A lavish illustrated book on one of the most comprehensive private collections of pocket watches. Includes baroque glories and wonderful enamelled watches for export to Turkey and China in t... read more
Everyday at least for that great patroness... loved not least because she paid her bills on time. This illustrated chronology of the porcelain, its commissioning and use, is a magnificent bo... read more
The C19th French ceramicist was celebrated for his innovative glazes and love of stoneware. His forms were often based on gourds, fruit and Japanese bottles.
2 vols in a slipcase: from 1921-1945, and from 1945-today. Covers the story of the packaging and marketing, with photographers such as Richard Avedon and Helmut Newton.
Beautifully photographed; draws on the Dior Archive and conversations with Maria Grazia Chiuri, creative director of the fashion house. 3 vols in a slipcase.
400 shoes that changed the world? Glossy and immense, with lavish images of the collection at the Fashion Institute of Technology, this weighs in at over 4 kilos: steel toecaps advised, wit... read more
Based on a single private collection, this is the most comprehensive book there has been on the subject. Wonderful pictures, and a valuable reference work.
A twin to his polished Paris Furniture: The Luxury Market of the 19th Century (2018, ?165). Besides looking at notable original work, he also considers revival styles and copies. (Delayed fr... read more
A gorgeous book in landscape format on the history of screens from the C8th to the C21st. Profusely illustrated, it comes in a slipcase and includes fold-out reproductions of six screens in ... read more
Hurrah for the second issue of this thoughtful and hugely entertaining magazine! Contributors this time include Celia Paul, A.N. Wilson, Christopher Woodward of the Garden Museum, Henrietta ... read more
The second volume in the Boutiques series, beautifully produced - as always - by The Mainstone Press. With an essay by a fairground supremo and Sorbonne professor Pascal Jacob; captions by A... read more
62 writers from 1920s' Paris are reimagined by Guilac as shop keepers... Andre Gide for instance, standing in the doorway of a grocery called Les Caves du Vatican. Delicious and clothbound ... read more
The work of Lucien Boucher, 37 of whose marvellous lithographs of Parisian shop fronts are reproduced here, along with an extended, illustrated essay by James Russell and Shaun Whiteside's t... read more
This is a fascinating illustrated book on the often elaborate and arresting labels used by British textile manufacturers when exporting to India during the Raj.
Another gorgeous book from Thames & Hudson, following their previous volumes Ruby and Emerald. This is the final instalment of the series, and ranges from the C4th to the present, from Centr... read more
Blaschka père et fils were from Bohemia but moved to Dresden, where they worked in glass from the mid-1800s to the 1930s, making intricate models of sea anemones, medusas, corals and starfi... read more
The art of imperfection: the work of the aged, self-taught hands of one of Japan's most highly regarded potters. Beautiful work, austere and anchored in ancient techniques of Japanese and Ko... read more