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18TH-CENTURY ENGLISH PORCELAIN.
Savage, George.
New York: Macmillan, 1952.
Price: $40.00
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Small octavo, xvi, 13-173pp., plus a 32-page Henry Carey Baird catalogue bound in. The book includes chapters on treating new coach bodies, new running gears or carriage parts, old carriages painted afresh, colors, liquids (varnishes and oils), cane work and much more. This copy bears a hand-written presentation inscription from John Bratsing of Philadelphia, [who held some patents in the field] to Grant Conrad, coach painter. Internally about very good, bound in brown cloth stamped in blind, gilt spine title. The binding is rubbed and spoitted, and has a rough spot to the top edge, as well as to the back edge of the spine. Laid in is an 8-page booklet/price list, undated, listing varnishes and other finishes obtainable from the Excelsior Varnish Works, New York.
A COMPLETE GUIDE FOR COACH PAINTERS / TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF M. ARLOT, COACH PAINTER, FOR ELEVEN YEARS FOREMAN OF PAINTING TO M. EHERLER, COACHMAKER PARIS.: To which is added an appendix containing information respecting the materials and the practice of coach and car painting and varnishing in the United States and Great Britain.
Fesquet, A.A., chemist and engineer, and Arlot, M.
Philadelphia and London: Henry Carey Baird & Co. and Sampson Low, Son & Marston, 1893(1871).
Price: $100.00
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A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE OLD FRENCH FAIENCE / WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE REVIVAL OF FAIENCE PAINTING IN FRANCE.
Solon, M.L.
London: Cassell, 1903.
Price: $75.00
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AMERICA'S TRADITIONAL CRAFTS.
Shaw, Robert.
No place,: Hugh Lauter Levin Assoc., 1993.
Price: $60.00
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AMERICAN ANTIQUE FURNITURE / A BOOK FOR AMATEURS.
Miller, Edgar G., Jr.
New York: M. Barrows, 1937.
Price: $75.00
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AMERICAN COUNTRY LIVING'S COUNTRY LOOK AND HOW TO GET IT.
Sears, Mary Seehafer.
London: Ebury Press, 1991.
Price: $25.00
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AMERICAN FURNITURE / QUEEN ANNE AND CHIPPENDALE PERIODS.
Downs, Joseph.
New York: Viking, 1967(1952).
Price: $75.00
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AMERICAN FURNITURE / THE FEDERAL PERIOD.
Montgomery, Charles F.
New York: Viking, 1966.
Price: $175.00
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AMERICAN FURNITURE FrOM THE KAUFMAN COLLECTION.
Flanigan, J. Michael.
Washington and New York: National Gallery and Abrams, 1986.
Price: $75.00
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AMERICAN FURNITURE.
Constock, Helen.
New York: Viking, 1962.
Price: $80.00
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AMERICAN RUGS AND CARPETS / FROM THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TO MODERN TIMES.
Von Rosenstiel, Helene.
New York: William Morrow, 1978.
Price: $45.00
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AMERICAN SILVERSMITHS AND THEIR MARKS.
Ensko, Stephen Guernsey Cook.
Boston: David R. Godine, 1989(1915).
Price: $60.00
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Quarto, 243pp. The American edition, though with the London imprint of John Murray on the titlepage and spine. An authoritative compilation, in 11 chapters, of everything from fitted needlework boxes to sewing gadgets, with an index and a bibliography, and 193 b/w illustrations. Very good in red cloth, price-clipped and very slightly edge-worn dustjacket. This copy is signed by Rogers on the half-title.
AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NEEDLEWORK TOOLS.
Rogers, Gay Ann.
Claremont, CA: Needlework Unlimited, 1989(1983).
Price: $100.00
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ANTIQUES DICTIONARY.
Doane, Ethel.
Brockton, MA: Self-published, 1949.
Price: $25.00
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APPALACHIAN WHITE OAK BASKETMAKING / HANDING DOWN THE BASKET.
Law, Rachel Nash and Taylor, Cynthia W.
Knoxville:: U. of Tennessee Press, 1991.
Price: $20.00
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AT HOME IN MANHATTAN / MODERN DECORATIVE ARTS, 1925 TO THE DEPRESSION.
Davies, Karen.
New Haven: Yale U. Art Gallery, 1983.
Price: $45.00
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BAROQUE SPLENDOR / THE ART OF THE HUNGARIAN GOLDSMITH.
Fodor, Istvan, et al.
New York: 1994.
Price: $35.00
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CAMBRIDGE GLASS 1818 T0 1888 / THE STORY OF THE NEW ENGLAND GLASS COMPANY.
Watkins, Lura Woodside.
Boston: Little, Brown, 1930.
Price: $40.00
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CHINA-TRADE PORCELAIN / AN ACCOUNT OF ITS HISTORICAL BACKGROUND, MANUFACTURE AND DECORATION...
Phillips, John Goldsmith.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard U.P., 1956.
Price: $75.00
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COLLECTING ANTIQUES.
Menzies, William G.
London: John Lane, 1928.
Price: $125.00
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