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Author
Publisher
Harper Design, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"In Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave, Joanna Gaines walks you through how to create a home that reflects the personalities and stories of the people who live there. Using examples from her own farmhouse as well as a range of other homes, this comprehensive guide will help you assess your priorities and instincts, as well as your likes and dislikes, with practical steps for navigating and embracing your authentic design...
Author
Publisher
Phaidon Press Limited
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A global survey of more than 100 artists, chosen by art-world professionals for their work with threads, stitching, and textiles Celebrating tapestry, embroidery, stitching, textiles, knitting, and knotting as used by visual artists worldwide, Vitamin T is the latest in the celebrated series in which leading curators, critics, and art professionals nominate living artists for inclusion. As boundaries between art and craft have blurred, artists have...
Author
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"You really do have such excellent taste in selecting More More More from your bookshop. Allow me to help you to break free of the chains of twentieth-century modernist orthodoxy. I promise a bright, densely curated future for your rooms where personal treasures, heirlooms, family photos, hell even that raffia donkey from Acapulco airport can all live free and loved under a maximalist sun!"--Cover page 4
Publisher
Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
" Spanning six centuries of global design, this far-reaching survey is the first to offer an account of the vast history of decorative arts and design produced in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, the Indian subcontinent, and the Islamic world, from 1400 to the present. Meticulously documented and lavishly illustrated, the volume covers interiors, furniture, textiles and dress, glass, graphics, metalwork, ceramics, exhibitions, product design, landscape...
Author
Publisher
Stewart, Tabori & Chang, an imprint of ABRAMS
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
The country's premiere paper-flower artist, Livia Cetti is known for her high-style, gorgeous tissue and crepe-paper flowers--many of which are often mistaken for real flowers. The Exquisite Book of Paper Flowers is Cetti's comprehensive how-to manual showcasing her until-now secret techniques for creating 27 popular blooms, including peonies, poppies, roses, and hibiscus. Clear instructions and stunning step-by-step photographs show crafters of all...
Author
Publisher
Parkstone International
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
"From ancient Sumerian pottery to Tiffany stained glass, decorative art had been a fundamental part of the human experience for generations. While fine art is confined to galleries and museums, decorative art is the art of the every day, combining beauty with functionality in objects ranging from the prosaic to the fantastical. In this work, authors Albert Jacquemart and Émile Bayard celebrate the beauty and artistic potential behind even the most...
Author
Publisher
V & A Publications
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
A small-format introduction to the key characteristics of the modern world's Arts and Crafts movement cites its origins in social and industrial reforms that inspired designers, discussing how ideas from Europe, America, and Japan served to influence period furniture, textiles, jewelry, and more. -- from Amazon.
14) Craftland Japan
Author
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In Japanese life and culture, there has never been a clear distinction between art, craft and design. Generations of artisans have for centuries forged and refined their crafts, which have become the envy of the modern world. Regions of Japan are renowned for specific traditions, many of which are born of local materials and the natural settings in which they are produced. Visitors and craft and design enthusiasts have long known about the high quality...
Author
Publisher
Monacelli Press
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
In 1969, an exhibition opened at the Smithsonian Institution that defined the American studio craft movement. "Objects: USA" united a cohort of artists inventing new approaches to art-making by way of craft media. Subsequently touring to twenty-two museums across the country, where it was viewed by over half a million Americans, and then to eleven cities in Europe, the exhibition canonized such artists as Anni Albers, Sheila Hicks, Wharton Esherick,...
17) The Victorian home: the grandeur and comforts of the Victorian era, in households past and present
Author
Publisher
Running Press
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Art Deco Complete is the last word in Art Deco, the most glamorous decorative arts style, and the one that shaped popular ideas of modern luxury. It covers furniture and interior decoration, sculpture, paintings, graphics, posters and bookbinding, glass, ceramics, lighting, textiles, metal work, and jewelry. It includes the work of all of the important Art Deco designers, from high-style French furniture makers to the creators of the popular "Streamline...
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