Naseby Cup
Coins and Medals of the English Civil War
ISBN: PB: 9780300275865,
Yale University Press,
June 2024
144 pp., 24,8x21,0 cm, 185 colour illus.
144 pp., 24,8x21,0 cm, 185 colour illus.
A detailed presentation of the iconic Naseby Cup that illuminates the Victorian vessel's extraordinary numismatic importance and contextualizes the circumstances surrounding its creation.
One of the most exceptional numismatic objects in the world,...
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£20.00
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Julian Stair
Memory, Material, Ceramics
ISBN: HB: 9780300278071,
Yale University Press,
May 2024
318 pp., 28,0x22,5 cm, 250 colour illus.
318 pp., 28,0x22,5 cm, 250 colour illus.
The first comprehensive account of the pioneering ceramic work of Julian Stair.
Julian Stair (b. 1955) is one of the UK's leading ceramic artists, with a prolific career spanning five decades. Exploring an extensive range of work in different mater...
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£40.00
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Novels, Needleworks, and Empire
Material Entanglements in the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
ISBN: HB: 9780300270785,
Yale University Press,
May 2024
312 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 38 black&white illus.
312 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 38 black&white illus.
The first sustained study of the vibrant links between domestic craft and British colonialism.
In the eighteenth century, women's contributions to empire took fewer official forms than those collected in state archives. Their traces were recorded i...
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£50.00
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Mingei
Art Without Heroes
ISBN: HB: 9780300274288,
Yale University Press,
March 2024
168 pp., 27,0x21,6 cm, 121 colour illus.
168 pp., 27,0x21,6 cm, 121 colour illus.
An exploration of the evolution of the Japanese Mingei (folk art) movement within the context of today's concerns.
Originating in Japan in the 1920s, the Mingei movement was based on the principle that beauty is inherent in handmade, everyday objec...
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£35.00
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David Rittenhouse
Philosopher-Mechanick of Colonial Philadelphia and His Famous Clocks
ISBN: HB: 9780300272956,
Yale University Press,
November 2023
272 pp., 29,2x24,1 cm, 365 colour illus.
272 pp., 29,2x24,1 cm, 365 colour illus.
A lush and in-depth celebration of the clocks of David Rittenhouse, one of eighteenth-century America's greatest scientists and engineers
"David Rittenhouse: Philosopher-Mechanick of Colonial Philadelphia and His Famous Clocks" brings a completely...
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£60.00
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Throne of the Great Mogul in Dresden
The Ultimate Artwork of the Baroque
ISBN: HB: 9780300251937,
Yale University Press,
June 2023
376 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 48 colour illus., 28 black&white illus.
376 pp., 23,4x15,6 cm, 48 colour illus., 28 black&white illus.
A masterful deciphering of an extraordinary art object, illuminating some of the biggest questions of the eighteenth century.
The Throne of the Great Mogul (1701-1708) is a unique work of European decorative art: an intricate miniature of the court...
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£30.00
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William Burges's Great Bookcase and The Victorian Colour Revolution
ISBN: HB: 9780300267976,
Yale University Press,
May 2023
240 pp., 27,0x21,6 cm, 227 colour and black&white illus.
240 pp., 27,0x21,6 cm, 227 colour and black&white illus.
Charlotte Ribeyrol presents a fascinating (book)case study exploring the story of an extraordinary object, William Burges's (1827-1881) Great Bookcase. No fewer than 13 major artists, including Edward Burne-Jones, Edward Poynter, and Albert Moore, to...
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£40.00
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How to Read European Decorative Arts
ISBN: PB: 9781588397515,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
March 2023
168 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 141 colour illus.
168 pp., 26,6x20,3 cm, 141 colour illus.
Illuminating three centuries of European artistry and ingenuity, this volume in The Met's acclaimed How to Read series provides a wide-ranging exploration of decorative arts from British writing tables to Russian snuffboxes.
Spanning three decades o...
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£19.95
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English Furniture 1680-1760 and English Needlework 1600-1740
The Percival D. Griffiths Collection (Volumes I and II)
ISBN: SET: 9780300259889,
Yale University Press,
February 2023
864 pp., 29,2x24,8 cm, 600 colour and black&white illus.
864 pp., 29,2x24,8 cm, 600 colour and black&white illus.
Brings together a superb collection of over 650 detailed examples English furniture and needlework from 1600 to 1760.
These volumes are dedicated to one of the finest collections of early English furniture and needlework, formed by Percival D. Griff...
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£200.00
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Pattern and Flow
A Golden Age of American Decorated Paper, 1960s to 2000s
ISBN: HB: 9780300266191,
Yale University Press,
November 2022
196 pp., 26,9x25,7 cm, 260 colour illus.
196 pp., 26,9x25,7 cm, 260 colour illus.
Showcasing marbled paper, paste paper, fold-and-dye papers, and more, this book reveals a little-known arts phenomenon from its grass roots in the 1960s to artistic heights in the following decades.
"Pattern and Flow" chronicles the flourishing of A...
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£50.00
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