Decorative Arts

Over 450 vivid color photos provide a sweeping overview of the amazing range of iron artwork being created by 82 of today's artist-blacksmiths. The...

The Chippendale cabinet-making firm, founded by Thomas Chippendale senior in about 1750, became famous partly through the successful publication of...

In this groundbreaking reassessment of the conventional understanding of a cohesive Arts and Crafts movement in Britain, Imogen Hart argues that a ...

This book gives a comprehensive overview of Russian decorative art from the twelfth century to the early twentieth and includes some of the most te...

The Royal Armouries stunning collection of arms and armour provides a unique historical perspective on visual and material culture from across the ...

For anyone interested in architecture, history, travel or world cultures, doors have a special fascination. In addition to welcoming guests and kee...

Hundreds of detailed color photos provide a sweeping overview of the wide range of iron artwork being created by over 90 of todays artist-blacksmit...

This book outlines a powerful process for designing and creating beautiful work that is practical to make and sell. Perspectives from 22 master art...

The Decorative Design of C.F.A. Voysey is the first book to place Voysey in his times. His was a dynamic age; 'Our descendants will envy the dawn t...

More than 220 color photos, together with descriptions of over fifty dollmakers richly varied works and techniques, make up this fascinating overvi...

With their overwhelming wealth of forms, prints of designs of historic ornaments are a source of boundless inspiration for graphic artists and desi...

View of the Pinnacle is a richly illustrated catalogue featuring more than eighty suzuribako, dating from the fourteenth through the twentieth cent...