Decorative Arts

Analysing the decorative programmes of the most opulent European palaces of the time, Margaretha Rossholm Lagerlöf investigates how meaning was con...

This beautifully illustrated book represents the first full publication of the most elaborate metal vessel from the ancient world yet discovered. F...

Otto Prutscher (1880-1949) gilt in Fachkreisen als einer der bedeutendsten österreichischen Architekten und Gestalter von Innenräumen und kunstgew...

Early-medieval Irish fine metalwork is generally agreed to be one of the high points of achievement in European decorative arts. In the corpus of f...

The newly revised and expanded study of the world-renowned Finnish design company Artek Best known for the production of Aalto’s famous bentwood fu...

Dress helps us fashion identity, history, community, and place. Dress has been harnessed as a metaphor for both progress and stability, the exotic ...

With 17 step-by-step projects, discover the art of paper quilling based around the four seasons.Quilling is the enjoyable art of curling strips of...

For the last forty years Florentine Mutherich has worked as editor of the corpus of Carolingian illuminated manuscripts she has recently published ...

  Decorate and doodle anyway you like with 8 double sided colour pens in this calming reverse colouring style book of mindfulness ...

Professor Nordenfalk's work over the last forty years has represented perhaps the most important effort made in these decades to clarify the develo...

The Palestinian folk arts have a rich and fascinating history. Silk thread and embroidery, together with an expanding repertoire of symbols, are kn...

From the mid-eighteenth century on, cultural life in the northern valley of the St John River blended the traditions of Acadian and French Canadian...

The book represents a continuation of research begun by Cooper in Hong Kong in the early 1970s among expatriate artisan furniture makers and woodca...

Aby M. Warburg (1866–1929) is recognized not only as one of the century’s preeminent art and Renaissance historians but also as a founder of twenti...

The book represents a continuation of research begun by Cooper in Hong Kong in the early 1970s among expatriate artisan furniture makers and woodca...

Now in a miniature pocket form, and at an unbeatable price, India Modern is a visually stunning compilation of modern Indian design and architectur...

The techniques of metal colouring, bronzing and patination are assuming a new importance in contemporary fine metalwork and design. Richard Hughes ...

Baskets made of baleen, the fibrous substance found in the mouths of plankton-eating whales—a malleable and durable material that once had commerci...

Seventeenth century Flanders was a cultural hotspot for both the fine and decorative arts. With well-established ports in Bruges, Antwerp and Ghent...

The movement of a work of art from artist's studio to gallery, to collector, and to curator sometimes follows a clear and distinct route, easily di...

Throughout the 20th century, there were increasing numbers of artists who chose to work within a fine art aesthetic (i.e., expressive, communicativ...

In contrast to much current scholarship on women and material culture which focuses primarily on women as consumers, this essay collection provides...

What do Persian robes of honour, 20th-century still-life painting, fur garments, and 18th-century porcelain all have in common? Prized, possessed a...

Iranian artists have been producing some of the world’s most thought-provoking and intellectually grounded artworks. In this landmark compendium, r...

Jacqueline Duncan founded The Inchbald School of Interior Design in 1960, and the Inchbald School of Garden Design in 1972. War-time experiences as...

The term ‘craftsmanship’ is associated with individuality, uniqueness, decorative potential, artistic quality, attention to material and to process...

The first major scholarly investigation into the rich history of the marked body in the early modern period, this interdisciplinary study examines m...