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• The Twentieth Century

Decorative Arts and Furniture

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American Decorative Wallpainting: 1700-1850 Nina Fletcher Little. SC First published in 1952, this pioneering work quickly won recognition as one of the most important contributions ever made to the field of American decorative arts. A beautiful and fascinating investigation of painted decoration on early woodwork, walls and floors. Regular Price: $19.95 Sale Price: $14.95	Purchase
An Observant Eye: The Thoreau Collection at the Concord Museum. 2006 Honor Book David F. Wood.HC Explore for the first time in a fully-illustrated book the role that objects, including those in the Concord Museum's extraordinary collection, played in the life of Henry D.Thoreau. "An Observant Eye" opens with an essay by Concord Museum curator David Wood, "A Common Sense Applied to the Objects: Thoreau and Material Culture," followed by seven chapters examining some 150 objects from the Museum's collection, each pictured in color. The book also includes a checklist of an additional 100 objects in the Thoreau collection, extensive footnotes, a bibliography and an index. The book is a treat for the eye as well as the mind. $39.95	Purchase
Beauport: The Sleeper-McCann House - SC Text by Nancy Curtis and Richard Nylander, essays by Joseph Garland and Paul Hollister. Second edition. SC A study of "the most beautiful house in America" in Gloucester, Mass., gorgeously illustrated by over 75 color photographs. Regular Price: $29.95 Sale Price: $27.00	Purchase
Cherished Possessions - VIDEO Nancy Carlisle is joined by Harvard Professor Laurel Ulrich as they relate some of the narratives told by cherished objects and reflect on how their significance can alter over time. 26:46 minutes. Regular Price: $19.95 Sale Price: $15.00	Purchase
Cherished Possessions: A New England Legacy National Exhibition Catalogue Nancy Carlisle, HC This work marks a new direction in the study of decorative arts and belongs in every collector’s library. In a lively and readable text, SPNEA curator Nancy Carlisle, a nationally recognized expert in the study of American material culture, offers poignant stories of both famous and forgotten players in New England’s story. She presents more than 175 visually stunning objects, examines their roles as beloved treasures in peoples’ lives, and shows how they give us a nuanced perspective on the past. The objects are selected from one of the nation’s most important collections of fine and decorative arts, that of SPNEA, a museum of cultural history with 35 historic house museums across the region. The collections, which include more than 120,000 objects and half a million photographs, are the most important in the nation for the study of New England material life. This beautifully illustrated and engagingly written catalogue of SPNEA’s finest holdings provides new evidence of the way the objects with which we surround ourselves reflect both who we are and where we are from. Over three hundred full-color photographs and fifty black and white images. Regular Price: $50.00 Sale Price: $40.00	Purchase
Cobalt Blue Glass Monica Lynn Clements & Patricia Rosser Clements. SC Cobalt blue glass holds a fascination for collectors of glassware. The origin of this distinctive blue glass goes back to the Egyptians. In this book, authors Monica Lynn Clements and Patricia Rosser Clements showcase nearly 400 photographs that illustrate the wide appeal of cobalt blue glass. From Depression Era patterns and elegant glassware to reproduction pieces and new glass, the colorful photographs exemplify what appeals to the collector. Also shown are cobalt blue glass jewelry, condiment pieces, candlesticks, vases, lamps, bells, perfume bottles, bottles and jars, animals, iridescent glass pieces, and other items. This revised and expanded second edition contains up-to-date market values and nearly 30 new photographs. For anyone who appreciates the beauty of cobalt blue glass, this book is an indispensable reference guide. $24.95	Purchase
Cogswell's Grant Diane Viera. SC. An overview of Historic New England’s house museum in Essex, Massachusetts, this booklet provides an armchair "tour" of the home of renowned folk art collectors Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little. Architecture, artwork, boxes, furniture, hooked rugs, portraits, and redware are featured. Regular Price: $7.95 Sale Price: $4.00	Purchase
Country Arts in Early American Homes Nina Fletcher Little. Second edition. SC A delightfully written and handsomely illustrated study of country folk art in early New England homes up to the middle of the nineteenth century. Regular Price: $17.95 Sale Price: $13.95	Purchase
Elegant Embellishments: Furniture from New England Homes, 1660-1860 Penny J. Sander, editor. SC This text brings together many of Historic New England’s finest household objects, the majority of which have been rarely seen by the general public. Collectively they have artistic importance, illustrating changes in the decorative and fine arts over two centuries. Regular Price: $19.95 Sale Price: $14.95	Purchase
Fabrics and Wallpapers for Historic Buildings Jane C. Nylander and Richard C. Nylander. New Edition. HC A thorough catalog of wallpaper designs and fabric types and patterns from 1700 to 1900, this is a unique single-source presentation of the successful Fabrics for Historic Buildings and Wallpapers for Historic Buildings. The book offers more than 1.000 authentically reproduced wallpaper designs and reliable, expert advice for choosing, buying, and installing the appropriate fabrics for historic interiors – an essential volume for everyone involved in restoring or researching American houses built between 1700 and 1900. $45.00	Purchase
Folk Art in America Adele Earnest. HC Folk Art in America is the story of the roots of America's passion for art that is uniquely its own. Through her text and illustrations, Adele Earnest acquaints the reader with folk art masterpieces and some of the artists who created them. She relates the history of the folk art movement in America and the founding of the Museum of American Folk Art. She reminisces about those early collectors who blazed a place for folk art in the art world: Henry Francis duPont, Electra Havemeyer Webb, Titus Geesey, and the flamboyant Mme.Gamma Walska, to name but a few. $35.00	Purchase
Little by Little. Six Decades of Collecting American Decorative Arts - HC Nina Fletcher Little. Out of print hardcovers available. HC 308 pages. 372 illustrations(147 color) An inspiring account of the superb collection of New England country arts of the 17th through the 19th centuries assembled over six decades by Bertram K. And Nina Fletcher Little. $100.00	Purchase
Little by Little. Six Decades of Collecting American Decorative Arts - SC Nina Fletcher Little. Second Edition. SC 308 pages. 372 illustrations(147 color) An inspiring account of the superb collection of New England country arts of the 17th through the 19th centuries assembled over six decades by Bertram K. And Nina Fletcher Little. Regular Price: $29.95 Sale Price: $22.95	Purchase
One Woman's Work: The Visual Art of Celia Laighton Thaxter Sharon Paiva Stephan. HC Discover a new and unexplored dimension to the life of popular nineteenth-century gardener, poet, and personality, Celia Laighton Thaxter, in a visual feast of her hand-illustrated books, watercolor paintings, illustrated correspondence, and hand painted china. $30.00	Purchase
Redware: America's Folk Art Pottery Kevin McConnell. SC The perfect dining room decoration for folk art lovers, redware embodies an enduring charm. From its basic clay tones to hand-painted adornments, the tableware, vessels, vases, and miniatures shown will delight. Hundreds of pieces are illustrated in full color, with accurate values for this increasingly popular art form. Several types of glazes are shown, and the pieces are presented in chronological sequence, spanning the 18th and 19th centuries. Now in its third edition, this book is an enduring favorite among collectors and dealers. 3rd edition, revised. $12.95	Purchase
Samuel McIntire: Carving an American Style Dean T. Lahikainen. HC Winner 2007 Historic New England Book Prize McIntire, a renowned architect, taught himself the art of architectural drawing and went on to design scores of public and private buildings in Salem, Massachusetts. This groundbreaking study examines McIntire's career as a master wood carver and sheds new light on his role as a furniture maker and designer. Author Lahikainen is the Carolyn and Peter Lynch Curator of American Decorative Art at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem. $75.00	Purchase
Shaker Design: Out of this World 2008 Honor Book Edited by Jean M. Burks. HC Seven experts explore how the Shakers' belief, particularly the principles of utility, honesty, and order, impacted the sect's distinctive design and its continued influence on late twentieth-century design. Jean Burks, senior curator at Shelburne Museum, is the author of three definitive books on Shaker furniture. $80.00	Purchase
The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer’s Guide George Hepplewhite. The Third Edition of 1794. SC This present volume is an unaltered and unabridged republication of The Guide which was enormously influential, spreading quickly throughout the Continent and the colonies, guiding the style and construction of furniture everywhere. $16.95	Purchase
The Gentleman & Cabinet-Maker’s Director Thomas Chippendale. A reprint of the third edition. SC This present volume is an unaltered and unabridged republication of the 1762 edition of The Director. Articles of furniture depicted include chairs, sofas, beds, couches, cornices, tables, cabinets, and more. The plates contain elegant drawings along with construction diagrams, elevations, and enlargements of moldings and other details. $19.95	Purchase
Windows on the Past: Four Centuries of New England Homes CENTENNIAL EDITION! Jane C. Nylander with Diane L. Viera. HC The story of life in New England from before the American Revolution to the twentieth century. Windows on the Past will take you on a tour of four centuries of home building, with fascinating interiors and furnishings; family ties to a wide variety of homes; advances in cooking, heating, plumbing, and lighting; the evolution of dining rituals; and classic landscapes, flower and kitchen gardens, and working farms. The book has been updated with new, richly illustrated chapters on the changing roles of servants in running the New England household and on the Historic New England Stewardship Program, which protects more than seventy-five privately owned historic properties. Through these windows on the past, discover Historic New England. Lavishly illustrated with 275 color and historic black-and-white photographs. $45.00	Purchase
World of Ornament SPECIAL PURCHASE Batterham, David / Haslam & Whiteway Ltd. HC Includes DVD-ROM containing high-resolution scans of all individual ornaments for unrestricted use. Imagine having an opulent compilation of history's most elegant and beautiful patterns and designs at your fingertips - to use, peruse, admire, and be inspired by. World of Ornament brings together the two greatest encyclopedic collections of ornament from the 19th century chromo-lithographic tradition: Auguste Racinet's L'Ornement polychrome Volumes I and II (1875/1888) and M. Dupont-Auberville's L'Ornement des tissus (1877). Adapted from historical items dating back to antiquity, such as jewelry, tiles, stained glass, illuminated manuscripts, textiles, and ceramics, these ornamental designs encompass a wide range of cultural aesthetics including classic Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and Etruscan motifs, Asian and middle-Eastern patterns, as well as European designs from medieval times through the 19th century. Artists, historians, and art lovers will appreciate this lavish idea book, and interior designers and patternmakers will be delighted that all of the ornamental designs may be used and reproduced without restriction! SALE: $100.00 $200.00	Purchase