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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Text is clean, crisp and unmarked. Bottom cover corners are square; top corners are lightly bumped. Heavier bump to top of spine. Binding is tight and square. Jacket is glossy with light rubbing and multiple surface scratches on back, light wear on front. Very light edge wear, no tears. We are unable to ship oversize books and multi-volume sets internationally.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Black cloth covered boards with gold titles; minimal wear; jacket is worn, heavier at corners and spine ends; 4to - over 9 3/4" to 12" tall; illustrations throughout; no internal markings; 67 pages. Additional shipping charges may need to be requested due to size or weight of book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Excellent condition. dj. xi, 244 pp. Dustjacket.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. illustrated edition. 112 pages. 10.75x8.50x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Paperback. Condizione: New. New Book, Direct from Publisher.

Paperback. Condizione: Brand New. 287 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; 256 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm ISBN 9780810942035, 0810942038 OCLC 40674993 ; textured green boards, in color photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Introduction -- Fountains -- Statues -- Urns -- Furniture -- Sundials and armillary spheres -- Gates, fencing, and finials -- Other garden ornament: obelisks, plant stands, wellheads, and more -- Postscript -- Illustrated catalogue -- Appendix I: Manufacturers of garden ornament -- Appendix II: Maintenance, identification, and security of garden ornament -- Appendix III: Selected historic gardens of America ; In chapters devoted to fountains, urns, statues, sundials seating, fencing, and many other beautiful objects, Barbara Israel presents a wealth of newly discovered information on American gardens and their ornament, including the historical background for developments in landscape architecture, which influenced the design of individual pieces, houses, and plantations. ; Barbara Frelinghuysen Israel founded Barbara Israel Garden Antiques in 1985. More than 25 years and hundreds of exquisite objects later, Barbara is recognized as an authority on the subject. Barbara's first book, Antique Garden Ornament: Two Centuries of American Taste (1999) is the definitive work in the field. Barbara has served as a consultant to the Metropolitan Museum of Art on their collection of nineteenth-century cast iron, and has sold pieces to the Winterthur Museum, the Smithsonian Institution and the Baltimore Museum of Art, as well as to many important private clients. As an active board member of Historic Hudson Valley, Barbara is helping to preserve landmark properties and their antique garden ornaments. She has appeared on television programs and webcasts including Good Morning America, Sunday Morning Today, Antiques Roadshow FYI and, most recently, on MSN's Collect This! Barbara has also been featured in The New York Times, Elle Décor, House & Garden, Garden Design and The Baltimore Sun. She continues to lecture extensively on all aspects of garden ornament.; Michael Hales is a British-born photographer and artist known for his atmospheric shots of interiors, gardens, and natural worlds, often published in magazines like Country Living, The English Garden, and Period Living. Studied at the London College of Printing, with a global upbringing in England, Pakistan, and Nigeria. His work has taken him to China seed collecting with Frank Cabot, founder of the Garden Conservancy. Working with Audrey Hepburn at Giverney, France, to the roof of the palace buildings in Delhi, photographing the home of Sidney Potier in Hollywood and the Rose Garden at the White House. He is a licensed Minister with Global Awakening Apostolic Network and lives in Bristol, England, with his wife, Christine Simoneau Hales, an artist and Icongrapher. ; FINE/FINE. Book. …

Hardcover. Condizione: VG. Bookplate inside. Quarto. Hardcover. Black cloth boards in illustrated jacket with gilt titles. 106 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 1st printing ; ; 272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm ; ISBN 9780810934269, 9780890900604, 0810934264, 0890900604 OCLC 31088352 "Published on the occasion of the exhibition . organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in collaboration with the High Museum of Art, Atlanta."--Title page verso; Exhibition held at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, August 21-October 23, 1994 ; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, December 13, 1994-February 12, 1995 ; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, March 15-July 9, 1995 ; black cloth with gold designs and lettering ; in color photographic dustjacket ; In 1848, Gustave Herter arrived in America from Germany, fleeing political and economic chaos. His brother, Christian, joined him a decade later. By 1875 their firm, renamed Herter Brothers, was supplying the White House with furnishings, as it had been doing for some of America's wealthiest families since 1858. During this opulent period, Herter Brothers could claim to be the leading cabinetmaking and decorating firm in the country. The best of the Herter Brothers' furniture and interiors are displayed in 133 color and 167 black-and-white illustrations, including many close-up details as well as comparative work by rival fine cabinetmakers of the time in New York and Europe. Herter Brothers tells the story of the company from its earliest manifestations, when Gustave worked with other partners and alone, through his partnership with his brother, to Christian's years as head of the firm and the end of his tenure ; Katherine S. Howe is the director of the Rienzi house museum for European decorative arts in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.; Peter C. Marzio. Peter was the director of the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, a post he held for almost three decades; born into a working-class immigrant family, becoming the first in his family to graduate from High School. At Juniata College he became inspired by the art and museum world, deciding to make this his career. He went on to earn a doctorate in art and American history from the University of Chicago. He served as curator of prints and drawings at the Smithsonian and then as director and chief executive officer of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, before becoming the director in Houston. ; Philippe de Montebello is a French and American museum director. He served from 1977 to 2008 as the director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. On his retirement, he was both the longest-serving director in the institution's history and the third longest-serving director of any major art museum in the world; He immigrated to the United States of America in the 1950s, and became a naturalized citizen of the US in 1955. He was educated in New York City at the Lycée Français de New York, graduated from Harvard University with a degree in art history, and earned an MA from New York University, after which he embarked on a career in Fine Arts. He became the Director of the Metropolitan Museum in 1977 and has become widely known as the public face of the museum.; Ned Rifkin joined the staff of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in December 1986 as the first chief curator for exhibitions. ; Contents: A European context, 1840-80 : England / Simon Jervis. Germany / Hans Ottomeyer. France / Marc Bascou -- An introduction to the Herter Brothers / Katherine S. Howe -- From the Bowery to Broadway : the Herter Brothers and the New York furniture trade / Catherine Hoover Voorsanger -- Patronage and the artistic interior / Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen -- Herter Brothers furniture / Alice Cooney Frelinghuysen, Katherine S. Howe, Catherine Hoover Voorsanger ; FINE/FINE. Book.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 256 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

no binding. Condizione: good. First Edition. Original Printed patent disbound with printed front blue wrapper present but not the back wrapper (both often lacking in early patents) About 27cm by 18 cm some wear and tear due to the disbinding.

no binding. Condizione: good. First Edition. Original Printed patent disbound with printed front blue wrapper present but not the back wrapper (both often lacking in early patents) About 27cm by 18 cm some wear and tear due to the disbinding.