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Japanese Kosode Designs, Alexandra Boyden, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker
Japanese Kosode Designs, Alexandra Boyden, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker
Culture
This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.
Forms In Japan, Yasuyo Iguchi, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker
Forms In Japan, Yasuyo Iguchi, Fleet Library, Special Collections, Jan Baker
Culture
This book was completed for Jan Baker's artists' book class.
Hana Shishū (花詩集) | Flower Poetry Collection, Kawarazaki Kōdō, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Hana Shishū (花詩集) | Flower Poetry Collection, Kawarazaki Kōdō, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Pattern, Ornament, and Decoration
Classical patterns for dyeing. Volumes : color illustrations ; 31 cm. Folding books, Acordion style binding.
CONTENTS: 1-3. Mon'yō no maki -- 4. Hamon no maki -- 5. Mizu no maki -- 6. Unka no maki -- 7. Shikishi no maki
Library has no. 5 only. Gift of the Estate of Sol P. Kaufman. Volume is an accordion style fold, illustrated endpapers on the front board. Each page spread contains 6 or more stenciled blocks of patterns designs. Volume number from applied strip on front cover, hand calligraphed in Japanese.
First Forms Of Art : Pt.2. Crystal Forms, Hans Carl Perleberg, T. H. Schenk
First Forms Of Art : Pt.2. Crystal Forms, Hans Carl Perleberg, T. H. Schenk
Nature
2 v. : 80 leaves of plates ; 36 cm. Cover title. In portfolio. "This collection of 156 different forms of crystals was produced by microphotography. Professor T.H. Schenk, of Austria, experimented several years in order to bring about interesting designs through the action of acids on various metals..."--Pt. 2., cover page verso. Pt. 1. Nature -- Pt. 2. Crystal forms. Library has Pt. 2 only ; Plates: 1-20.
Abstract Pattern Portfolio, Mizuki Heitaro, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Abstract Pattern Portfolio, Mizuki Heitaro, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Pattern, Ornament, and Decoration
1 sheet of text, 32 leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 40 cm. In half-cloth portfolio. Eight plates are color stencilled, twenty-four are color printed (color lithography). The portfolio comprises 99 designs, four of which are full page. Color plate mounted on portfolio cover. Mizuki develops his patterns from a mathematical starting point, devising combinations of basic geometric shapes from equations. His work is influenced by the European Art Deco aesthetic, most notably drawing from M. P. Verneuil's portfolio, Kaleidoscope - Ornements Abstraits (Paris 1926). All text in Japanese.
Etude De La Mer : Faune Et Flore De La Manche Et De L'Océan V. 2, Mathurin Méheut, Maurice Pillard Verneuil
Etude De La Mer : Faune Et Flore De La Manche Et De L'Océan V. 2, Mathurin Méheut, Maurice Pillard Verneuil
Nature
Volume 2 of 2 : illus. (some color) ; 37 cm. Edition: Nouv. éd. Includes index. Gift of Edwin C. Parker.
Etude De La Mer : Faune Et Flore De La Manche Et De L'Océan V. 1, Mathurin Méheut, Maurice Pillard Verneuil
Etude De La Mer : Faune Et Flore De La Manche Et De L'Océan V. 1, Mathurin Méheut, Maurice Pillard Verneuil
Nature
Volume 1 of 2 : illus. (some color) ; 37 cm. Edition: Nouv. éd. Includes index. Gift of Edwin C. Parker.
Le Decoration Arabe… : Extraits Du Grand Ouvrage L'Art Arabe De Prisse D'Avesnes / Choisis, Classés Et Arrangés Par Les Éditeurs., Prisse D'Avesnes, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Le Decoration Arabe… : Extraits Du Grand Ouvrage L'Art Arabe De Prisse D'Avesnes / Choisis, Classés Et Arrangés Par Les Éditeurs., Prisse D'Avesnes, Special Collections, Fleet Library
Pattern, Ornament, and Decoration
Oversize. 2 pages, ℓ., 4 pages : 110 leaves of plates (some color, double) ; 40 cm. Each double plate is numbered as two. Covers 12th to 18th centuries, including wall decorations, ceilings, mosaics, tiles, woodwork, stained glass, fabrics, rugs, bindings, crockery, and miscellaneous ornaments. Lithography.
From the Gorham Design Library. Gift of Lenox Inc. Copy rebound by Hope Bindery, marbled paper over boards, leather spine with title & decorations in gold stamp.