FURNITURE Association of collegiate alumnae-Sanitary science club. Home sanitation; a manual for housekeepers. New ed. 85p. Bost. 1898. Home science publishing co. 25c. illus. O. First edition published by Ticknor, 1887, 50c. 613.5 P8 e See "Furnishing," p. 52-58. Maintains that "furnishings which destroy comfort and injure health can not . . . be recognized as truly beautiful.” Bissell, Mrs Mary Barton (Taylor). Household hygiene. 83p. D. (Fact and theory papers. no. 7) Cap. 613.51 Po e See "Sanitary furniture" p. 68-71. A plea for sanitary decoration. Bloomfield, R. Choice of furniture. (see Magazine of art, Oct. 1896, 19:488-92) 705 qM27 e Advises buying less and better furniture. Chippendale, Thomas. The gentleman and cabinet-maker's director; a collection of designs of household furniture. Ed.3. 28p.200pl. F3. Lond. 1762. Printed for the author. Facsimile published by Batsford £3 15s net. 749 fC44 e Although it can hardly be maintained that Thomas Chippendale originated a new style of furniture, yet he exhibited such great merit in numerous designs that he is accorded a name in furniture designing.—House beautiful Clouston, K. Warren. Chippendale period in English furniture. 224p. illus. sq.Q. Lond. 1897. Arnold 21s net. 749 qC62 e A history of English cabinet-making in the 18th century, with chapters on ... Chippendale's contemporaries and successors.-Carnegie library of Pittsburgh (Pa.) Catalogue of the J. D. Bernd department of architecture, 1898, p. 28 This really delightful book shows critical perception of the faults as well as the virtues of its subject.--International studio, Dec. 1897, 3:131 Studies in antique furniture. (see Architectural record, Dec. 1898, 8: 150-67) Traces the evolution of the English chair. 720.5 Ar21 e on beds N. Y. 1895. Cook, Clarence Chatham. The house beautiful; essays and tables, stools and candlesticks. 336p. illus. O. Scribner $2.50. 749 C77 e Originally published, 1878, $7.50; new ed. 1881, $4; new cheaper ed. 1895, $2.50. Gives suggestions and not rules of action.—Nation, Dec. 1877, 25 : 369 Havard, Henry. illus. O. La verrerie; 130 illustrations par B. Mélin. 214p. Les arts de l'ameublement) (Havard, Henry. 748 H29 e One of the series of books on the fine and industrial arts used in the way of furniture and decoration. Mr Havard turns his hand to many branches of art and is rather a compiler than an original workman, but his books are sure to be good of their kind... His work has secured high esteem in his own country.-Sturgis, p. 50 Many of the designs are both beautiful and fit; the book will be valued by every designer as a standard work of reference. - International studio, Dec. 1897, 3:131 Jaquemart, Albert. History of furniture; researches and notes on objects of art which form articles of furniture or would be interesting Chapman 31s 6d. Lond e A curious and admirable storehouse of varied information, not only on the supplemental and minor arts but on the greater arts where they touch in any way the subject of . . . furniture.—Academy, Sep. 1878, 14:251 A brilliant and comprehensive sketch... no other collection of essays of the kind is so bright and contains so much readable and well chosen, well arranged matter as this.-Athenaeum, Aug. 1878, 72: 150 Litchfield, Frederick. Illustrated history of furniture. illus. Q. Lond. 1892. Truslove 20s net. Ed. 2. 282p. 749 qL67 e From the earliest times and including all countries, with many designs.-Drexel, p. 29 Lyon, Irving Whitall. Colonial furniture of New England. Ed. 2. 285p. pl. Q. Bost. 1892. Houghton $10. 645 qPi e This interesting book contains 113 illustrations, mostly photographic; the text is a thorough examination of the whole subject.- Sturgis, p. 51 Pollen, John Hungerford. Ancient and modern furniture and woodwork in the South Kensington museum. 8°. Lond. 1874. Chapman 215. Very valuable, with a historical introduction of 240 pages, 16 photographs and 20 wood-cuts in the text.-Sturgis, p. 52 An abridgment of the introduction was published in 1875, 2s 6d. Scott, M. A. Baillie. On the choice of simple furniture. (see International studio, May 1897, I: 152-57) 705 qIn8 e Advises "removing everything not essential" and "having a few choice things rather than many inferior ones." Sheraton, Thomas. Cabinet-maker and upholsterer's drawing-book. 440p.illus. 4°. Lond. 1895. Gibbings 63s. e Imported by Lippincott $15 net. First published, 1793; the edition above is a reprint of edition 3, 1802, complete, with appendix and "accompaniment" and all plates; revised and prepared for the press by J. Munro Bell. Shows to perfection Sheraton's draftsmanship and how he prided himself on the knowledge of the classic.-House beautiful, 4: 106 Soderholtz, Eric Ellis. Colonial architecture and furniture. 3P. 720.974 fSoi e Art decoration 237p. illus.O. N.Y. 1877. Harper $4. Spofford, Mrs Harriet Elizabeth (Prescott). 645 N7 e Well worth reading; includes chapters on the various rooms of a house. Sturgis, Russell. Furniture, (see Johnson's universal cyclopaedia. 1894-95 3:630-35) Ro31 qJ623 e Talbert, Bruce J. Gothic forms applied to furniture, metal work and decoration. 31pl. fo. Bost. 1873. Osgood $15. Ancient and modern furniture, tapestries, decorations, etc. e Wallis, Frank Edwin. Old colonial architecture and furniture. Bost. c1887. Polley $12. 720.973 fW15 e 6р. 60р1.F4. Contains many details of furniture and interior decoration.--Drexel, p. 29 FIREPLACES Putnam, J. Pickering. Open fire-place in all ages. Bost. 1881. Osgood $2. New and enl. ed. 4v. Bost. 1886, $4. 202p. illus. D. 697.1 Oo e Contains many reproductions of decorated fireplaces.-Drexel, p. 33 POTTERY AND PORCELAIN Earle, Mrs Alice (Morse). China collecting in America. 429p. illus. O. N. Y. 1892. Scribner $3. 738 Ea7 e In order to become a successful collector one has to be thoroughly acquainted with Mr Prime's work and Mrs Earle's China collecting.-House beautiful Jännicke, Friedrich. Grundriss der keramik in bezug auf das kunst gewerbe; eine historische darstellung ihres entwickelungsganges in Europa, dem Orient und Ostasien von den ältesten zeiten bis auf die gegenwart. 1021p. illus. 8°. Stut. 1879. Neff m42. A large octavo of nearly 1200 pages, containing 450 illustrations besides 2645 marks and stamps. Probably the most systematic history of pottery and porcelain so far at least as concerns the wares of Europe from the medieval epoch to modern times. Antiquity and the orient receive but slight notice. — Sturgis, p. 50 Prime, William Cowper. Pottery and porcelain of all times and nations. Ed. 3. 531p. illus. O. N. Y. 1897. Harper $7. o. p. 738 P93 e Probably the most convenient for reference, and the most interesting to read, of all the books which attempt to cover the whole vast field of ceramics. – Sturgis, p. 52 Rayet, Olivier & Collignon, L. M. grecque. 420p. illus. F. Par. 1888. Histoire de la céramique 738 qR21 e An admirable book for obtaining a general knowledge of Greek pottery and Greek decoration. Sturgis, p. 52 Sturgis, Russell. Pottery and porcelain. (see Johnson's universal cyclopaedia. 1894-95. 6:741–46) STAINED GLASS R031 qJ623 e Day, Lewis Foreman. Windows; a book about stained and painted Lond. 1897. Batsford 21s net. glass. 415p. illus. O. Imported by Scribner $10.50. 748 D33 e Historical rather than theoretic. Fully Excellent and authoritative. illustrated and clear in description of methods.-N. Y. (state)-Public libraries division, Best books of 1898, 1899, p.587 Holiday, Henry. Stained glass as an art; illustrated in the text from designs by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, W. B. Richmond and the author. 173p. illus. Q. Lond. 1896. Macmillan $6.50 net. 748 qH71 e An elaborate treatise on the art of stained glass, in which the inventions and methods that will surely revolutionize the practice of that art are given only brief mention in an appendix on American glass.-Nation, May 1897, 64: 382 An essay full of good things, of terse observation, of close reasoning.— International studio, Jan. 1898, 3:203 |