Product Description: This volume is the single best source for anyone interested in exploring and experiencing Mid-Century Modern, the international design movement that still influences homes and lifestyles from Palm Springs to Long Island and from Japan to Scandinavia...read more

Product Description: Of Unicorns and Bezoars presents a comprehensive study of the various different types of cabinet, from the Renaissance studio to twenty-first-century incarnations, these are interspersed with features highlighting some of the most notable and intriguing of curiosities, from crocodiles, astrolabes and bezoar stones to unicorns and birds of paradise...read more

Product Description: María Campos Carlés de Peña, a leading expert in furniture history, has undertaken an exhaustive project of research into the large and varied production of furniture made in Peru in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries - the colonial period - for churches, convents, monasteries and private collections...read more

Product Description: Recycling for Pleasure and Profit?is the ideal handbook for those interested in the processes of recycling, collecting and selling goods, whether they are only just setting out to learn about this hobby, or already have experience under their belt...read more

Product Description: The sovereigns of England, unlike those of France, have seldom taken to themselves the task of acting as patrons of the fine arts. Therefore when we write of the "Queen Anne period" we do not refer to the influence of the undistinguished lady who for twelve years occupied the throne of England...read more

Product Description: The Tropenmuseum of Amsterdam houses one of the largest and most important collections of furniture from the former Netherlands East Indies. This group of items has received very little scholarly attention, but holds important information about the domestic lives of the Dutch in the country’s former trading posts and colonies...read more

Product Description: Illustrated with more than 750 photographs of early English furniture - most from private collections not previously published - together with paintings and engravings of the periodAuthor has been an active antiques dealer for over 20 years and is an accomplished authorHighly readable, engaging contentInformed by John Fiske's extensive experience as a dealer in English oak furniture, When Oak Was New provides an in-depth guided tour of familiar and lesser-known forms for both the novice and experienced collector...read more

This text provides the most sophisticated and comprehensive treatment to date of politics and public policy in Arizona. It examines the political process in the State of Arizona and the policies that process has produced. Intended for courses on state and local politics and policy, the work is designed to provide an introduction to and analysis of the workings of Arizona public policy. Written by scholars from several disciplines (law, sociology, criminal justice, and political science), the text is divided into two parts: Part I examines political institutions (the courts, legislature, governor's office, etc.), while part II looks at significant policy issues in Arizona politics (the environment, water, health care, etc.).This important text will meet the needs of upper-division students in courses on the Arizona Constitution, Arizona state and local politics, and public policy.

Product Description: The 20th century was a rich period of beautiful, innovative design and many classics from that era have influenced and inspired modern designers. "Lighting: 20th-Century Classics" includes more than 90 of the most desirable and iconic pendant lights, table lamps, floor and wall and ceiling designs from the last century...read more

Product Description: Retro may be cool, but why are we now in the middle of a love affair with objects and designs from the mid-twentieth century? What unique qualities do they share that make them so special now?Using one of the most spectacular displays of retro objects ever assembled, and covering all the bases - furniture, fashion, ceramics, technology, metal, graphics, plastic and glass - twentieth-century expert Adrian Franklin provides the answers...read more

Product Description: Chairs: 20th-Century Classics features more than 95 of the most desirable, influential and iconic designs from the last century. Part of a series featuring Collectables and Lighting, this book is beautifully illustrated and provides key information to the reader, whether he or she be a collector or just someone with an interest in design and interiors...read more

Product Description: The 20th century was a rich and influential period of beautiful, innovative design and many classics from that era have influenced and inspired modern designers. Collectables: 20th-Century Classics features more than 90 of the most desirable and iconic pieces from the last century...read more

Product Description: Retro environments appeal to both the individual and collective memory and evoke nostalgic feelings. The projects included in this book are designed by such cutting edge firms as Autobahn, Dizel & Sate, Gensler, Greg Natale, JMA, Karim Rashid, Marc Newson, Sebastian CG Segers, Marcio Kogan, Pichiglas/ Alfonso de la Fuerta, Retrovius Reclamation and Design, Shaun Clarkson, Slade Architecture, Studio 63 and Wary Meyers Decorative Arts; projects include shops and hotels such as the 25 Hours Hotel, Mr Goodbar, Canter's Deli and the Miss Sixty Store in Tokyo; and residences including the Istanbul Suites, Cinza House, and homes on Mullholand Drive, and in Pasadena, Miami and Bridgehampton ...read more

Product Description: During the second half of the 18th century, the German workshop of Abraham and David Roentgen was among Europe's most successful cabinetmaking enterprises. The Roentgens' pieces combined innovative designs with intriguing mechanical devices that revolutionized traditional types of European furniture...read more

Product Description: Conservation of 20th Century Furniture provides a comprehensive coverage of materials and techniques that are encountered in twentieth century furniture, through both a contextual point of view and through a range of practice perspectives...read more

Product Description: The standard work of reference on the subject, consulted by dealers, collectors, auctioneers, valuers and students of furniture.Provides an amazing range of superb illustrations with a clear classification of the furniture, all within the context of the period...read more

Product Description: Interior designer and decorative arts and antiques expert Thomas Jayne follows up his essential 2010 compendium The Finest Rooms in America with this new collection of his own work. Thomas Jayne possesses a unique dual vision—he keeps one eye focused on the aesthetic traditions of the past, and the other looking forward: innovating, creating, and imagining interiors to suit modern sensibilities...read more