensembles from postwar phenomenon Dior, his successor, Saint Laurent, and Givenchy. American designers of the 1920s to the 1980s are well represented. Among the women are Valentina, McCardell, Cashin, and Maxwell; among the men, Mainbocher, Norell, Beene, and Halston. Augmenting this survey is a unique selection of regional costumes and historic French fashion...
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2010s American American Classical Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Book, Religio Medici, Sir Thomas Browne, English Language, Dated 1915
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an an antique copy of Religio Medici by Sir Thomas Browne. An English language book, published by Macmillan & Co, London in the early 20th century, dated 1915.
A seventeent...
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Early 20th Century British Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Antique Map of Brazil by Wyld, '1845'
Located in Langweer, NL
Antique map titled 'Empire of Brazil'. Original antique map of Brazil. This map originates from 'An Atlas of the World, Comprehending Separate Ma...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
Materials
Paper
Stuffed Bird for Natural History Cabinet, Italy, 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Natural specimen from Wunderkammer Stuffed bird (Streptopelia turtur) Dove on a wooden base with cartouche Specimen for laboratory and Natural history cab...
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Late 19th Century Italian Antique Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Animal Skin, Wood, Paper, Feathers
Le Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac / Les Bibliophiles du Palais
Located in Middletown, NY
Paris: Les Bibliophiles du Palais, 1924.
Illustrations: André Dignimont (1891 – 1965).
8vo, 10 1/4 x 7 inches (260 x 178 mm); 96, (8) pp., printed in black and red on Arches paper;...
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Mid-20th Century French Paper Collectibles and Curiosities
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Gold Leaf
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Medal-Worthy Memorabilia from Epic Past Olympic Games
Get into the games! These items celebrate the events, athletes, host countries and sporting spirit.
Ahoy! You’ve Never Seen a Collection of Sailor Art and Kitsch Quite Like This
French trendsetter and serial collector Daniel Rozensztroch tells us about his obsession with objects related to seafaring men.
Pamela Shamshiri Shares the Secrets behind Her First-Ever Book and Its Effortlessly Cool Interiors
The sought-after designer worked with the team at Hoffman Creative to produce a monograph that beautifully showcases some of Studio Shamshiri's most inspiring projects.
Moroccan Artworks and Objects Take Center Stage in an Extraordinary Villa in Tangier
Italian writer and collector Umberto Pasti opens the doors to his remarkable cave of wonders in North Africa.
Montecito Has Drawn Royalty and Celebrities, and These Homes Are Proof of Its Allure
Hollywood A-listers, ex-pat aristocrats and art collectors and style setters of all stripes appreciate the allure of the coastal California hamlet — much on our minds after recent winter floods.
Whaam! Blam! Pow! — a New Book on Pop Art Packs a Punch
Publishing house Assouline and writer Julie Belcove have teamed up to trace the history of the genre, from Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol and Yayoi Kusama to Mickalene Thomas and Jeff Koons.
The Sparkling Legacy of Tiffany & Co. Explained, One Jewel at a Time
A gorgeous new book celebrates — and memorializes — the iconic jeweler’s rich heritage.
What Makes a Gem-Encrusted Chess Set Worth $4 Million?
The world’s most opulent chess set, weighing in at 513 carats, is literally fit for a king and queen.