FURNITURE AND DECORATION IN ENGLAND DURING THE XVIIIth CENTURY.—By J. Aldam Heaton. Two volumes, each of two parts, bound in four, large folio, cloth, price £7 net. Containing upwards of 150 plates of photographic reproductions from the published designs of R. & J. Adam, Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Sheraton, Shearer, Pergolesi, Cipriani, Darly, Johnson, Richardson, and all great English designers and cabinet-makers of the period.
This work forms an encyclopædic and almost inexhaustible treasury of reference for all Furniture Designers, Painters, Interior Decorators, Cabinet-makers, &c., since no artist of importance is unrepresented, and a fair selection is in every case given of his work.
REMAINS OF ECCLESIASTICAL WOOD-WORK.—A Series of Examples of Stalls, Screens, Book-Boards, Roofs, Pulpits, &c., containing 21 Plates beautifully engraved on Copper, from drawings by T. Talbot Bury, Archt. 4to, half-bound, price 10s. 6d., net 8s. 6d.
FLAT ORNAMENT: A Pattern Book for Designers of Textiles, Embroideries, Wall Papers, Inlays, &c., &c.—150 Plates, some printed in Colours, exhibiting upwards of 500 Historical Examples of Textiles, Embroideries, Paper Hangings, Tile Pavements, Intarsia Work, &c. With some Designs by Dr. Fischbach. Imperial 4to boards, cloth back, price £1 5s., net 20s.
EXAMPLES OF ENGLISH MEDIÆVAL FOLIAGE AND COLOURED DECORATION.—By Jas. K. Colling, Architect, F.R.I.B.A. Taken from Buildings of the XIIth to the XVth Century. Containing 76 Lithographic Plates, and 79 Woodcut Illustrations, with Text. Royal 4to, cloth, gilt top, price 18s., net 15s. (published at £2 2s.)
PLASTERING—PLAIN AND DECORATIVE. A Practical Treatise on the Art and Craft of Plastering and Modelling. Including full descriptions of the various Tools, Materials, Processes and Appliances employed. With over 50 full-page Plates, and about 500 smaller Illustrations in the Text. By William Millar. With an Introduction, treating of the History of the Art, by G. T. Robinson, F.S.A. Thick 4to, cloth, containing 600 pages of text, price 18s. net.
"This new and in many senses remarkable treatise ... unquestionably contains an immense amount of valuable first-hand information.... 'Millar on Plastering' may be expected to be the standard authority on the subject for many years to come.... A truly monumental work."—The Builder.
A GRAMMAR OF JAPANESE ORNAMENT AND DESIGN.—Illustrated by 65 Plates, many in Gold and Colours, representing all Classes of Natural and Conventional Forms, drawn from the Originals, with introductory, descriptive, and analytical text. By T. W. Cutler, F.R.I.B.A. Imperial 4to, in elegant cloth binding, price £2 6s., £1 18s. net.
DECORATIVE WROUGHT IRONWORK OF THE 17th AND 18th CENTURIES.—By D. J. Ebbetts. Containing 16 large Lithographic Plates, illustrating 70 English examples of Screens, Grilles, Panels, Balustrades, &c. Folio, boards, cloth back, price 12s. 6d., net 10s.
A Facsimile reproduction of one of the rarest and most remarkable Books of Designs ever published in England.