1921 products
Stephen Calloway
Bulfinch Press, 1992
For more than one hundred years the name Liberty of London has been synonymous with the highest achievements in the decorative arts - from fabric to furniture, from carpets to ceramics. A great trading company is always affected by changes in fashion; what gives this one its remarkable distinction is that it has not just followed these changes but helped to create them since 1875. Arthur Lasenby Liberty, its founder, set out to transform the dress and interior decoration of his day; that sense of excitement and innovation has remained integral to his company to this day and continues to appeal to a wide international clientele, making Liberty one of the few names in retailing known worldwide. "This full account of Liberty's accomplishments in the applied arts is therefore also a central history of design over the past century. Organized chronologically and profusely illustrated, it begins with Arthur Liberty's early emporium, selling oriental textiles and imported furnishings, then covers the Aesthetic movement, Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, the decorative twenties and thirties, and the revivalism of the fifties and sixties. It ends with a survey of Liberty's current exploration of international modern design. Each section is written by an expert on the relevant period." "The Arts and Crafts movement found Liberty fully established and pursuing the enlightened commissioning that associated the shop with leading craftsmen and designers. After the First World War textiles ...
English - 224 Pages - 25.5 x 2.5 x 31 cm - 1,7 Kg
ISBN: 9780821219744
Pauline Castellani
Editions de la Martinière, 2021
Neuf créatrices de légende qui ont changé l’art du bijou. Elles sont libres et ambitieuses. Talentueuses et déterminées. Elles ont réussi à imposer leur style et leur vision créatrice dans un univers, la joaillerie, longtemps dominé par les hommes. Un livre de portraits sur les femmes qui ont marqué l’univers de la joaillerie au XXe siècle. En prise avec leur temps, elles ont toutes à leur façon participé au mouvement d’émancipation des femmes en proposant des bijoux au design moderne et aux matières souvent inattendues. Chaque portrait évoque leur histoire, leur parcours, leur style, ce que leurs bijoux racontent de leur époque et quelles sont leurs créations les plus marquantes.
French - 192 pages - 19 x 25,5 cm - 0,9 kg
ISBN 9782732497471
Chantal Meslin-Perrier, Marie Segonds
Editions de l'Amateur, 2002
Ce livre retrace l'histoire de la porcelaine française à Limoges du milieu du XVIIIe siècle à nos jours, de la mise en place d'une industrie à sa reconnaissance internationale, en passant par l'apogée de sa production au XIXème siècle.
French - 464 Pages - 31.8 cm x 24cms - 2.9 Kg
ISBN: 9782859173555
Isabel Thomas,Katja Spitzer
Laurence King Publishing, 2022
Most famous as the painter who created the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci is also one of history's greatest geniuses - he was a mathematician, architect, astronomer, scientist and musician...and he even invented the helicopter! From artists to aviators and scientists to revolutionaries, Little Guides to Great Lives is a brand new series of small-format guides introducing children to the most inspirational figures from history in a fun, accessible way. Launching with Leonardo da Vinci, Marie Curie, Nelson Mandela and Amelia Earhart, Little Guides to Great Lives tells the stories of the most amazing people from all over the world and across history, with colourful illustrations and fresh design to bring their incredible stories to life.
English - 64 Pages - 13 x 20 cm - 0,2 Kg
ISBN: 9781510230095
Jean-Luc Soule
Flammarion, 1994
Hungary has only recently been re-discovered as one of Europe's treasuries of architecture and design. A voyage into the homes and countryside of this exotic European state, "Living in Hungary" opens in Budapest, where the inhabitants of Buda and Pest unwind in elegant café s or bathhouses.
English - 224 Pages - 24.9 x 1.8 x 25.4 cm - 1.5 KgISBN: 9782080111432