Sims Reed Rare Books

Furniture - Reference


ADNET. Hardy, Alain-René & Millet, Gaëlle

Jacques Adnet.

Paris. Éditions de l'Amateur. 2009. cm. 31 x 22.5. pp. 264. Colour and duotone illustrations throughout. Hardback in dust jacket. New.

£95
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ref: 34989

ANDREWS, John.

Victorian and Edwardian Furniture. Price guide and reasons for values.

Woodbridge. Antique Collectors' Club. 1992. 4to. pp. 298. 80 colour and 1,020 monochrome illustrations. Cloth, dust jacket.

£4
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ref: 38494

ARBUS, ALET, FAURÉ, SOUTIRAS. Vinel, Sophie.

Arbus, Alet, Fauré, Soutiras .... Décorateurs toulousains du XXe siecle. Preface de Felix Marcilhac.

Paris. Edition de l/Amateur. 2007. 4to. pp. 192. 244 colour and black and white illustrations. Hardback, dust jacket. Fine.

£46
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ref: 34973

BAJOT, Edouard.

Du choix et de la disposition des Ameublements de Style.Etude des meubles au point de vue de leur destination variée, depuis les salles d'apparat jusqu'aux petits appartements. 220 dessins de Ch. Kreutzberger, d'après les reconstitutions d'art ancien relevées par Edouard Bajot. Ces études comprennent 20 intérieurs d'appartement.

Paris. Edouard Rouveyre. 1898. 4to. 60 plates printed on rectos only with descriptive texts, 1 leaf of publisher's advtertisements. Publisher's boards, rubbed on spine, edges and joints, otherwise a very good copy.

£12
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ref: 38756

BEARD, Geoffrey.

Upholsterers & Interior Furnishing in England 1530-1840.

New Haven & London. Yale for the Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts. 1997. 4to. pp. 346. 376 colour and monochrome illustrations. Cloth, dust jacket. Fine.

£24
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ref: 39819

BERTOIA. Ganzer, Gilberto (editor).

Harry Bertoia. Decisi che una sedia non poteva bastare. It all started with a chair.

Milan. Silvana. 2009.
25.5 x 20cm. pp. 258. Illustrated throughout in colour and monochrome. Paperback.

Text in English and Italian.

£30
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ref: 36165

BOULTON. Goodison, Nicholas.

Matthew Boulton: Ormolu.

London. Christies. 2002 4to. pp. 496. 241 colour and 141 monochrome illustrations. Cloth, dust jacket. New.

The revised and expanded edition of the authoritative work.

£80
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ref: 35525

COLLE, Enrico.

Italian Empire Furniture. Furnishings and Interior Design from 1800 to 1843.

New York. 2001. 4to. pp. 440. Over 200 colour plates and 230 text illustrations. Cloth, dust jacket and slipcase. Fine.

£45
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ref: 39669

COTTON, Bernard D.

Scottish vernacular furniture

London. Thames and Hudson. 2008. 31.5 x 24cm. pp. 304. 544 illustrations, 412 in colour. Hardback in dust jacket. New.

£36
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ref: 37656

COTTON, Bernard D.

Scottish Vernacular Furniture

London. Thames and Hudson. 2008. 31.5 x 24cm. pp. 304. 544 illustrations, 412 in colour. Hardback in dust jacket. New.

£36
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ref: 37657

DINGLER, Wilh.

Turen, Tore und andere Bautischlerarbeiten. Farbige Originalenwurfe in einfacher praktischer Ausfurung.

Vienna & Leipzig. Friedr. Wolfrum. 1900 nd. ca. . Folio. 48 colour plates, each with several subjects. Unbound, as issued, in publisher's portfolio, re-backed.

Fine plates showing staircases, shop fronts, windows, doors, furniture, wall-panelling, shopfittings, church furniture etc. all made or framed in wood. A few pencil sketches on the back of some plates.

£550
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ref: 38352

DOMINIQUE. Marcilhac, Felix.

Dominique. Décorateur-Ensemblier du XXe Siècle. André Domin 1883-1962. Marcel Genevrière.

Paris. Les Éditions de l'amateur. 2008. 4to. pp. 320. Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Cloth, dust jacket. New.

£58
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ref: 37013

FAVARDIN, Patrick & Guy Bloch-Champfort.

Les decorateurs des années 60-70.

Paris. Editions Norma. 2007. 4to. pp. 336. Illustrated in colour throughout. Cloth, dust jacket. New.

£86
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ref: 35859

FORM. Hald, Arthur (editor) & others.

Form. Svenska Slojdforeningens Tidskrift. Organ for konstindustri, konsthantverk och hemslojd. Vol. 44 - Vol. 57.

Stockholm. Svenska Slojdforeningens Forlag. 1948-1961. 13 vols. 4to. Lacks vol. 51 (1955). Illustrated throughout, bound with advertisements and original wrappers. Bound in red cloth, with the stamp of RSA on the spine; occasional stamps throughout. A good clean run.

Form concentrates on contemporary design in Scandanavia - furniture, fabrics and wallpaper, glass ... (more)

£350
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ref: 38178

GILLOWS. Stuart, Susan E.

Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840. Cabinetmakers and International merchants. A Furniture and Business History.

Woodbridge. Antique Collectors' Club. 2008. 2 vols. 4to. pp. 448; 416. Approx. 900 illustrations, most in colour. Cloth, dust jackets, slipcase. New.

With appendices: A. Index of the Lancaster Estimate Sketch Books 1880-1850. B. Workmen ... (more)

£100
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ref: 39958



Applied Arts
Applied Arts

The Applied Arts section houses an array of titles on design, craftsmanship and manufacturing. All areas and periods of the applied arts are covered. As well as a good stock of reference books on the subject, we hold many rare and original design books by leading artists, furniture-makers, and ornamentalists.