Decorative Art: any of those arts that are concerned with the design and decoration of objects that are chiefly prized for their utility, rather than for their purely aesthetic qualities. Ceramics, glassware, basketry, jewelry, metalware, furniture, textiles, clothing, and other such goods are the objects most commonly associated with the decorative arts.
See also: ART: FASHION: Textiles, Design, Jewelry
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Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, 2018. Soft cover. Established in 1995, the Helen Warren DeGolyer Triennial Exhibition and Competition for American Bookbinding is hosted every three years by Bridwell Library at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. The competition, exhibition, and accompanying DeGolyer Conference aim to.....
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Japan: c1920. Very Good Mounted Poster. A theatrical advertisement in the style of ukiyo-e for a Bunraku or Kabuki rendition of the 47 Ronin, the story of loyal former samurai who plot revenge for their wronged daimyo lord. Color lithograph poster professionally mounted on linen. 108.3 by 78.3 cm (42.75.....
Amsterdan: Rijksmuseum, 1963. Soft cover. Catalogue in Dutch with 72 pages of text. 100 pages of b/w prints. Light handling wear. Bindings firm. 8.75 inches tall.
Mulgrave, VIC, Australia: Images Publishing Group, 1998. 1st Edition. Hardcover.
Schiffer Publishing, 1999. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Native art on the Northwest Coast is very much alive and increasing in both artistry and volume. Totems, drums, rattles boxes and canoes join the many masks displayed here. Many pieces are shown from several sides.....
Original poster created in 1994 as an advertisement for the Grammys. Step back in time to the vibrant and psychedelic world of Peter Max, the influential German-American artist renowned for his dazzling 'Pop Art' creations. Bursting with a kaleidoscope of bright colors and mesmerizing patterns, Max's works became emblematic of.....
New York: Hessling & Spielmeyer, 1892. First Edition. Red cloth spine to titled boards with ribbon tie. Full color plates of fashionable Parisian furnishings, especially window dressing.
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Paris: Pour l'imprimeur et le bibliophile, 01926. Soft cover. The Christmas numbers of the Bulletin of the Union of Master Printers are spectacular "technological showcases"
Florida: Meta-Visual, 2007. Printmaker - Jim Harrison. WUFT-FM is an NPR member radio station owned by the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, broadcasting news and public media programming from NPR along with other distributors including APM, PRX, WNYC Studios and the BBC. The station also operates a full-time satellite.....
USA: Dover Publications, 1987. Soft cover. Carefully handled, Text clean, Bindings firm; minor age-toning to stiff pictorial wraps, with 92 plates showing over 950 authentic costumes from the Middle Ages to 1800.
Okey-Doke Products, 1998. Illustrated by Leah Palmer Preiss. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Six stories relate the adventures of the fairy folk and their friends, the flowers.Written for Ralph Waldo Emerson's daughter, Ellen, when Alcott was 16, and first published in 1855.Shealy provides an.....
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New York: R. H. Russell, 1900. The drawings of American society by Charles Dana Gibson defined the age contemporaneously and retrospectively from the 1890s through the early 1900s. His images of women, in particular, were so influential on the development of the American feminine style that the term "Gibson Girls".....
Madison, WI: Guild Publishing, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. Thomas Mann creates wordless pieces of metal art that speak volumes with beauty, character and humor. This breathtaking showcase of his work illustrates the story of how Thomas Mann came to reach such.....
Atlanta, Georgia: Ellis Lane Press, 2006. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. The lives and works of blue-collar, African American artists Thornton Dial and Lonnie Holley are documented in this true story of outsider art, ego, exploitation, and race.
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New York, New York, U.S.A. Rizzoli Intl Pubns, 1989. A Fine Soft cover. Providing a new viewpoint of contemporary American printmaking, this illustrated volume surveys the work of a number of painters and sculptors whose contribution to printmaking is widely known.The artists discussed include Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Rauschenberg and.....
New York: Workman Publishing Company, 1985. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Charles Wysocki delights in his native land and portrays the joys of its early days so lyrically that he has become the country's leading painter of Americana. The text by Betty Ballantine perfectly embellishes his sense of time and place.....
San Francisco: Chronicle, 1993. First Edition, First Printing. A Fine Hardcover. The author is a creator of pop-up books. This is in the theme with decorated envelopes, illustrated letters, postcards, and very creative artwork. "Impossible to stop until the book's end."
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1995. First Edition, First Printing. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. Complete with bartending lore, traditional martini recipes, literary excerpts, memorable scenes from James Bond movies, and more, The Martini offers a toast to this intoxicating symbol of the American dream.
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. [American]. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dust Jacket. In this illustrated volume, Alan Bartram, a distinguished book designer and typographer, answers many of these questions and provides his personal view of some of the successes and failures of his predecessors.....
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996. Illustrations by the Author: Graeme Base. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, Base (Animalia) poses as the Victorian scientist Rowland W. Greasebeam, B.Sc. (Serpentology), F.R.Aud., to serve up this compendium of dragon lore and sheer inventive.....
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003. 10th Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Bastianich (La Cucina di Lidia), owner of several restaurants, is simultaneously a beguiling storyteller and a no-nonsense guide. Alongside classics like Tri-Color Salad with Arugula and Radicchio and a more unusual Salad of Dandelion Greens with Almond Vinaigrette.....
USA: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2012. A Fine Hardcover. Dancing around the Bride is the first exhibition to explore the interwoven lives, works, and experimental spirit of Marcel Duchamp (American, born France, 1887-1968) and four of the most important American postwar artists: composer John Cage (1912-1992), choreographer Merce Cunningham (1919-2009).....
New York, London, Paris: Abbeville Press, 1996. Photographs by David Finn. 2nd Edition. Soft cover.
Boston: Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1987. A Near Fine Softcover. In a brief introduction, the history of the fan is succinctly traced: from its rise to prominence as a fashion accessory in the 16th century, when Henri III of France first used one at court, to its demise during.....
USA - Europe: Birken-Halde Verlag, 2010. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Brazilian-born and Miami-made, Romero Britto has made it to the top and is considered today the number 1 living visual artist worldwide.Britto uses vibrant, bold and colorful patterns to reflect his optimistic view of the world.....