Decorative Arts

Since the nineties, Walter Van Beirendonck has been fascinated with masks. They change your identity, invoke a certain atmosphere and have an insta...

A fresh look at the Arts and Crafts Movement, charting its origins in reformist ideals, its engagement with commercial culture, and its ultimate pl...

A sumptuous and original European Tour through the palaces and the works of art belonging to royal and princely figures who have marked the histori...

Dive into the life and work of master craftsman Jeronimo Lozano and his extraordinarily detailed retablos. Steeped in ancient Peruvian traditions, ...

Chinoiserie, a decorative style inspired by the art of the Far East, gripped Britain from the late seventeenth to the early nineteenth century. Des...

An artists record of the homes of 89 leading creatives from interior designers to ceramicists, antiques dealers, florists and chefs. SJ A...

Madge Garland, Janey Ironside, Joanne Brogden and Wendy Dagworthy, a quartet of remarkable educators and doyennes of style and skill, encouraged th...

A practical and inspirational guide to textile folk art from cultures all around the world, accompanied by step-by-step projects. From samplers and...

Part of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Sketch Books Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are prin...

The fourth book in the fabulous festive beading series brings even more seasonal beaded projects to decorate your home. There are thirteen chapter...

An unparalleled introduction to American folk art, accompanying a major traveling exhibition. A handsome and insightful survey of American folk art...

Here are India's best-known beasts -- tiger, elephant, deer, snake... rendered by a variety of folk and tribal artists. Each of their artistic trad...

A stunning stained glass window becomes a lens through which to view the career of Louis Comfort Tiffany and intersecting arcs of art and design ...

The Bhil people of Central India are amongst the country''s oldest indigenous communities. To them, the natural world is not ''a thing apart'', but...

Explore one of Americas most creative cities in a new way with the trailblazer for city-based studies of contemporary craft. For craft and history ...

June Schwarcz (1918-2015) was among the most innovative artists working in the contemporary enamels field. Best known for her electroplated metal s...

Exploring the world of tin boxes - usually chromolithographed for advertising purposes - is like taking a journey across the universe, a journey to...

Tea was introduced to Britain in the 1650s. Its popularity burgeoned over the following two-and-a-half centuries, until it became a defining featur...

The volume traces the history of tin signs in Italy from their birth to their diffusion, from 1890 to 1950, using a selection of almost one thousan...

Bird decoys were used for hunting in North America until the advent of hunting regulations in the early twentieth century, when decoys started to b...

Symbol, Pattern and Symmetry: The Cultural Significance of Structure investigates how pattern and symbol has functioned in visual arts, exploring h...

Part of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printe...

A beautiful and simple introduction to the Book of Kells - now available in French. Here George Otto Simms, a world-renowned authority on the Book...

Glass is a magical material through which light can shine. Throughout its millennial history, its colourful splendour and malleability have always ...

The undervalued force behind the Highwaymen phenomenon.A long-awaited testament to the life and work of Alfred Hair, the driving force of the Flori...

Coiled grass baskets are icons of Gullah culture. From their roots in Africa, through their evolution on Lowcountry rice plantations, to their mode...

Born in England into a unionist family, the artist Frances Georgiana Chenevix Trench became an ardent nationalist and quickly involved herself in t...

The perfect gift for fans of classic novels, crafting and puns. There is no gate, no lock, no bolt t...