Category: Arts and Crafts

Weaving Traditions of Highland Bolivia

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: Los Angeles, CA, Craft and Folk Art Museum : 1978

Seller ID: 32218

Condition: Good

Unmarked. Some bumps on cover and a crease on title page. Glossary. Footnotes. Bibliography. 66p. Measures 8x9 inches.

Beautifully illustrated. Catalog for December 19, 1978 to February 4, 1979 exhibition at the Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, curated by Laurie Adelson and Bruce Takami. Topics include the development of weaving and dress, the weaving process, costume, regions, and more. Map.
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Art of Northern California (Don Carlson, Liz Mamorsky, Pizzichillo Gordon Glass)

By: Alcove Books

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: San Francisco, Alcove Books : nd

Seller ID: 22392

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Price sticker shadow on front. Six page booklet featuring Don Carlson, Liz Mamorsky, Pizzichillo Gordon Glass. Two color images for each.
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Metallizing Dolls and Fabric: A Craft How To Create Book (B-3)

By: Aleene

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Aleene's Inc : 1968

Seller ID: 25786

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Sun line at spine on back cover. Photography by Woody Hershman. Illustrated throughout. 14p. Activities with material lists.
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National Award for Master Craftsmen, 1970

By: All India Handicrafts Board

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: All India Handicrafts Board : 1970

Seller ID: 23552

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. B/W illustrations. Short Artists photos, bios, and photos of work. 44p. Measures 8.75 inches square.

Artists include Smt. Jagdamba Devi, Shri Neileihu Cheisoutsu, Shri V. Kalastri, Shri P. Ayumalai, Shri Ayla Achari, Shri Ibrahim Punjara, Shri Dasarath Meher, and others.
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American Bamboo Society Pamphlet and FAQ Sheet

By: American Bamboo Society

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: American Bamboo Society : 2000

Seller ID: 23881

Binding: Pamphlet

Condition: Very Good

Phone number written on mailing side of pamphlet, otherwise unmarked. 14x8.5 inches. Folded into 8 panels, 4 on each side. FAQ are written on a two side of an 8.5x11 inch sheet.
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Carpets: Techniques, Traditions, and History

By: Anquetil, Jacques

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: Octopus Publishing Group : 2003

Seller ID: 28259

ISBN-13: 9781844300129

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Closed tear on unclipped dust jacket. Map endpapers on book. Beautifully illustrated with color plates. 224p. Essential guide for anyone interested in understanding the stories and legends told within traditional hand-knotted 20th Century Carpet design.

Every sequence of knots has almost infinite possibilities as a language for recounting history, mythology, religious illusions and ancient civilizations.
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Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection

By: Arizona State University Art Museum

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Arizona State University Art Museum : 2005

Seller ID: 23627

ISBN-13: 9780967954790

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Exhibition catalog (December 10, 2005--April 1, 2006). Artists in the exhibition include Kate Anderson, Nancy Moore Bess, Mary Black, Sally Black, Jane Chavez, Jill Nordfors Clark, Carol Eckert, John Garrett, Shokosai Hayakawa, Elsie Holiday, Hideaki Honma, Kazuaki Honma, Ferne Jacobs, Nancy Koenigsberg, Gyongy Laky, John McQueen, Kenichi Nagakura, Ed Rossbach, Hisako Sekijima, Kay Sekimachi, Hideho Tanaka, Tsuruko Tanikawa, and many other artists. 48-page fully-illustrated color catalog includes an essay by nationally-known curator and scholar Kenneth R. Trapp, and a short piece by ...
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Shaping the Modern: American Decorative Arts at The Art Institute of Chicago 1917-65

By: Art Institute Of Chicago

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Art Institute Of Chicago : 2001

Seller ID: 32773

ISBN-13: 9780865591875

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Illustrated in black-and-white and color. Museum Studies volume 27, No. 2. Measures 8.25x10.25 inches. 112p.

This stunning publication showcases The Art Institute of Chicago's fascinating holdings of twentieth-century American ceramics, furniture, glass, and metalwork. Colorful, engaging essays examine approximately forty of the museum's most compelling decorative objects, introducing major design trends and illuminating the philosophies and personalities of seminal designers such as Paul Frankl and Charles and Ray Eames.
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Asian Masterpieces in Wood

By: Asian Art Museum of San Francisco

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: San Francisco, Asian Art Museum of San Francisco : 1984

Seller ID: 6798

Binding: Brochure

Condition: Good

Unmarked, illustrated, 16-sided gallery brochure. Reproduces and describes 25 objects. Also an introduction to the exhibition. Asian Masterpieces in Wood was the 12th in a series of thematic exhibitions drawn from the Asian Art Museum's extensive and diversified collection.
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A Gallery of Amish Quilts: Design Diversity from a Plain People

By: Bishop, Robert; Safanda, Elizabeth

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Dutton : 1976

Seller ID: 29450

ISBN-13: 9780525474449

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. A commentary and history of Amish quilts, with 138 full-color photographs of Amish quilt designs, plus 18 additional black and white illustrations. 96p. Measures 8.5x11 inches.
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American Arts & Crafts: Virtue in Design (Exhibition Booklet)

By: Bowman, Leslie Greene

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: The American Federation of Arts : 1994

Seller ID: 16154

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked, 16-page booklet. Illustrated. Accompanied a traveling exhibition. Includes an exhibition itinerary.

Many of the works are from the collection of Ellen and Max Palevsky, which were gifted to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
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Exploring Paper (Exploratorium Magazine, Vol 25 No 2, Summer 1999)

By: Brand, Judith (editor)

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: San Francisco, The Exploratorium : 1999

Seller ID: 27033

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Hands-on projects and articles about paper. Well illustrated. 30p. Previous owner's mailing information crossed out.
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Chihuly Courtyard

By: Bremser, Sarah E.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Honolulu Academy of Arts : 1992

Seller ID: 24667

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Good

Unmarked. Bump on back cover. Beautifully illustrated. Published on the occasion of the exhibition Chihuly Courtyards, organized by the Honolulu Academy of Art, October 8-November 22, 1992. 14p. Measures 8.5x11 inches. 16p. Photography by David Cornwell, Tibor Franyo, Russell Johnson, Michael Seidl and Roger Schreiber.

Dale Chihuly (b. 1941), is an American glass sculptor and entrepreneur. Chihuly's works are considered unique to the field of blown glass, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture.
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British Origami 203 (August 2000)

By: British Origami Society

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: British Origami Society : 2000

Seller ID: 25988

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Projects include Snap Hexahedron by Larry Hart, Trinity Box by Yami Yamauchi, Jitterbug by Tung Ken Lam and more. 36p. Illustrated.

Origami, from ori meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper," is the art of paper folding. The goal is to transform a flat sheet square of paper into a finished sculpture through folding and sculpting techniques.
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British Origami 204 (October 2000)

By: British Origami Society

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: British Origami Society : 2000

Seller ID: 25987

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Projects include Jacobs Ladd by Yami Yamauchi, Seal by Leon Chen Chit, Cottontail by Jun Maekawa, and more. 40p. Illustrated.

Origami, from ori meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper," is the art of paper folding. The goal is to transform a flat sheet square of paper into a finished sculpture through folding and sculpting techniques.
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L'art Kapla

By: Bruggen, Tom van der

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: Kapla : 1993

Seller ID: 30071

ISBN-13: 9782908407044

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Well illustrated. Text in several languages, including Dutch, French, German, and English. 28p. Presents the work of Johanna C. van der Bruggen who works with planks of finely sawn maritime pine.
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Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass

By: Bruhn, Jutta-Anntte; Frantz, Susanne K.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: The Corning Museum of Glass : 1995

Seller ID: 31937

ISBN-13: 9780872901360

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Factory sealed. Unmarked. Illustrated. Bibliographic Reference. 48p. Designs in miniature: the story of Mosaic glass by Jutta-Annette Bruhn. Chapter on 20th-century glass written by Susanne K. Frantz.
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The Silversmith in Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg

By: Bullock, Thomas K.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Williamsburg Craft Series : 1972

Seller ID: 17117

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Illustrations include tools, facsimile ads, etc. Suggested readings. This booklet is based largely on an unpublished monograph by Thomas K. Bullock. 37p.
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American Indian and Ethnographic Art in San Francisco ( April 25, 1991 Sale)

By: Butterfield and Butterfield

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Butterfield & Butterfield : 1991

Seller ID: 23481

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Small corner crease on front cover. Includes a folded sheet of prices for this April 25, 1991 sale. B/W illustrations. 61p. Photography by Wynn Richards and Cris Paris. Including property from the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco sold for the benefit of the Fine Arts Museums; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to benefit future acquisitions; the estate of Dr. Frank E. Mera, Santa Fe, NM; a Los Angeles private collector; the estate of Earl L. Stone, Philadelphia, PA; and East Coast collector; Marvin and Joan Alt, Phoenix, AZ; the estate of Mary A. Henslee, Seattle, WA.• ••...
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Butterfield and Butterfield Tete-Beche: Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Arts and Crafts / North American, Pre-Columbian, Spanish Colonial and Tribal Works of Art (May 11, 1998)

By: Butterfield and Butterfield

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Butterfield and Butterfield : 1998

Seller ID: 30902

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Tete-Beche catalog for May 11, 1998 in San Francisco. One volume is Art Nouveau, Art Deco and Arts and Crafts and the other is North American, Pre-Columbian, Spanish Colonial and Tribal Works of Art. Beautifully illustrated. 70p.

While the term "dos-a-dos" is sometimes used to refer to a single volume in which two texts are bound together, with one text rotated 180 degrees relative to the other, such that when one text runs head-to-tail, this type of binding is actually a tete-beche from the French meaning "head-to-toe".
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Important French, English and Continental Furniture Objets d'Art (Public Auction--December 8, 9, 10, 1975)

By: Butterfield and Butterfield

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Butterfield and Butterfield : 1975

Seller ID: 19450

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Previous owner's stamp on title page. Some age tanning on edges. Price list stapled inside back cover. B/W illustrations. 16p. Auction catalog for December 1975 sale no. 2901.
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Eight Annual Central Pennsylvania Festival for the Arts

By: Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts : 1974

Seller ID: 14348

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Good

Unmarked text. Small stain on back page. Festival booklet. Includes maps, program, contributors, etc. 20p.
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Art from Wood: With Projects Using Branches, Leaves, and Seeds

By: Chapman, Gillian; Robson, Pam

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Thomson Learning : 1995

Seller ID: 28975

ISBN-13: 9781568473833

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Beautifully illustrated. Provides instructions for making picture frames, prints, collages, and other craft projects from natural plant materials.

Topics include pattern and texture, collage walks, found objects, leaf baskets, animal houses, making music, and more. Index. Glossary. 32p. Measures 8.75x11 inches. Juvenile Literature.
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Philena's Friendship Quilt: A Quaker Farewell to Ohio (Ohio Quilt Series)

By: Chenoweth, Lynda Salter

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Ohio University Press : 2009

Seller ID: 32478

ISBN-13: 9780821418581

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Illustrated throughout. This book covers the history of signature/friendship quilts, provides instructions for making a replica of Philina's Friendship Quilt, as well as details the history of Philina's family.

Measures 8x9 inches. 90p.

Lynda Salter Chenoweth was a quilter whose research focuses on nineteenth-century signature quilts.
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Canvas Embroidery (Book No. 1114)

By: Coats Sewing Group

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Coats and Clark's : 1970

Seller ID: 28129

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Illustrated throughout. Topics include cushions, stool tops, bell pull, and chair seat. Pull-out diagram section. Working instructions. 28p.
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Category: Arts and Crafts